Hello people!..... Having been on a med called Started taking 30mg Mirtazapine about 5 months ago, after I had a very serious episode which included hospitalization for a week, as I was harm to myself ...but not others.... I had been on Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) for 9yrs unchecked...just kept taking them because I was supposed too.
I have been involved in weekly intense therapy with my Psychologist, trying to function and concentrate on my mental and physical health, resigned from my job which was the reason for my ...'loosing it'...(I am sure you all know what I mean by that)...
I was given the Mirtazapine and felt I was sleeping my life away since the episode, so the doctor changed it too 15mg about two months ago.
In the mids of this, I managed to rebuild and start a new job, this I found very hard, as it is a late night shift that means if I take my meds I get incredibly sleepy.
Over the last two to three weeks, I have for one reason or another either forgotten to take my meds in one to two day successions, or when I remembered I again found myself yet again, sleeping my life away.
So now, here it is, I have been without meds now for 5days, the only side effect is that I have to be aware of my reactions to people, as in when people say something, I find myself taking things the wrong way and or being what some call 'too sensitive'....
I have been well aware of my emotions/reactions with this illness for more than 15yrs, so I can tell if I am moving towards a down hill slide mentally....
One side effect I have found for me doing this,is I have had an unusually erratic change in my libido....ie- sexual needs are of paramount importance to me....but so far...the world is a better place.
Next week it may be different, who knows, but right now I have my fingers crossed and am taking on life day by day, as it comes.....