#vilazodone

[marionmabelle]

antidepressants are NOT for the weak viibryd is killing my stomach 😭

[avpdpossum]

i saw a psychiatrist today for the first time in…three years, i think? she’s definitely much nicer than my old psychiatrist, who was quite possibly the most judgmental person i’ve ever met. she decided to start me on viibryd, so i’m probably going to be taking my first dose of that tomorrow (i want to wait until i don’t have work for a couple days in case of side effects).

i always feel like the second i tell a doctor “i’ve been suicidal in the past and sometimes still am” or “sometimes my anxiety is so bad that i hit or scratch myself”, they just go “ah, i see, suicidality and self harm, this is clearly just depression and nothing else matters until the depression is fixed”, so i’m hoping this actually helps with the things i went in for and isn’t just more of that. i was very careful about only saying i was there for anxiety and not bringing up depression right off the bat to try to avoid the issue, but the fact that she ended up prescribing a med that’s specifically only proven to help major depressive disorder is making me nervous.

i guess we’ll see how it goes. maybe once the results of my neuropsych evaluation are in and i can give them to her, we’ll be able to target my specific issues better (especially getting on adhd meds…god knows i need them bad), but in the meantime i’m just hoping for the best. i’ve seen a lot of people say that the first few days/weeks on viibryd can be rough as far as side effects go so i’m just trying to prepare myself.

[dersandmannkommt]

when I'm not sure if I took my meds or not, there are four different outcomes:

1. I assume i didn't take them, and I didn't (woohoo!)

2. I assume i already took them, and I did (woohoo!)

3. I assume I took them, and I didn't (queue the paranoia and brain zaps and night terrors)

4. I assume I didn't take them, even though I did (double dose, I'm going to crap my pants)

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Me: Listen, we had a deal. I take my pills every day and in return you don't give me brain zaps.

My brain: ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[bbykittentoes]

hiiiii!! do any of you take viibryd??? I know I had at least one follower once who used to.. I have question!

[dersandmannkommt]

when i was first starting viibryd/vilazodone, my doctor warned me that missing a dose could "itchiness." what she did not warn me of, however, is how it causes intense, insatiable, fully body itchiness. now, i have a wicked habit of taking taking meds late; i just forget, even with organizing cases and alarms. something else my doctor warned me of, was "brain zaps," apparently, if you take them too late in the day, you feel zaps in your brain as well as run the risk of sleep paralysis. without fail, at least once a week, it hits 8pm, and i have to decide between itching and brain zaps/sleep paralysis. i'm afraid of sleep paralysis so i usually just skip a dose and then hate myself later. im risking it tonight though, i can already vaguely feel the itch creeping over me so im taking my meds idc

so uh anyway, if ur thinking about taking / are taking viibryd, ur doctor is being serious when they warn you lmao. ur not immune to side effects

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

I switched from Lexapro (escitalopram) to Viibryd (Vilazodone) because of the sexual side affects and it's taken over three months for things to start getting back to normal downstairs. Just in case you were doing the same, give it some time!

And if this is all news to you, yes, there's a new ssri on the market that literally just went generic and has fewer sexual side effects than older ssris!

[scholarshipportal]

(via Atypical Antidepressants - Mechanism, Uses, Side Effects & Examples)