so ive been put on mirtazapine for anxiety and depression, ive been on it for 2 days and i take 15mg at bedtime and after 30-45mins i have chest pains, my breathing feels difficult, tight chest, and left arm pain. a little more info on me is that i have severe health anxiety and i frequently have chest pains from anxiety, so much so i think im having a heart attack and have sent myself to the emergency room many times in the past. i have no idea if i should continue with this medication or stop, im so scared ill die in my sleep from heart complications. or is all this my anxiety? its helping me so much with sleep and it gives me a nice sedation feeling i really dont want to stop it. has anyone else had similar symptoms and continued and the symptoms have passed?
I felt like that on 15mg and my blood pressure went high. I went down to 7.5 and felt better. I am going to taper after holidays because I still don’t feel right on it.
I had the chest/ back pressure but can’t remember if pain. I do remember that sometimes i felt my arm numb and in pain. I’m still tapering this damn med, like you, my first dose was 15 mg and now i’m at 2.3 mg. What i cant related with you is the breathing issues, this thing has destroyed me since like you, i have health anxiety/ocd and i keep thinking i have a major lung issue that im gonna die young. Is been 6 months since it started and i still can’t manage to make it go away. I have end up in the hospital and at my doctors office because i’m obsessed with it and got an xray and check multiple times with a stethoscope to make sure my lungs sounded okay, still my mind can’t understand why i still have it, It feels like no matter how much air i breath, is not enough. Sometimes it feels im not breathing enough air and i get a chest pressure from it and light head. At first the pressure was in the back but now is chest/ abdomen. My nostrils feel tight 2, like i cant pass enough air through there. This is horrible i seriously wish i never got in to this drug! If any of you can relate with me plz let me know cas i’m going crazy.
i meant i can relate not can’t lol, i can relate with the breathing problems/ issues.