Is Mirtazapine an SSRI antidepressant? How does it affect thyroid function.
Sarah's description of how she feels is similar to me.
Sarah, how long have you been on it and for how long. I agree withdrawal must be gradual. I've cut down from 45 to 30 and will cut again in a month.
It is not an SSRI -- I think it's technically called a Quatracyclic or something like that. Not sure what the difference is. Maybe you can Google it?
What is the forum you are on? Can you tell me the web address so I can participate?
The word is "anhedonia," meaning a lack of enjoyment or feeling.
I am on a forum for withdrawel. I don't think it would be good for you to go on unless you're in withdrawel.
It's not an ssri. Works a bit different.
How long have you been on it?
Yes - that's the one, along with apathy.
i did suffer adhenioa while on the drug, but it is so deep now.
cant bare to go out and look at normal people because I just can't relate to them. It's awful.
I keep spelling it wrong! Doh!
Its common in withdrawel and poop-out as we are not able to produce our own seretonin as it has been down regulated by the drug.
5 years. You may want to go slower. Listen to your body. I am shaving off a mg at a time. I am sensitive. The slower the better for some. Not quite sure how some people have no trouble withdrawing and yet others do.
hope it goes well for you.
I have been on Mirt for over a year, went up to 45mg and have very gradually reduced to 15mg,I agree you have to go with your own body, no disrespect but I do feel most people who have or who have had a depressive illness have more knowledge of the condition and how it affects them than a GP. I have had a few episodes and have found this is the best med for me but my earliest med was seroxate and that was horrific. I have found mindfulness helps in between episodes and can help to reduce the severity of future episodes.
Sorry about correcting your spelling, Sarah! I am an editor and journalist by training, so it's hard for me to let that stuff go! Anyway, I really hope you find a way to start feeling better. Are you still able to access CBT? I have been in a CBT group, but I think it's way more effective on a one-to-one basis. Unfortunately, I can't afford that.
One medication for someone can be a bummer for the next person. We all have to understand that throwing chemicals at the brain is not an exact science. If a problem happens, definitely talk to your doctor (or insist on seeing another doctor) if something goes wrong.
Mirt has helped me faster than any SSRI and does not give me insomnia problems. All SSRIs gave me insomnia. Seroxat made me feel like I was invincible and kind of like I was on amphetamines and allowed me to drink shed loads of alcohol. Not exactly the most ideal medication for me. On Mirt I can relax and be content self or at least 90% myself.
You are so right, Luke. One man's poison is another's life-saver. However, Sarah makes an interesting point, one that I had not heard -- that if you've been on an SSRI for a long time, and then gone off it, another SSRI may not work because it has changed your brain chemistry. It's all a crap-shoot, as far as I'm concerned. I am now taking 20 mgs Celexa, but it doesn't really seem to be helping. Mirt did change my mood, and very quickly, but I just could not handle the constant hunger and subsequent weight gain. So I stayed on it for a couple of months and then stopped.
Hi Nick. I sleep better on M than I have ever done, but never feel sleepy in the daytime even if I am very weary. I'm worried that if I come off it my sleep will deteriorate. Doyou sleep in the daytime too?
Sorry to hear that Mirtazapine hasn`t helped you (infact it`s effects sound pretty devastating!),.
But like many others, I found it very helpful, on the other hand Prozac did nothing to help my depression, there again, many people have had their life turned around for the better with Prozac.
The point being, we are all different, and react differently to different treatments.
Hope you find some stability and relief from whatever you decide to do.
All the best
Paddy x
BTW I think Mirtazapine comes under the SNRI range of drugs. :-
"Mirtazapine, a presynaptic alpha2-adrenoreceptor antagonist, increases central noradrenergic and serotonergic neurotransmission. It has few antimuscarinic effects, but causes sedation during initial treatment" (BNF April 2014 ed.)
If that means anything to anyone.
Paddy
Yes, I have to tell my doctor of the side-effects. He was wanting me to take the "full" dose of 30 mg yest it was mang me sleep up to 12 hours. If I havean early appointment I generally don't take any.
It is difficult to say as I am also on quetiepin but yesterday dosed on and off to 5pm. I don't have a job to get to but if I did I don't know what I would do.
Last night I took both and yet I didn't sleep. I cut the 30mg of mirt in half and I suspect that the active ingredient is not equally distributed through the tablet.
Im going through withdrawal, 4 months and it is getting worse, andy chat lines seem to hlep.