Helps 11.25 mg Mirtazapine against anxiety?
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Hi, i am from Holland and found this forum.
I am suffering from anxiety en tried many adds, nothing helps, i was going sky high.
Now i am taking Mirtazapine and have tried it in diferent doses.
30 mg was too much and 15 mg too, i would sleeping al day.
And 15 mg makes me angry en depressive.
Now i am on 7.50 mg and my sleep is good but after one hour the anxiety comes back and i can do nothing, have diazepam four times a day 5 mg.
Is there someone who takes 11.25 mg that helpes against anxiety?
I have been dealing with it for 4 years now.
Thank you very much.
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lynne82155 karin03989
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Your medication does not seem to be working
Go back to your doctor and get your medication reviewed
karin03989 lynne82155
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I have been back to my doctor and he has send me too a pdoc in 2015 because al of the ssri´s don´t work for me, i have tried four for more than 6 weeks and the only thing was that i flew high as a kite and went almost nuts.
My pdoc tried two ssri´s and also went nuts.
Mirtazapine is the only medicine i can cope with.
But it is not enough for the every day life.
So that´s why i asked here of there is someone with good results with 11.25 mg before i try it.
For now i will stick for a couple of days on 7.50 mg and see what that will do about two weeks.
Thanks for your answer Lynne, i appreciate that.
oldboy karin03989
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I do not think altering the exact dose of mirt will help much. I suggest you try staying on the mirt but ADDING an SSRI (eg sertraline) to help with the anxiety.
That works for me.
karin03989 oldboy
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Cipramil
I have tried Sertraline, Cipramil and Prozac, and none of them was very helpfull. I will stay on Mirtazapine, it works for awakening in the morning against anxiety.
The pdoc says that i maybe miss an enzym that breaks the medecine in the liver, so it build up and that results in more and more panic.
It´s a difficult issue what to do. I can use ssri´s but in a very low dose.
Nice to read that you found your mix.
And thanks for your answer.
karin65289 karin03989
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I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, as well as bipolar disorder. I have been on Mirtazapine for several years for sleep (at least 10 years). HOWEVER Mirtazapine does not help my anxiexty. I have been on a Benzodyazipine for anxiety and it works well for me (Clonazapan). However, I would caution anyone about starting on "Benzos" as they have side effects such as addiction. There's tons you can read on the internet. All that said I get scared when think of trying to cope within benzo's.
Some things I'm trying are Mindfulness, CBT (Cognitive Behavorial Therapy), counseling, Guided Visualizations / CDs. I wish you well and hope you find ways to put the anxiety to bed.
karin03989 karin65289
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Yes it is really an excellent forum.
I also was diagnosed with an anxietx disorder and after a couple of days they chanched it in an depressif order but i don´t think that i am depressif.
Sorry for my bad English, i hope that people understand what i mean
I have 20 years benzo´s, more or less. The next year i must swallow more of that stuff because of building up the ssri´s.
I came from 6 pills a day and now 4.
I now there are very addictif, i am addicted i no.
I have an appointment for CBT next month.
Thank you also for your answer.
ann55375 karin65289
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karin65289 karin03989
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Your English is quite understandable. You sound very knowledgable about benzodyazipines - they used to be prescribed without all the concerns that exist now. It still may be a drug that's used when nothing else works for anxiety.
I wish you well with the CBT, I think it's an excellent tool but, it's not instantous.
Sending positive thoughts your way, let us know what your pdr says -
karin03989 karin65289
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That´s fine that my English is understandable
Yes i know what benzo´s are doing en that they are very addicted.
The pdoc have said in the past that if i can not cope with ad i must take benzo´s inplace.
But the mirt does something in the morning and evening when i am going to sleep, i don´t feel my heartbeat so hard as usual.
I have been only one time there and in al these years it´s the one who is listening, realy listening.
Thanks for your positive thoughts i´ll need them I send them also to you.
I will let you know what the pdr have said.
Thanks for your reply.
tonia_2003 karin03989
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karin03989 tonia_2003
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Are you also in withdrawal?
Or do you take it with the Mirt?
And how much of mirt are you taken if i may ask?
And is it also for anxietx?
A lot of questions
tonia_2003 karin03989
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karin03989 tonia_2003
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I did not know about the withdrawals before i was taken an ad.
As i had known about this before i never had taken een ad.
Paxil is very difficult to withdraw i have read, i wish for you that withdrawal is soon ending.
Before i was taken other adds and the Mirt i did it with oxazapam and diazepam but it was not enough for the anxiety in the morning or i must take more of these pills, so the dr prescriped ad and i was taken it because i could not live with the anxiety in the morning and the rest of the day, it was unbeareble.
The Mirt controls the heart palpitations in the morning en when i am going to bed.
So clonazepam is working good for you, that´s fine.
I wish you al the best and thanks for your answer.
tonia_2003 karin03989
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karin03989 tonia_2003
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This was more before the Mirt en less when i take 15 mg of Mirt but i got depressiv from 15 mg Mirt
tonia_2003 karin03989
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