After starting on Mirt for the 1st week, I felt more stressful and anxious. This caused a buildup of pressure on my chest. I have never felt this way prior to taking Mirt. It is like stress building up inside my chest and I didn’t know how to release them. There were tension pressure on chest whenever I felt stress or anxiety that week. Without the med before, there were no weird sensations on my chest. I only felt an increased of stressed and anxiety on the first 2 weeks. So, the Dr advised me to up from 15mg to 30mg. Soon, I started having discouraging and depressing thoughts: like how useless I have been. Thoughts that were accusing me of how I wasted my years. I kept feeling so many regrets. Like why everyone’s life is moving ahead of me. I felt so defeated! I never felt such a sense of regret about myself before. Not until I started taking the med! On the 4th week, I had Covid and I was lying in bed for many days. The depressive thoughts increased even more. I don’t know if anyone started out on this med feels this way. After a few weeks, those depressive thoughts came coming again and I tried to dismiss those thoughts of regrets (things I should have done or accomplished). I feel so troubled everyday for weeks. I sought many counsellors and I don’t feel they helped me. I am not sure if it’s me or the meds making me so awful. Then, as the days past, the more I think about those thoughts and feelings, I feel tension in my body. I don’t know if the antidepressant is doing something to me feel numb. But also I kept feeling numbing tension in me like stress. I really don’t know what it is. Whenever I try to take naps during the day, I cannot fall asleep. Those feelings of regrets and discouragement would flood my emotions and I wake up in an instant.
Can someone relate to what I am experiencing? Help please.