Stopping Mirtazapine and starting Escitalopram!
Well after months of being on mirtazapine and frankly not only doing nothing for me, it's made me feel worse than I ever was, I spoke to my parents GP where I'm signed on temporarily and he's suggested I taper off mirt (reduce down from 30mg to 15mg) for the next 3 weeks and then stop completely. And in the meantime start 10mg of escitalopram. I've also got propanalol 2x10mg up to 3 times a day which has really helped with the daily anxiety. What a lot of bloody tablets!!
I'm a bit worried about stopping one and starting the other - but I really do want off mirt.
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Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
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