Viibryd causing vivid dreams?

I don't know if it was the Viibryd or God (I prefer to attribute it to the latter who used my situation - including the Viibryd - to deliver a spiritual experience).

I sympathize that You are experiencing dreams that seem to be negatively impacting your waking life but I am suggesting that that may not always be the case.

All the best and take care for now.

Not until I was going through traumatic events back to back to back did I turn to more serious meds for sleep. I'd taken melatonin occasionally before life got so stressful and it helpes when I needed it. I started teaching public school and it is beyond stressful despite the rewards that I do love from the work. So my physchiatrist that I saw strictly for Adderall suggested hydroxyzine. Eventually I started stronger things like Seroquel only a few does (was too nervous to take it after reading online and felt drowsy next day) then Klonopin to get me through the rougher times and was told it'd be temporary.

I've had anxiety, sleep issues, and depression since I can remember. I come from an alcoholic home where my mother was extremely depressed and anxious and drunk 24/7. Since age 16 I've taken Paxil, Zoloft, Brintellix, Wellbutrin, Ability, and I'm probably forgetting some too.

OK back story a bit out of the way...
So, my doctor and the prescription bottle noted that taking this medication with a meal was important. So I tried but teaching from home during the pandemic had my eating schedule out of walk. I see a lot if people on here say first thing in the morning is best to take it, but do you eat with it?

My Dr told me it wasn't a big deal with eating so I started taking it at night and it is FOR SURE 100% making me have insane dreams and sleep issues. So I'm taking Klonopin or advil pm to sleep most nights that I have to work or be somewhere early.

But then it got worse because I hadn't put it together that the switch to nighttime dosing was causing this so I up to 40 MG. I felt like 20 was a mid dose and I could feel better. Not so anxious, but very dull and lack of energy and motivation to do eceryday things.

So now 40 MG at night (took it 30 min before sitting down and reading this and it's 1am on a weekend) and my dreams have gotten down right cray cray. Woo thank God for regular people taking these meds and boards like these to help is figure stuff out. The doctors just don't know it all. And I feel like Viibryd coming from samples at first points to the Dr upselling it (just a theory). So I hope your sleep is better by now and thanks everyone everyone sharing their suggestions. Im gonna gradually pull it back to taking in the morning and see how that goes. What about weekends or summer vacation for me as a teacher and not always awaking at the same time though? Any suggestions there?

It felt like the minute I shut my eyes I went into my dreaming stage. I could hear every noise around me and it translated into something else in my dream. I was surrounded by darkness and what felt like demons. I kept getting hit for some reason in the dream and each hit felt so very real. Finally I woke up from one of the blows to my face and woke up gasping. I had been out cold for about 20 minutes. I ended up just getting out of bed and doing other stuff for fear that the dreams would come back.
Tonight I've been awake all night (college kid problems) but I still managed to take my medicine at a halfway decent time. I finally just layed down to go to sleep around 6:30am this morning.
I don't remember falling asleep, all I remember is the terrifying dreams I was having. They were so vivid, as if I was in a simulation. I apparently was dreaming of some of the things I fear such as falling and being late to class. I remember each fall and I seemed to feel each fall. Then later in my dream I felt almost high. I lost clarity and had like this pulsating wave over me. For whatever reason, in spite of my obvious terrible condition, I got into my Ford Explorer in the dream. I drove out of a parking lot and into the downtown area of my college town, beginning to pick up pace. I hadn't yet finished putting my seatbelt on because of the high I was feeling.
All of a sudden I hit something and went flying out my front windshield. I felt the impact and was freaking out from the accident. I turned in my dream and saw my car's front end destroyed. A man in a jeep had pulled over in my dream to help me and the last thing I remember is crawling towards him and moaning "help me" as I spat up blood, unable to scream out loud.
Then all of a sudden I woke myself up crying. I snapped back into reality. My heart was racing and I was terrified. Unable to realize if I was indeed out of my dream I didn't want to look around my room but finally I got the courage to get out of bed and pinch myself to check if I was still dreaming.
I immediately started looking up dream side effects for my depression medicine and found these comments.
I'm so glad I found others that have experienced the same thing. I was afraid I was starting to go crazy. I've never been so scared in my life because of a dream and I've never had a dream so horrifyingly vivid like these.
I think I will be calling my doctor first thing Monday and see if I can be switched to something else. I guess Viibryd was too good to be true...
Good luck everyone and thank you for sharing!