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I have just been prescribed 30mg today. I'm a bit scared to start taking them as I am now a single parent to an 8 month old. What s everyone experiences and did you start to feed better? I'm not worried about the weight increase, I have plummeted in weight to extremely low levels (4 stone lighter than pre pregnancy and then I was ideal size). Thanks.
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waza19229
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kennybhoy
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I was put on 30mg and it worked brilliantly for me, I'm reducing slowly now but it was very good and helped me a lot
You will put on weight and as you said you don't mind that so go for it
Good luck
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monica53564 Dr_Dave
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Doglover83
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lisa52211
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i just wondered how ur getting, i will be taking my 7th tablet tonight and having good and not so bad days
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Doglover83
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lisa52211
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how are you managing with the little one? my husband works away, and i have a 2 and 3 year old to look after and get a bit worried i end up not hearing them through the night and stuff like that!
im on 15mg and have to move up to the 30 next week but just taking it a day at a time and will see how i feel by then, so far ive had no rage feelings and everything ive read on hear worries me that i get it, that would just top me off haha!!
Doglover83
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lisa52211
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RogerDodger
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So far I think I have a subtle improvement. Subtle's a good word, because the changes I notice are small and are really just absences. I haven't had a visit from what I call "The Claw" - anxiety related feeling like a claw hand grabbing the front centre of my chest - for over a week. I can stay with tasks more easily, and don't feel I need to drop them and run away from them at the slightest problem. There's no way to be sure if this is Mirtaz at work, a placebo effect, the day to day goings on in my life being a less full of perceived urgent demands, or a combination of all these things. I'll tell you though, I couldn't care less if it's placebo from knowing I'm finally taking a treatment - if it works for me, that's all I care about!
To contrast with some previous experience, about a decade ago when I was deeply unhappy I had several months on an SNRI: Venlafaxine. It was bad news. Now, I need to be fair to it, it /did/ work very well at calming me. I lost the ability to sob like a little kid, and I couldn't feel sad or angry about things. Pretty much a Jedi state! All the positive emotions were still in full force though. But that stuff was just too aggressive chemically, a hell of a dependance on it. Miss one and the headache arrived and "bwupple" sounds in my ears. Oh, and it made it almost impossible to reach an, er, "happy ending" in the bedroom. So "sod this", I announced and I got off it.
So far Mirtaz (or the Mirtaz + combo factors mentioned above, to be scientific about it) has calmed me, I can keep my mind on tasks better, I don't feel sad/scared/anxious or get overtly pissed off at even small annoyances. But it's /subtle/. I /can/ still feel anxious etc. if I really think about things that are worrying me. It's just that I don't think about them much at all now unless I deliberately try to. And it's easier to dismiss trivial annoyances as just that - trivial. And unexpectedly, not only are there no ill effects in the bedroom, there's actually been a bit of an enhancement! Again, I stress, this is me, and this may all be placebo in nature.
I'm only two weeks into the course, and I'm far from fully settled depressionwise. But so far I'm a poster-boy for Mirtazapine. I sure hope it only gets better from here!
kate04135
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I know you're worried about looking after your bub and feel bad about not being able to care for him in the way you wish to - I'm having similar feeling about my family and my new job. I'm finding it helpful to keep telling myself that I'm sick and it's ok to do less than my best while I'm getting well. In fact I will HAVE to ease up on myself to not drive myself (even more) crazy while the side effects settle. Make haste slowly and all that.
If we had the glandular fever, no-one would blame us for putting ourself first for some weeks or even months. If there's anyone, like your Mum or a good friend, who could help you with your bub on a regular basis then it's ok to ask them for help. This is exactly the time when you should lean on your friends and family. I have to keep reminding myself that, because for some reason I urge my friends to ask for my help when I know they're doing it tough, but feel like I have to soldier on alone however bad things are.
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