Hello,
I've been taking Mirtazapine for my anxiety for the past 3 weeks, started on 15 mg for 3 days or so then upped to 30mg for about a week and went back to the GP as I felt that although it helped me with anxiety at first (largely by knocking me out!), the anxiety had come back with a vengeance. The GP upped my dose to 45mg about a week ago and I haven't felt any decrease in anxiety, actually, I feel a lot worse and feel like I am descending into depression now. Have been really struggling for the past couple of days and have been unable to go to work. Today, had to even ask my partner to come home from work as I was so scared of doing something stupid, just felt unable to cope with the peaks of panic and anxiety, I feel awful and scared of being by myself!
I have given my GP surgery a call this morning to ask for my doctor to call me back, I think I need to stop taking this medication as it's just making me worse.
Have any of you experienced similar symptoms on Mirtazapine? Did you have to gradually stop taking it or did you go cold turkey? I would like to stop taking it altogether but have read some disturbing accounts of withdrawal symptoms.....this is really crap!