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Hi! Just for context before I start, im 19f, and i got prescribed 30mg of mirtazipine to take every night for my anxiety and eating disorder. I started it around mid July (probably around the 13th), and it was helping for a while. Now however, my resting anxiety is higher, Im waking up in panic attacks every morning and sick all the time. My IBS has been flaring like crazy. I also have panic disorder, bpd, and agorapbobia along with anxiety. And me and my partner are currently renting a super small room in a place thats super unsafe. So that's also obviously adding.

My question is, should I try and stick it out for a few more weeks, or should I really push to switch medications now. Whenever I miss a dose I will be in a huge panic attack until I can take them, so I also know the withdrawals would be brutal. So im just stuck. Help or advice would be appreciated 👏

Hi all,
So I’m on 60mg elvanse and have started 15mg mirtazapine around 3 weeks ago. I’m waiting for CMHT assessment so for now just have the gp.
The gp suggested increasing the dose of mirtazapine to 30mg as it isn’t doing anything and my self harm suicidal thoughts etc are increasing.
However she seemed to be quite worried about the risk of serotonin syndrome.
Now I am overthinking it and I’m really stressed because obviously it can be life threatening but also if I get it I will have to stop both medications. The 2 meds combined are the only reason I am still here so having to come off them both would actually be the nail in the coffin.
Gp is chasing CMHT to try and bring the appt forwards because it isn’t until 21st sept but does anyone else take this combo of meds?
Has anyone ever had serotonin syndrome what if I have it but I don’t know I do? What happens in terms of medication does it just mean all medication affecting serotonin in the future is off the cards?
Anyone’s experiences are so appreciated because I am spiralling about it all

Being completely done with Effexor and finally getting past the withdrawals feels amazing. It is like a thick fog has lifted from my mind. Without the medicine weighing me down, I feel a fresh, strong connection to God and the universe. I am not numb anymore. Instead, I feel deeply spiritual and completely in touch with my own true feelings again. Now I'm not saying that Effexor is bad. It definitely had its place getting me through the deep grief of losing my wife of 12 years. She was my first love and I had trouble functioning the grief was so bad. But between therapy and Effexor I got through it. Good luck to everyone out there and if nobody has told you today, I love you.

Hi fellow Zoloft users. I’ve been on 150mg for a while now and been on sertraline for over 4-5 years in general. For months and months I’ve been consulting back and forth with my GP whom recently contacted a psychiatrist for advise regarding my medication.

I have next to no libido, very numb to pretty much most things including sexual feelings too/orgasms ect. We’ve tried adjusting the dose and it was mentioned about potentially adding Wellbutrin (buproprion) however psychiatry advised against this and have now suggested I tried wean down to 100mg sertraline and then add 15mg Mirtazapine.

I’m just wondering if anyone has done this and what your experiences have been? I’m worried about serotonin syndrome increased risk, but I’m also curious as to whether this reduced anyone’s negative side effects relating to numbness or lack of libido/emotional numbness.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I've been struggling with insomnia that seems strongly connected to hyperarousal. My sleep problems tend to become much worse when I'm emotionally stimulated – and not necessarily because of negative stress or anxiety. Positive excitement, anticipation, changes in routine, important events, and especially romantic feelings can put my nervous system into an extremely alert state.

When that happens, I can feel physically tired and desperately want to sleep, but my brain/body just doesn't seem to switch into sleep mode. I may fall asleep very late and wake up relatively early, often getting around 5 hours of sleep or less. The next day I feel exhausted and unrefreshed.

My psychiatrist prescribed mirtazapine mainly to help with this combination of hyperarousal and insomnia.

I started mirtazapine on July 29.

Initially I took ¼ of a 30 mg tablet (7.5 mg). It definitely had an effect on me: I felt calmer and more relaxed, and it reduced that feeling of being "wired." It also increased my appetite.

However, the actual improvement in sleep has been disappointing. Since starting on July 29, I can probably count only about two nights when I felt I slept really well. Most nights I still fall asleep very late and sleep around 5 hours, sometimes less.

I also experienced dizziness/heaviness during the day.

On August 16 I increased the dose to 15 mg (½ tablet) according to my psychiatrist's instructions.

The 15 mg dose definitely relaxes me. I can actually feel the calming effect. But so far, it still doesn't make me fall asleep easily. I can lie there for hours despite feeling physically relaxed. For example, one night I didn't fall asleep until around 2:30 a.m. and woke up at 7:30 a.m.

What concerns me most now is the daytime heaviness and cognitive fog. Before mirtazapine, poor sleep already made me tired during the day. Now it sometimes feels like I have both the exhaustion from insufficient sleep and the sedation/heaviness from the medication.

