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Anxiety with depression

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ann55375
ann55375

tried several a/ds, my body just cannot cope with ssris so on mirtazapine with diazepam.  It used to work to give a nights sleep even with horrendous nightmares but now i am waking early with distorted thinking tied into nightmares which are vivid.  I have had these since the mirtazapine.  Next suggestion is to add abilify or even maybe lithium, can anyone tell me if either of these will help my anxiety and bad wakings please

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  • elena89284
    elena89284 ann55375

    Posted

    Hi Ann,

     

    I have been on Lithium for 1 year when I was fighting depression.

    In my opinion it did help me feel better but I don’t know if it’s going to work out for you because I have never had sleeping problems when I was in depression – just the opposite.

     

    Try it and see, but I know that to really see results you have to take it for more than 2 months.

    I was taking one pill every day.

     

    I hope this was helpful!

    • ann55375
      ann55375 elena89284

      Posted

      Thanks, all info helps.  

      Do you take anything else with lithium, im not sure if my dr will give me two different ones as some people seem to take two.

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