Viibryd - What are some of the sexual side effects anyone has experienced? And do they go away?

Viibryd is one of very few antidepressants that shouldn’t affect the ability to orgasm. His ability to climax should subside pretty quickly. Questions for me: does it help his anxiety a lot? Does he have panic? If so, does it help with that? Thanks

I started taking Viibryd about 7 yrs ago. The initial month a had some issues climaxing (took forever). But once my body adjusted to it I had powerful climaxes, although it took a little longer than before I was taking it. I hope it worked out fir y'all!

I took viibryd a few years ago and it worked great for getting my anxiety/ depression under control. I got off of it after I began to feel better and have had no anxiety/ depression since.

In the sex side, it increased my libido and I had complete control of when I climaxed. That was a nice effect for a male to have. I currently am 45 and having some slow down in sex performance, so I am going to try viibryd again just to see if that helps.

My doctor actually used improved sexual function as a selling point for the drug. He said a lot of his patients have had better sex, and their husbands ended up wanting the drug too. I thought he was nuts. I also didn’t think I had any problem with my libido. It wasn’t until after taking viibryd I experienced familiar feelings and desires that hadn’t been around for some time. I might not have thought I had a problem to fix, but the medicine proved me wrong. It has definitely increased my libido and orgasm. Now I have a new issue...

I hear u. I have been on viibryd for about 6 months now. In the beginning it was very good. It took me out of my depression symptoms almost 100%. However, I have been noticing sexual dysfunction in the last 1or 2 months. I am a 33 year old male and my sexual problem can be described as almost no libido, difficulty getting an erection and delayed orgasm. I have been handling it with viagra and cialis but lately my libido is so low that I can't get an erection even after taking them. I am just not in the mood. I am considering adding wellbutrin to my regimen since it is known to counteract the sexual dysfunction from ssris. I will start that tomorrow and will let u guys know. Hope all of u are well.

Hi Mufasa,,
Increased libido on Viibryd, (yay,) which had disappeared over years on Wellbutrin.
Hope your boyfriend is soon feeling much better. Many other areas of life should improve as well once the depression has lifted. Please feel free to keep in touch.
4N Substances aka Frenchie

I've been on Viibryd for the past 3 months. At first I was energetic, that has since slowed down. My wife does agree that the drug is working and that she can see the change in me. I also have developed some issues with sex. I have had one occasion where I could not acheive orgasm and many more where it took me for what seemed like forever to have an orgasm. The orgasms also feel much different than prior to the drug. I've noticed also that my scrotum has been very high and tight even after a hot shower.

As a female on Viibryd I have only been able to orgasm once since starting the med about a year ago. It is a great disappointment but the help Viibryd gives me is worth it.

Not sure about the male-female difference, but my wife had been on Klonopin for anxiety for like five years. Delayed or no orgasm, and low libido. I did some research and had her call her Dr about getting on Viibryd. After about a month, she's feeling great, and last Saturday had multiple orgasms for the first time in the 22 years I've known her! Needless to say, we're both pretty big Viibryd fans. Hope your boyfriend has the same experience. It took a few weeks.

Most ssri's have sexual side effects, unfortunately. I am female, and they all have removed my orgasm. However, I am also on Welbutrin 300 mg, and it all came back. My dr. told me that some people can't even tolerate Welbutrin because of that. It gives you great orgasms. Amazing, better than ever. I don't know what that would do for men, but look into it.