Stopped taking Mirt last Tuesday, very fast taper at gp's recommendations. I had taken 30mg on sunday, missed monday, 30mg on tuesday then nothing until saturday when i started 40mg Fluoxetine.

I had been on this for a long time several years ago and only came off because they seemed to have stopped working. Since then been on Citalopram, Sertraline and of course the Mirt. All of these either didnt help or caused awful side effects.

So this is only day 4 of fluoxetine but i woke up at 5am feeling more depressed than ive ever felt in my life, i was seriously scared.

Now I dont know if its withdrawal from the Mirt or side effects of the fluoxetine or in fact neither and its actually my depression getting worse because i have to wait for the new meds to take effect.

I wouldnt want to feel as bad as that too many times, it was so frightening. I didnt feel like i had any control. I just hope i cant make it through until these hopefully kick in and help.