Viibryd to Zoloft for Trying to Conceive
My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant (we did in June, but miscarried in July, and I’m just starting to ovulate again. I LOVE Viibryd and in combination with my other meds it has been a godsend. I’ve been on 40 mg for about two years. I recently had an appointment with a fertility specialist who basically said there’s not enough info on it to decide it it’s safe for pregnancy, which I knew.
As a result, I tapered from 40 mg of Viibryd to 20 mg, and after about 10 days in, I started to feel really anxious, dissociated, and my teeth were grinding (my most recognizable “ok something is wrong” anxiety sign). Four days later, after a full two weeks on the 20 mg, I came off the Viibryd and started on 25 mg of Zoloft. It has been about 10 days on Zoloft and it just doesn’t feel like it’s getting any better.
I tried to go up to 50 mg last week (probably too soon, but my doctor advised that I could but she was dead wrong) and was awake for like 48 hours because I was so activated and I cried for a day straight.
I am seeing my doctor today and am having a really hard time deciding between asking to go back on Viibryd, or I’ve made it this far through the withdrawals that maybe I should push through on Zoloft. Of course, I’m concerned Zoloft will never really do it for me, and I’ll be here in a month still feeling bad and needing to switch back.
Half vent, half what would you all do?
Thank you 🤍