Re: Bit of reassurance needed?
Originally Posted by
CP353
I'm new to mirtazapine, been taking it for about 2 weeks
...Up to now, it's actually been great - anxiety much reduced, sleeping well, eating much better...However, I was at the hairdresser last night, and felt the anxiety almost clunk in. Tried to relax over the evening, and slept well, but this morning I'm still wound up. Really struggling to feel like eating, and feeling down.
As I mentioned previously, mirtazapine is only a powerful sedating antihistamine, not an antidepressant (AD). Hence the improved sleep. It can also induce very intense carbohydrate cravings with weight gain being a frequent side-effect.
I think I just need a bit of reassurance that setbacks are normal, and don't mean that the drugs don't work and I'm heading back to the bad times. Does anyone else have experience with, I guess, just handling bad days? It's been very busy in work after the Xmas holidays, and perhaps I've been trying to do too much.
Bad days can happen with any anxiety and depression med and higher than usual work stress won't help. Plus, I'm guessing you're only taking 15mg/day which is the usual starting dose. Most need 30-45mg to get good results.
Gosh this stuff is so hard!
Anxiety disorders (and depression) are often a long time in the making and don't surrender easily. But they can be bought to heel provided you keep working at it.
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