Hi everyone, I’ve never posted on here before, but I’m interested in hearing peoples experiences.
I suffer from seriously bad panic attacks and health anxiety.
I have 2mg Diazepam for when I can’t abate the attack through breathing exercises etc and I’ve been taking Mirtazapine 45mg for three years (for depression and insomnia).
The Mirt is brilliant at combating the Depression and as anyone that takes it will know it helps me sleep; it still has the same potency even after three years of taking it.
Recently I saw a Psychiatrist who recommended introducing 10mg Citalopram in the AM and continue with the Mirtazapine 45mg in the PM to combat the Anxiety and Panic Attacks. I’m on day four of both ADs.
I’ve also been diagnosed with PTSD and he’s recommended EMDR Therapy.
Has anyone else been on both these antidepressant and/or had EMDR?
The drug combo seems pretty common, but I’d never heard of EMDR before.
***NOTE*** I suffer from Health Anxiety so please please please don’t list awful side effects you’ve felt because that can trigger panic in me.
I’m just interested in knowing if taking the two together helped relieve your Anxiety and/or Panic Attacks***
Thank you for any insights and have a wonderful day all. 😊
Hi can I just ask about your health anxiety does any things else calm you down apart from medication I’m on proponolol for heart palpitations I recently put a post up about possibly double dosing but I can’t remember if I actually did take an extra tablet so maybe I have double dosed o have a dreaded feeling of panic theough my body I feel sick all numb can’t stop checkin my pulse I’ve rang 111 nhs medical help line and they said if I have double dosed it shouldn’t really be a problem but I cant calm myself I’m sure
I’m goin to die xx
Hi Claire, first of all, breathe, I know exactly what it feels like t panic.
I did the exact same thing last week with paracetamol.
Forgot I’d taken it already and took two again less than four hours later; completed freaked out, like you I called 111 and they talked me down and told me I’d be fine.
They’ve told you the same. You will be fine too. You have to trust the people that know a lot more than we do.
If you haven’t already done so, try CBT it does help me a lot of the time.
I find the deep breathing can help and the grounding 5-4-3-2-1 technique.
Google it if you are unsure.
I know it can be incredibly frightened but I’ve always told myself a panic attack is unpleasant but it cannot hurt you.
And it will not hurt you either.
Thank you I really can’t deal with them x
Been on Citalopram for 17 years and it has worked for me. Until now they think it has lost its efficacy. I am now on Mirtazapine too at 45mg. I’ve beeb given the choice to change to Sertraline and agonising over it as I type.
But to answer your question Citalopram worked well for me and o side effects.
Thank you tammy83279. How have you found taking two? I was in Cit for 10 years then swapped to Mirt for three years and now I’ve been on both for a week and I’m getting nausea and headaches and hot flushes but I’m told these are normal when starting a new SSRI. I just want the side effects to go away and to feel normal again once they kick in. Panic attacks are ruining my life :-(