You are likely in Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal at the moment. This page gives you quick solutions to the existing Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal side effects and gives guidance on how to proceed with a safe and effective Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal.
The most debilitating Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal side effect is something called brain zaps. An electrical jolt that usually starts at the base of the skull and feels like it runs into the brain. Viibryd Vilazodone brain zaps is the leading cause of people stopping the Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal process and they go back on a higher dosage of the Viibryd Vilazodone in the hope of relief.
What to do: Go to any store that sells supplements and look for omega 3 fish oil. Select a bottle that is highest in EPA. Look at the back label and you will see the amount of DHA and EPA per serving. Choose the one that is highest in EPA. Ideally, around 400mg per softgel in EPA works the best.
Take 4 softgels as soon as you can, and you should begin to feel relief from the Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal brain zaps. We will provide long-term solutions for you later on this page.
Nausea from Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal – While at the store getting the omega 3, get a box of ginger tea. Drink at least 2 cups of ginger tea a day and the nausea should ease.
Doing the two suggestions above will help you begin to feel better quickly but there are a few other things you will need to do for a successful Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal.
Next – Go back up to the last Viibryd Vilazodone dosage you felt stable at. Hopefully, it was the last dosage you reduced from. If you were not stable when you reduced the last dosage of Viibryd Vilazodone, you need to consider going back up further on the Viibryd Vilazodone. Let your prescribing physician know what you are going to do. The sooner you go back up to the last dosage you felt stable on the Viibryd Vilazodone the better off you will be.
You may feel hesitant about going back up on the Viibryd Vilazodone dosage because you do not want to lose the ground you have gained but there really is not another option for you. The further you proceed doing what you have been doing the harder it will be to dig out of the Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal side effects.
Again, go back up on the Viibryd Vilazodone and get stable.
Your next step is to do what is called the pre-taper. A pre-taper are things you will do before reducing the Viibryd Vilazodone again and will greatly reduce the chance of going through what you have already gone through with the Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal.
You will need to start taking supplements that have been formulated to help reduce Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal side effects. If you used the omega 3 fish oil to get rid of the brain zaps and the ginger tea to help with nausea, you now know the correct supplement can help.
Click here for the link to the supplements you will need.
You need to take the supplements below and how they are described to take each one before reducing the Viibryd Vilazodone.
How to reduce the Viibryd Vilazodone to avoid withdrawal will be described below.
How to take the supplements
You will need to take these supplements:
Neuro Day
JNK Formula
Maca Supreme
Omega 3 Supreme
Neuro Night
Maca Supreme – You need to slowly increase the Maca Supreme. Start by taking 1 capsule in the morning.
After 3 days, take 1 capsule in the morning and 1 capsule at noon.
After 3 days, take 2 capsules in the morning and take 1 capsule at noon.
After 3 days, take 2 capsules in the morning and 2 capsules at noon.
After 3 days you can now start the rest of the supplements.
Morning – Take 2 Maca Supreme capsules, 1 Neuro Day capsule and 1 Omega 3 Supreme.
Mid-Morning – Take 1 JNK Formula capsule.
Noon – Take 1 Neuro Day, 1 Omega 3 Supreme and 2 Maca Supreme.
Mid-Afternoon – Take 1 JNK Formula capsule.
Night (15-minutes before bed) – Take 2 Neuro Night capsules.
This is the ideal way to take each supplement.
Try your best to keep a constant schedule with the supplements.
Omega 3 Supreme – Viibryd Vilazodone is known for a withdrawal side effect called, brain zaps. A brain zap is an electrical jolt that tends to start at the base of the skull and run up and into the head. Omega 3 Supreme is the only supplement that will give you relief.
You can increase the Omega 3 Supreme to as much as 2 softgels in the morning and 2 softgels at noon if needed to get relief from the Viibryd Vilazodone brain zaps.
You can also adjust the time you take the Omega 3 Supreme if needed. An example of this could be – let’s say brain zaps start around 4pm every day. Instead of taking the Omega 3 Supreme at noon, take the Omega 3 Supreme at 2pm.
If Viibryd Vilazodone brain zaps tend to start around 11am, wait until around 9am before you take the morning Omega 3 Supreme.
You should take all the supplements for at least 1 full week before starting to taper the Viibryd Vilazodone.
Use the graphs to track your symptoms before you start this method and during the Viibryd Vilazodone taper process.
Get all symptoms below a 5 on a 1-10 scale before you start reducing the Viibryd Vilazodone. If this takes a few extra days or a few weeks, it is more than worth it in the long term.
Goal of Viibryd Vilazodone Pre-taper
If anxiety is present, have it eliminated
If fatigue is present, have it eliminated
If flu-like symptoms are present, have them eliminated
If depression is present, have it eliminated
Eliminate all other Viibryd Vilazodone side effects
Set up the body correctly to eliminate potential Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal symptoms. The goal of the pre-taper may seem unobtainable to you at this moment, but after you experience a day to two of taking the supplements used with this program, you should begin to experience the changes we suggest will happen. It is not out of character for people to feel as though they are no longer even on Viibryd Vilazodone as all side effects vanish quickly.
