I have had severe anxiety for 30+ years. I have a dread of not being able to sleep and after several nights of not sleeping I visited my GP who prescribed Mirtazapine as they have a sedative. I am feeling extremely anxious. confused and finding it very difficult to concentrate. Does this eventually wear off? I have tried several anti depressants in the past and recently (about a year ago) started to take citalopram as the Doctor thought they were better for treating anxiety. I have felt well for 12 months but suddenly the fear re-appeared. I was then prescribed the Mirtazapine which I find send me to sleep but I feel so "groggy". Is there anyone who has experienced these side effects and do they eventually dissipate. I dont know if I can continue with this medication if the side effects continue but I really need to sleep. Would appreciate any feed back. A friend of mine takes 30 mg of this drug and seems to feel O.K. She has been taking it fo 2 years. I am only on 15 mg and feel totally out of control.
Hi I have been on 30mg of Mirtazapine for about a year now after switching from 150mg of Sertraline due to lack of sleep and that it seemed the Sertraline had stopped working. From what I can remember the anxiety did fade and my concentration came back but I'm not sure how long it took as was in a bit of a state back then. There was also a period where I felt the Mirtazapine had stopped working so was put on Citalopram and this was when I found out how invaluable the Mirtazapine were as my mood dropped almost instantly and I was unable to get to sleep again, so I went back onto them again after a month or 2.
I to felt groggy at first but that gradually went away, I do find it hard to get out of bed still but once I'm up I'm fine with no drowsiness or feeling the need to go back to sleep. I have read that taking your tablet earlier at around 8 or 9 pm helps with the tiredness in the morning, I tend to take mine later on at about midnight and find I can still get up 8 or 9 am and be ok.
I believe that Mirtazapine is the best medication I've been on for my depression although I do feel tearful for no reason sometimes but i think thats more to do with the fact that this is the worst and longest episode of deprression I have had .
Hi, ive been on Mirt for almost a year and have only recently had the dose increased to 45mg, the side effects do wear off so stick with it, and as with all meds when theres an increase in dose, it normal to feel worse for a couple weeks until they kick in
A really unfortunate side effect of a lot of anti-depressants is that the feeling of disconnection can lift a while before the actual low mood/anxiety goes away. So you're more in touch with your body and able to care more about what's going on around you, but you're still depressed, disordered thinking, obsessing over things, stuff like that. Plus new side effects! It's actually normal to feel even worse for a while. I find that if I can go easy on myself it helps - reduced work hours or taking annual leave, turning down invitations to things I don't actually want to go to but feel obliged to, getting friends or family to take over some of the cooking or cleaning or chauffering the kids to after-school everything, stuff like that. Good luck Deirdre, being unable to sleep for extended periods is so awful.