Experiences with Mirtazapine?

How long did you take it for, if you don't mind me asking?

That's no problem, thank you for replying! To be honest, bad news was what I was expecting - I've tried four different anti-depressants and only had good experiences with one, but I just wanted to be sure I was giving this one a fair try before I decided to come off it. Take care!

I honestly think some people just respond better to anti depressants than others.

I think I've tried about 8 and only one or two had side effects that weren't unbearable!

But then again my family members have had great success with the first ones they've been prescribed.

It's all just so individual I guess.

Good luck to you hope you are well xxx

I think that's definitely true. I have a few friends who are on anti-depressants as well, and most of them were satisfied with the first thing prescribed. I haven't been so lucky - it looks like I'll soon be on to number five! 

Thanks for your help. I hope you're doing well, too. 

Thanks, Michael. I haven't been getting nightmares, but I've been having really vivid dreams - I guess it's a common side effect. Is citalopram working better for you? That was the first thing I was put on and the side effects I got were truly awful. It's strange how differently they work for different people.

i found citalapram too be very helpfull, takes the edge off things 4 sure for me, its deffinatly strange how diffrent things work for diffrent ppl, shows were not robots and individuals fighting unique issues or problems, i feel the citalapram is now wearing low, and i have a fantastic GP and social worker, and hoping one day i will feel a lust for life once again, untill then though........looking forward to phyciolgy reports to suggest sumthin else which may help or may not,

I'm glad you've got that support, it can really help. Good luck with it all, I hope everything works out!

It sounds like you and I were the same on citalopram! I was at the GP nearly every other day, but I persevered because it was the first one I had tried and I didn't really realise the side effects weren't supposed to be that bad.

I think you're right about trying it for a little longer, at least until my next GP appointment. Can I ask if it makes you really sleepy? 

Thank you, it does help.

Yes it does sound like it. If you can bear it, try to last a bit longer. 

Absolutely nothing makes me sleepy unfortunately

One GP told me it had a sedative effect and a totally different GP told me it hadn't. Figure that one out

What time of day do you take it?

Ask me anything you like. I would be so glad to help if I can xx

 

My doctor told me it had a sedative effect, and for the first week or so it really knocked me out. Now it still makes me sleepy, but less so. I take it about 10pm, usually. 

It would be brilliant if it just helped me sleep, but instead it makes me hazy and out of it during the day. More like it prevents me from waking up than anything else. And yet my mood is still exactly the same as it was, if not worse. So I guess I'm just wary of increasing the dose in case it just makes the side effects worse. 

Did you have any side effects in the beginning? And if you did, did they get worse when you increased the dose? 

Thank you for your help, it really is lovely of you. 

Is it possible for you to take your dose around 6-7pm?  Hopefully if you do that you won't feel so groggy the next day. 

I did put a little bit of weight on at first but managed to lose it.  You probably already know this, but most antidepressants make you feel worse before they make you feel better. Stupid, I know. 

As Mirtazapine is one of the older antidepressants it doesn't seem to have the really nasty side effects Duloxetine and Citalapram had on me. 

I am guessing you have to go to work?  It is a shame you couldn't increase your dose over the weekend. 

I have tried just about every antidepressant ever made and this one had the least side effects and worked best. 

I still feel depressed but I do have a HUGE amount of stress going on so it's not surprising. 

Try to be patient hun.  Much easier said than done but we don't get depressed overnight and don't start to feel better overnight. 

Just ask me anything you want, however big or small. I don't have all the answers obviously but will do my very best to help you. 

Having depression and Fibromyalgia for over 30 years has been really rough on me. 

If I can help just one person the suffering might feel worth it. 

xx

 

I might try taking it earlier, that's probably a good idea - especially when I have to get up early in the morning! 

I know weight gain is a really common side effect for a lot of antidepressants, and I've put on weight with others, but this one seems by far the worst for that, at least for me. I guess it's not the worst thing that could happen, though, so I'm trying to give it a fair try. 

They do take a while to work, I know that, but I have a feeling this one may not be for me. I had much better luck with sertraline, athough even that stopped working eventually. 

That does sound really tough, I'm sorry to hear that you have so much to deal with. It's been about four or five years for me now with depression and anxiety, but only two years on medication.

I hope you're doing okay! I'm always here to talk. 

Hiya

i am always of the opinion that we know our own bodies.  If you really feel this antidepressant is not for you it's not worth persevering in a way. 

Obviously it is completely up to you. 

Thanks for the offer of a chat. I get pretty lonely so it would be lovely to have a chat with you now and then. 

Thanks xx

Chat is good as we all get so isolated in our worlds - happy to talk anytime

I'm a single parent to 2 children aged 15 & 18. They are absolutely great, but I really miss having adult conversation and get very lonely since we moved to a new area.

At this time of year my depression has usually lifted but I'm feeling extremely down at the moment. 

Are you around later, or tomorrow for a chat?

I need to sort a few things out before the delightful chore of doing dinner. 

Urgh ! 

xx

Absolutely. I know how lonely it can get. Especially now - I'm looking for a job and around the house most of the time, so it's just me and the cat! Happy to talk whenever.

Hi Bluebell

I am around at the moment.  I have two weeks and a bit before I go back to work so please feel free

x

hi deborah

looing for work can be soul destroying and the cat may not be the most observant! I have 2 cats and an elderly dog!

PS

My job is working with 16 year olds plus so I can guess how hard it is to be a single mum

Hi Misty,

It absolutely is soul destroying. I've just finished uni so I'm either under-qualified or over-qualified for like every single thing. Haha, yeah - they're cute but they're not the best to talk to!

Daft to say but don't worry.  It's not unusual for it to take time after Uni to find a job.  You are often given false expectations when you do a degree and unfortunately it takes time to get a job...but you WILL get one and hopefully in time the one you really want

Do you do speculative approaches...70% jobs are acquired through this but it takes nerve and time

 

Sorry one of my previous lifetimes was helping people get jobs but I maybe a bit out of touch with present day reality - still can't hurt except cost of post and phone calls and a belief in yourself

 

I know, that's the thing. We just have to be patient. I don't think uni gives you many false expectations these days, though - we know it's going to be near impossible to get jobs right now! (I have two interviews in the next two days though, so wish me luck!)

I'm supposed to be trying speculative approaches, but I keep putting it off. And please don't be sorry - any kind of help at all is great.

Thank you misty. Hope to chat to you tomorrow sometime. 

xx