Action:
Rate your daytime anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia and other side effects. Use the Daily Journal and rate anxiety, sleep and any additional symptoms you may be experiencing from 1 to 10. Rate with number 10 being the worst and number 1 being no Viibryd Vilazodone side effect or symptom remaining.
Rate the previous night’s sleep first thing the next morning. Rate the daytime anxiety just before bedtime of that day.
If you take the Viibryd Vilazodone first thing in the morning, take the Viibryd Vilazodone as normal and 1 hour later take the morning supplements.
Finishing the Pre-Taper
Do the Viibryd Vilazodone pre-taper at least 7-full days. Day 1 of the 7 full days begins when you are taking all of the supplements used in the pre-taper. Do not cut the pre-taper short no matter how well you may feel after a few days. Give your body a chance to balance, give yourself the chance to fully experience relief before you tackle the reduction of the Viibryd Vilazodone. If you wish to stay on the pre-taper for an extended time, that is fine to do, many have.
You may have experienced extreme trauma the last time you tried to get off the Viibryd Vilazodone and the apprehension you may feel now is normal, not a mental disorder. This is your time; do not let yourself get rushed by your physician or by the information in this book. The drug manufacturer, the F.D.A., and even the American Medical Association state a gradual reduction of the Viibryd Vilazodone is required. We cannot stress enough, take your time. This is when the tortoise beats the hare to the finish line.
Reducing Viibryd Vilazodone
Viibryd Vilazodone standard withdrawal protocol shows the following:
“Adverse reactions may occur upon discontinuation of VIIBRYD. A gradual reduction in dosage rather than abrupt cessation is recommended whenever possible. VIIBRYD should be down tapered from the 40 mg once daily dose to 20 mg once daily for 4 days, followed by 10 mg once daily for 3 days. Patients taking VIIBRYD 20 mg once daily should be tapered to 10 mg once daily for 7 days.”
The Road Back recommends this protocol for a safe and effective Viibryd Vilazodone withdrawal process.
- Take the Viibryd Vilazodone each day at the same time as you have been. Do not change the time of day you take the Viibryd Vilazodone.
- Take Viibryd Vilazodone with food, just as you should have been before starting the taper. Taking Viibryd Vilazodone without food will alter the absorption rate of the Viibryd Vilazodone and this will likely cause you to have a negative reaction that has nothing to do with tapering the Viibryd Vilazodone.
- If you are taking 40mg of Viibryd Vilazodone daily, for your first reduction take, (1) 20mg tablet and (1) 10mg tablet. This will give you 30mg of Viibryd Vilazodone daily. Dropping down to 20mg daily from 40mg is too extreme of a reduction. Remember, a gradual reduction is advised.
- Remain at 30mg daily for 14 days. Do not cut this short no matter how well you are feeling. And remain at 30mg daily until you feel very stable at that dosage.
- Your next reduction is to take (1) 20mg tablet of Viibryd Vilazodone daily, with food.
- The next lower dosage available of Viibryd Vilazodone is 10mg. This is a large reduction and should not be attempted until you have taken the 20mg dosage for 14 days but most importantly, you feel very stable at the 20mg dosage.
- From the 10mg daily you drop to zero Viibryd Vilazodone daily. This is another large reduction and should only be done after you felt stable at the 10mg dosage for at least 14 days.
If you are taking 20mg of Viibryd Vilazodone when you begin this process
- Take the Viibryd Vilazodone each day at the same time as you have been. Do not change the time of day you take the Viibryd Vilazodone.
- Take Viibryd Vilazodone with food, just as you should have been before starting the taper. Taking Viibryd Vilazodone without food will alter the absorption rate of the Viibryd Vilazodone and this will likely cause you to have a negative reaction that has nothing to do with tapering the Viibryd Vilazodone.
- After at least 14 days on the pre-taper, taking all the supplements used, if you are feeling good, it is time to reduce the Viibryd Vilazodone. Start taking (1) 10mg dosage of the Viibryd Vilazodone daily. Take at the same time each day, as you have been and take with food.
- After 14 days of taking the 10mg Viibryd Vilazodone daily, as long as you feel very stable, no new withdrawal side effects from reducing the Viibryd Vilazodone, you are ready to discontinue the Viibryd Vilazodone.
This is where taking good notes during the pre-taper and taper may become very useful. Look back at your notes and see which supplement helped with which withdrawal side effect.
Generally, it will be the brain zaps and using the Omega 3 Supreme to get rid of them and adjusting how much and when you take the Omega 3 Supreme. If you need assistance send an email to [email protected]
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