Mirtazapine BRILLIANT

Treatment and medication
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So first of all i want to say how grateful i am for finding this website as i believe everybody can get good advice from here.

First things first. Ive heard a lot of bad things about mirtazapine on here but my experience has been good. Ive been on 60mg citalopram which did not do anything for me. I was fluoxitine (prozac) and had a horrible experience with it however I have heard great things about these drugs working for other people so i believe that every drug has a different affect on everyone.

I am on 45mg Mirtazapine. I started taking 15mg around 7 weeks ago and was increased to 30mg 2 weeks later and then 45mg two weeks after that. My problems are severe depression and major anxiety. No emotions, afraid to go outdoors, suicidal thoughts (which I didnt want to be there) and losing touch with reality. The first four weeks were bad. Side affects were horrible but the main thing this drug did was make me sleep which had been a major problem for me. After getting the worse out the way I started to feel more relaxed. This feeling was overpowering and I could tell the drug was working. Then my mood lifted out of nowhere and I genuinly cried because of how happy I felt. The initial \"happy factor\" has gone down slightly however I am now socialising again and have been referred to a psychiatrist. Things are looking up.

I just hope there are other people who have finally found the right medication for them.

Adios Amigos.

J

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What were the initial side effects you experienced? I have just started taking it and it seems to be making me more depressed which I'm hoping will pass. Just wondering if this happened with you.

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I second J1,s experience, I have also tried many different anti-depressants the worst one was Prozac then citalopram, so I do think it is a lot of trial and error with these meds, but after 3 years I am now settled on 45mg mirt and 20mg paroxetine and just about feel like my life is coming back.

Take Care everyone

Colette.

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I have ben told by my cousellor that I should ask my GP for Mirtazapine (he's written to him to say so).

I started wityh citalopram about 2 yrs ago, very bad experince more anxious than ever, then went to dotheipin/diosulepin - less side effects but no help to my anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress from years ago. Then came the real bad 1 it is called trazadone - it nearly made me take my own life, hallucinating, could not function - ended up in A&E with a diagnosed panic attack. Does anyone out there think that the mirtazapine will really help me after all this? I have tried alternative therapies, accupuncture, yoga, exercise etc but to no avail. Is mirt worth a try???

Here's hope to us all my friends ;-)