#vilazodone

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).

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

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

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

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!