am i alone on this combination

not seeing a psychiatrist at the moment , going to see my gp next week and they are going to refer me to one . i was on venlafaxine 100mg for about 8 years ,and the gp took me of it in a week , horrible coming of it , the venalaxife i believe had stop working for me , anxiety went through the roof , just feel at the moment the mirtz and qutpn are controlling me to many side affects when they should be making me feel better  

Psychistrist referral is good.  Is there a reason why your doctor didn't want to increase the dose of the venlafaxine rather than take you off it?  I'm not surprised your withdrawal was horrible, a week is a very short time to be taken off a drug you've been on for 10 years.

I believe Mirtazapine helps my anxiety and sleep but didn't do anything for the depression which is why I was put on the Venlafaxine also. 

I I hope you start to feel better soon and hope it goes well at the doctors

doctor did increase venlafaxine but it made me worse , mirtazapine really knocking me out at night , struggle to wake up in morning ,as well as quitepine makes me drowsy ,hopefully in time it will ease , got to give it time to work , thanks for your reply , how long have you been on this combination

I've been on Mirtazapine for 4 months, Venłafaxine 2 months and Quetiapine  for a month.  They say that the drowsiness wears off, I did feel a little drowsy when I first started but not anymore.

As you suffered for such a long time, I think it's critical that you see a psychiatrist asap. 

do you think that this combination is working for you , i hope it is , i know different meds  work for different people , so i hope i can find a combination that works for me , having been on the one med venlaxafine for so long i know it might take a while to get one out of my system and to get another one in , have noticed a drop in anxiety but deppression still bad especially in the morning

Hi Terry, I can relate to the morning depression, I'm much worse in the mornings but improve as the day goes on.  My psychiatrist has ramped up the venłafaxine quite quickly.  I have good, bad and ok days.  I've suffered for 8 months so need to be patient and not expect miracles.  

I can't imagine what it must have been like for you to live with this for 20 years.  Have you found any peace during this time?  Have you seen a psychiatrist?  

i have had some realy good spells over the years , months with no symptons at all , then out of the blue  it comes back , and every time it seems to be harder and longer to get over it , not seen psychiatist yet but hopefully soon

Hi Nicola, I'm so sorry that you're feelng as you do, I know exactly how that feels and it's terrible.  

6 months on mirtazapine is long enough to know if it's going to work or not.  I think you need to go back to the doctors.  Have you had bereavement counselling? Gen x

 

Hi Gen I go to counselling every week at the moment as its changes from day to day I seem to have like three days that are good and then I'm constantly sad and my heart is breaking I have to go back to the docs in a weeks time so I'm going to ask her again I may even ask to see a specialist I just can't seem to move forward with my life xxx

Hi Nicola, having good days is a good sign.  I know how awful it is for these to be followed by bad ones, but that is quite normal.  When you have your bad days are you able to do anything?  Do you find you have a complete lack of interest in doing things and get no joy out of anything? Gen xxx

hi nicola i know what you are feeling , i feel the same i just dont want to be here anymore , nothing i do seems to have any enoyment in it , just wake every day hopeing tomorrow will be better , i hate the way i feel , i smile just to make other people feel better but inside i am so sad , just want to feel normal even for a day , i will carry on with the meds , but if i dont see any inprovement in the next couple of weeks i will get my gp to change me to something else ,  i hope you find some help with your gp , but if this med coctail is not working for you  , get it changed , 

i think we are very much a like nicola , i lost a very good friend 20 years ago who commited suicide and i spent many years not allowing myself to enjoy life , i allowed the grief to be apart of my life every day re liveing every thought and emotion untill it seemed as if it was normal , it made me very emotional about death , worrying about those i cared for what if they died , even think of my own life and how the grief would affect those that i love , i hope you get you better and get the help you deserve , people say having a life is better than having no life at all , these people have never suffered with deppression , i am sure there is a way out of this dispair and i will find it , take care x