Not Mirtazapine but related.....

Hi all,

It might seem off-topic but I don't really tihink so as most here seem to have the same symptoms as myself. I'm looking for an alternative to Mt as a booster drug to Venafaxine, as the Mt really made me feel queer when I took it last few weeks. I mean deadly stuff, the kinda reaction I'd have with a bout of heavy drinking or a breakdown.

Last week I decided to do something positive about it and sought the help of a psychiatrist, who, after a long inTerview recommended that she should take a closer look at my case notes and pull me in again in 2-4 week's time. I respect that, shows she cares enought to give me her time. In the meantime last week I was crippled with leg pain and back pain Wednesday eve, and totally distraught Thurs eve, couldn't stop crying violently for 30 min and totally felt like shlt that evening. So on Friday IO seen the psyc and she wa great. Immediaely after I seen my GP whom I adore. She was so upset and worried about me, my medication and my drinking that she really upset the ■■■■ out of me, since then I've been thinking about how much I've changed in the 2+ years since I'd started seing my GP that I've come to realise that I've gone from a person with some hope, but some physical pain to someone unpleasent who suffers constantly from leg/back pain, traumatic psychic pain and no hope. It's a real state of affairs which I'm dead scared of as I know where this could lead to quite quickley.

Sorry for the tail of woe, just feel so frustrated and down at the moment that I'm not in good shape. Being honest I would rather not be as live to be in such pain, such torment wasn't meant for anyone to deal with alone.

Silent..

Silent,

I hope that you are feeling better, {i know it is hard coping with pain & depression} keep your hopes up...

thinking of you x

C G X :wink:

Hi there Silent. I'm sorry that you are really suffering at the moment. No doubt your psychiatrist wants the best for you but with other pain issues going on it must be difficult for her to know what to give you. Dont give up though it is their job to work out problems like this. I have had my own GP looking through her copy of Mimms sp to see whether the drugs I was on interacted with anything else. I know that the lithium I'm on intreracts with other meds plus my asthma meds and the fact I'm allergic to perfume (that is in loads of things) I hope you are feeling better today. If not I'm sending you a big bear cyber hug. Pooh.

Hi all and thanks for the support, Needed it today,

Had a good chat with my psychotheripist and worked some issues out. Still a lot of pain from Friday's experiences, I don't tend to respond well to tenderness and concern from others and both the physciatrist and my GP really freaked me out. I guess I'm a pretty odd person to deal with, as I have an inbuilt personal hatred thing going on for way too long. It's as crippling as back pain but on a much deeper level.

Exasperated!!!!!! (but appreciative of your replies, very much so)

Silent..