Hi All,
I am beginning to emerge from a 7 week episode of anxiety/depression. I had been on 50mg sertraline for 15 years with no major episodes. I got hit with another one in November and increased sertraline to 75mg gradually as I get some really crummy side effects. The sertraline started to kick in around 5 weeks and at the same time my doc prescribed low-dose mirtazapine to help me with sleep. I have been on it a week…started at 3.75 mg for four days and raised it to 7.5 for the past three nights. It has helped sleep somewhat although I wake up several times during the night and sometimes have trouble going back off. I feel sort of drugged during the day and the worst thing is that I am very jittery feeling during the day and sometimes panicky at night since I started it. I’m restless and pacing today. I have been advised to ride out the jitteriness with clonazepam and am taking small amounts when I can’t bear it any more. I would almost rather get off it and help sleep with clonazepam till it regulates with zoloft increase. I feel between a rock and a hard place. I would appreciate any input from the community here. Thanks so much!