I'm noticing reduced concentration and mental sharpness, and I feel like my life is somewhat "on hold" because there are so many things I want and need to do, but I'm too tired and unfocused to do them properly.

My psychiatrist wants me to stay on 15 mg for three weeks before reporting back. I've only recently increased to 15 mg, so I know it's early. I'm planning to give this dose a few more nights and see whether anything starts changing.

I'm curious about other people's experiences, especially those who took mirtazapine primarily for insomnia/hyperarousal rather than depression:

• Did the sleep benefit improve after being on 15 mg for a while?
• Did the daytime heaviness/brain fog eventually disappear?
• Did it calm you without actually helping you fall asleep at first?
• If mirtazapine relaxed you but didn't improve your sleep enough, what did your doctor eventually do – change the dose, switch medications, or add something else?

I'd especially love to hear from people whose insomnia is triggered by emotional arousal, anticipation or excitement, rather than only negative anxiety.

I’ve been on 75 mg of effexor for 2 months now for anxiety and adhd and I’ve recently decided to stop after noticing the side effects out weighing the benefits. However, I’ve heard so many horror stories about getting off of this drug I was wondering if there are any tips and tricks that may help out. I am moving away to a different country for college at my dream school in 2 weeks and I really dont want something like this to affect the start of my college experience.

Mirtazapine and can't stop eating. Even though it's made me pre diabetic. Cravings start despite a no don't voice. Sweet stuff and carbs..Got bad in May . Been on since xmas. 3 stone weight gain (for sleep). Half a 15 mg tablet so 7 .5 . They break in half started weighing but either too much off or not enough. Can cut 7.5 with pill cutter. But impossible to cut again too small. I don't understand percentages. GP said at first just stop it's a low dose. Then don't fret if dose not exact . Then prescribed a dissovable one 15 mg ( small and white...my regular is yellowy oval and scored. She said 15 in 20 ml water is ok and draw 10ml which is 7.5MG . When ready same water remove 1 ml a week. . I started sweating after carbs or sweet stuff ice-cream.maybe 15 mins or HR later or waking up . I am now wondering if the constant hunger is insulin must be soo high my sugars as if not sweated, I'll wake soaked. I've eaten fatty sweet stuff and fallen asleep.. Woke. Walk around and feel rough then wobbly weak and hands shake..had to eat some sweet... I lecture myself in morning.stop. can feel so tired . I am on BP meds and beta blocker.. elderly and have reduced another med 2 weeks ago.

If I continue this way I'll be diabetic or heart attack. I feel ashamed when I think about what I've eaten.

If you’re on here looking for info about switching from cymbalta to Prozac, here’s my take. I done research about this for about a month before I did it, I absolutely hated cymbalta. I switched a week ago and there was absolutely NO withdrawals, no brain zaps, no heart palpitations.. nothing. Yes, I’m aware that everyone is different, but if you’re scared to death like I was; it will be okay! I was on 30 mg for almost a year until I couldn’t take it anymore, and finally made the switch to 20 mg Prozac. My dr advised me to quit cymbalta cold turkey and just pick up Prozac and I was VERY hesitant about it from every single thread on here saying something was going to happen to me, but it didn’t. I can say the anxiety and shakiness is a little noticeable for a few days but I’m sure that’s from starting the Prozac. ❤️

First, Exxua is helping both my depression and anxiety. I’m actually feeling some emotions and feel some excitement in doing things. Not a lot but a noticeable difference from what I felt before.
I’ve been on nearly every antidepressant since I was diagnosed more than 20 years ago. Some worked but eventually stopped working. Now, with treatment resistant major depression I became desperate. Tried TMS over 38 weeks, ketamine for two months, even micrdosing mushrooms. Tried adding Caplyta which increased my anxiety and Mydasis for ADHD that destroyed my sleep.
Now trying Exxua. Weaning off sertraline. Had mild headaches and “dizziness” (like I drank too much alcohol) but they were manageable and subsided. Just increased my dose to 3 pills a day and my headaches are excruciating. And OTCs don’t help it. Tried 1/2 a hydrocodone and that helped for about an hour and the headache was back. Going to try taking Exxua at dinner to see if I can sleep through the headache. Anyone else getting severe headaches? Anything helping? I’ve not experienced any other side effects. Just the headache and dizziness.

Hi guys,

I've been diagnosed with ADHD and C-PTSD this year. Now taking ADHD medication and stopped my antidepressants after 20 years around 4 months ago. I've been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, personality disorders for a long time, what I thought that it never fit.

So now, I'm in the phase, where neuroplasticity adjusts to the withdrawal of the long-term use. I'm discovering that I'm touched by every stupid little thing I see or hear. My emotions are a roller-coaster and I'm so tired. Thanks to the adhd medication I can handle the exhaustion and function. I'm not an English native speaker, didn't use translate or AI, so I can't express my sentiments properly. Its also really hard to pinpoint what is going on.

