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Change of medication ?

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angela77575
angela77575

After 3 weeks I'm not convinced mirtazapine alone is the right medication to treat my anxiety and help make me sleep and I'm thinking of asking for another med to take as well. Any thoughts or experience of taking Escitalopram to control anxiety?

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  • Morning_Rain
    Morning_Rain angela77575

    Posted

    I would get off Mirtazapine as fast as possible. 

    If you haven’t done so already, please reasearch mirtzapine for the acutely horrific and long lasting side effects and withdrawals.  It is highly addictive and the SE symptoms and withdrawals are worse than heroin. 

    I’m not trying to scare you, I’m trying to help you so you know exactly what you’re in for if you continue taking it. Right now it’s only 3 weeks on, but even in that very short time your body has become addicted to it.

    Please educate yourself on this very unstable unpredictable toxic drug. 

    Best wishes for healthy decisions.

  • james87669
    james87669 angela77575

    Posted

    Angela, I presently take 30mg mirtazapine and 10mg escitalopram. In my experience the mirtazapine was only good for sleep. It worked very well for that! The GAD seems to be fairly managed but not as well as it was with lorazepam. I had been able to get scripts for lorazepam regularly for years but now not possible due Doctors reluctance to prescribe long term which is a shame because it worked so well.
    • angela77575
      angela77575 james87669

      Posted

      Thanks for that info James. I do feel I need something else for the anxiety. I'll ask at my next appointment with my prescriber.

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