For last 3 weeks or so I have been having panick attacks and have been taken diazepam from doctor to help and sleeping tablet for night time.
Although today is the worst yet !!!!
I went to doctor today and he gave me 15mg of Mirtazapine and I have to take a half b4 bed, BUT my question is will this help take away my anxiety instantly ?? I have taken 10mg of diazepam today and that's not helped me 1 bit!!!!!
I'm wondering if I take my sleeping tablet instead of these Mirtazapine will that be a quicker solution as that normally helps me rid of anxiety!
Hope someone can help who knows about Mirtazapine ???
Desperate here with shakes , sweats and heart racing and been like this all day
Hi, I was on 15mg mitrazapine for a number of months after a breakdown. An hour after taking I couldn't keep my eyes open. Knocked me out completely! The lower the dose on this drug the stronger the sedating affect.
Gave me a great nights sleep but the only problem I had was that it made me completely cross-eyed the following day. It's perhaps a bit too sedating but I would have really struggled to get to sleep without it, so it was a godsend. As soon as I came off of it the insomnia came back
Hi, well I suppose it depends when you want to go to sleep! I really did just have to go to bed around an hour after taking it. I just couldn't keep my eyes open.
If you have been prescribed it for longish term use then I would say it definitley helped me with my anixiety and mood. That may be just because I was getting a proper nights sleep every night. It really is hard to get up in the morning though which was a bit of a problem for me when I had my little boy to get to school.
I'd say take it. I was in a complete state when I started it. I mean really....a complete state!! The mirt really helped calm me down. (I too had diazepam and it didn't do much for me either).
Mirtazapine will not rid your anxiety straight away.
It's one of the faster acting antidepressants but still takes two weeks to start working. However in small doses 7.5 or 15 mg it will help you sleep and this effect works within an hr or two of taking it.
They will only prescribe valium for the short term relief of anxiety as it can become addictable and eventually you will have to increase the dose of valium for the same effect.
I would try the mirtazapine tonight and maybe think about taking it for at least two weeks as it should help with your anxiety in the long term and will definitely help you sleep.
I wouldn't combine sleeping tablets ie zopiclone with mirtazapine without talking to your gp first.
I feel for you ,your not alone feeling like this. I'm on 45mg of mirtazapine for anxiety and panic attacks. I also take 10mg of valium now and again.
Oh, ha! I've been on sertraline for over 5 weeks and it's been awful! So many side affects and hasn't helped me at all as far as I can tell. I'm wishing I had stuck with the mirt now!
Oh my god I had terrible side effects on that! Sweats so bad
Why don't u go back n tell ur doctor ? That is what I done today n he took my tablets off me n put me on these.
I felt they made me worse. But the feeling I have tonight is very similar to the side effects I had with that tablet . I'm presuming it's just severe anxiety for me tonight
I took sertraline for 3 months and it made me suicidal 😠 . I had an emergency appointment with my gp who swapped me from 100mg of sertraline to 30 mg of mirtazapine that day.
I do feel better, I still have bad days hence the valium but no where near the insanity that i had on sertraline .
You may feel a bit strange in the morning after taking mirtazapine but it soon wears of. I actually liked the strange feeling to be honest 😉.
Well thanks for both of ur help, I have just had a freshen up and took my tablet 😱 Here's hoping it works ! I feel better after uz helping me so thank u so much again for all ur help it's much appreciated .
So, I've just come off mirtazapine 15 mg to 200mg sertraline ad hated weight gain. So far so good. Was on it few years ago for a year for depression and worked great but somehow didn't start of this bout back in December. Crossing everything it works now. Good luck everyone in finding what works best for them.