Increased anxiety with setraline
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Hi I started on Setra 2.5 weeks ago. 4 days at 25, 10 days at 50, now 3 days at 75. The reason for the fast increase is the pdoc is trying to fix my sleep which is nonexistent without sleeping tabs (taken off and on for a couple of months). I've felt really anxious and still depressed especially last couple of days but doc wants me to go to 100. Too scared until side effects gone but I need to fix my sleep before I get put on something like mirtzapine! Any insights?
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paul67642 alean80408
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alean80408 paul67642
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oldboy alean80408
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If you want to fix your sleep, a low dose of mirtazapine is a good choice.
Personally I take both: Sertraline to fight anxiety and mirtazapine to counter the lack of sleep caused by the Sertraline. It works really well.
Until I started the mirt I was extremely depressed - probably caused by lack of sleep.
Because I could not sleep the
alean80408 oldboy
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Psych seems to think if we fix depression sleep will follow as my sleep only stopped after depression started.
oldboy alean80408
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I hope your pdoc is right - that fixing the depression will fix the sleep. It did not work in my case as it was the AD which was causing the insomnia and the insomnia which caused depression.
Mirt makes me slightly groggy in the morning but only for about 30 minutes after I get up. I need to take it about 12 hours before that though.
We all respond differently. I have just read another post on this forum by someone who said sleep deprivation helps his depression.