Does someone have experiences, that they want to share about stopping after long-term use?

Thank you!

I feel my legs like with not power and i was trying to relax bc i suffer from anasity but im not sure if i over stand , could someone let me know if this is enough to go Hospital( Male/22/76kg/Smooker weed/tabaco )

4 weeks ago I threw Venlafaxine out of my life, thank god.
5 weeks ago there were few hot days in Reykjavik. It was maybe 18 degree. I was beware of the last 2 years how I was sensitive to heat which is very unlike me. 18 degree was like 45 degree. I was very busy before the weekend in the 18 decree and was going shop to shop because of birthday coming up on Saturday. When I am around all over in the car I usually forget to hydrate me. I was feeling dissy, very tired and so on. On Saturday I was ready for the birthday party which was at 3 pm. I just thougt I am going to close my eyes a little bit for 5 minutes. People were ringing all day and asking me: are you not coming and no answer from me. At 7.30 pm my children rushed to my home and they have key and they found me sleeping in the couch. They rushed me to the ER and I was 14-20 in pulse and very confused. The side effects of Venlafaxine is: you can be very sensitive to heat, better to stay inside in the heat and drink lot of water. I was nearly dead because of 150mg. Venlafaxine.
Have you heard that before. Maybe many have died because of it without the knowledge of doctors?

For those who quit with cold turkey or tapering did you have withdrawals, I see most people do but my dr says it’s not known to cause them

hi… so three weeks ago I stopped taking sertaline 100mg cold turkey. Symptoms of OCD and anxiety came back after taking it for like 2 1/2 months I realize now that was probably a blip week and I got worried and immediately got off of it well the last three weeks I’ve had like this weird tingle and metallic taste that comes and goes in my mouth. I’m crying multiple times a day and have feelings of like hopelessness all that great stuff. I’m just wondering like is this a result of me going crazy or does it probably have anything to do with sertaline? My mouth is the thing that’s making me go like absolutely nuts. It feels like I’m like sucking on pennies and I have this weird metallic taste in my mouth or sometimes it feels like there’s a pin in the middle of my tongue or a hair on the tip of my tongue and nothing‘s there. It’s like some weird phantom feelings. And the position moves through throughout the day. I just started Prozac 10 mg today. I’ve heard it does a lot better with anxiety and OCD. now I’ve gone down the spiral of thinking I have burning mouth syndrome or whatever it’s literally all I think about and I have never felt this bad since quitting Zoloft. I know you’re now you’re not supposed to quit cold turkey. I didn’t even know that you’re not supposed to. I feel like I’m going insane and stuck inside my own body having multiple crying spells a day as well as extreme paranoia about my mouth I do not feel myself. I just wanna be happy and I feel like this will be forever. I’m wondering what if this isn’t just from serotonin because it’s been going on for three weeks now

I used SSRI for nearly 10 years and went cold turkey in December. Then ever since February, I started binge eating EVERYDAY uncontrollably like something is possessing me. It’s extremely difficult to stop eating unless someone takes it away from me. And it’s mostly sugar, carbs and (weirdly) milk / cream. I could only stop when my stomach is in pain. It’s been almost 6 months and it’s not getting any better at all. I really don’t want to get back on SSRI anymore or any related medication. Has anyone gone through this before? Any advice?

I’ve completely become emotionally unattached. Emotional stumping I think it’s called? Today, I didn’t take it and felt better. The first few weeks were amazing. Also def struggle sleeping without unisom.

Hello!

Is there anyone that the doctor decreased Lexapro from 5mg to 2.5mg due to side effects. I have been on Lexapro for 21 days and still have bad side effects.

Please let me know. Looking to hear your stories

Thank you!

Hi guys, i’ve been taking 0.125 to 0.25 mg Clonazepam (Klonopin) for 25 days now. Was given to me with Sertraline 50 mg by Psychiatrist till the full effects kick in.

I’m paranoid about taking Clonazepam for 25 days straight, advice please

Three weeks off still have body aches, pain

Hur ska jag göra? Jag tar ibland eller varje dag. Men vet inte om jag är beroende av lyrica?.det känns som jag har kontroll. Jag tar 1200mg 4 tabletter ibland varje dag ibland inte mina avtändningar är inte så hemska. dock mycket ångest rastlöshet svettningar ibland skakningar. vet inte hur jag ska ta mig fri ur detta kan inte be om hjälp då jag är placerad och riskerar att få bo på LVM Boande alltså för missbrukare hur slutar man? Har även testat annat som tex ectacy och kristall men inte funkat på mig alls inte känt något medans mina vänner är helt borta. Jätte konstigt behöver verkligen hjälp snälla!