after suffering from severe depression anxiety panic attacks and insomnia since august 2008 i was prescribed citalapram lofepramine and fluoxetine which gave me horrific side effects and made my anxiety worse. after three visits to a&e and begging my gp to get me further help as i was at this stage suicidle i was finally in march 2009 reffered to an expert in this illness, he put me straight on mirtazapine 15mg one at bedtime ,i have been on it for nearly three weeks and i cant believe the difference it has made i.e improved appetite a good nights sleep. i can now see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. i hope this gives some hope to my fellow sufferers good luck
I too was given the same tablets you mentioned and had the same effects. Since taking Mirtazapine, just over a week I can't believe the differance and as you said, finally seeing the light at the end of a very dark time feels like life is good again. 
Lisa
glade to here some one having a good experience with taking mirtazapine just started taking them to dayi was on flu did not work for me hope 30mg of mirtazapine a day helps x
Hi. I was also on Citalopram and flux, and they both did absolutely nothing, and my depression and anxiety even got worse!. I was crying all the time, felt hopelessly depressed, and was put on Mirtazapine. After just 4 weeks, what a difference it made!. I was going jogging, walking the dog again, back into music, and am now still on Mirtazapine (45 Mg) after 2 years. My mood is a lot lot better, and I feel like a completly different person, and look forward to the future again. So I would definatley reccomend people to stick with Mirtazapine, even if it dosen't work in the first couple of weeks, because in my experience it was the third week when I really really did start to feel a lot better. Hope this information can be of help.