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Went to see a new psychiatrist today and she wants me to go on Mirtazapine. I've read all the withdrawal horror stories and now not so sure. I have severe anxiety and I'm also on Paxil which I think has quit working. I've been on it for 15 years and I took an herbal supplement for two days and woke up in a panic attack that morning. I never have panic attacks. I've had one in my 45 years of life until July 5, 2016. I've lost a lot of weight and have heart palpitations everyday. I now have chronic nausea from the gastritis my anxiety has caused. Should I try this medication??
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lorraine52317 tonia_2003
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this med really helped me, the ddrawback is it can make you hungry! when your ready to withdraw, it doesn't have to be horrific, it just needs to be done slowly and steady.
Evergreen (on this forum) has done it successfully and without climbing the walls. It may be worth looking up her great tips thread.
don't worry about coming off, the important thing is for you to start feeling better. Good luck ♥
God bless xx
tonia_2003 lorraine52317
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I also have OCD. Do you know if it's good for OCD?
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sharon12462 tonia_2003
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kathy50523 tonia_2003
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tonia_2003 kathy50523
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Thank you so much!!
evergreen tonia_2003
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Calmer tonia_2003
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Sorry to read of your suffering.
Your story is fairly common for people who have been on AD's for a long period of time. As you say you think it has stopped working or "pooped out" leading you to go through a withdrawal in effect, hence the panic attack, nausea, heart palps and maybe an increase in anxiety?
Paxil is an SSRI and withdrawal from this cannot be covered with Mirtazapine, they shouldn't be mixed either I doubt. You may need to do a 10% withdrawal from Paxil every 2 weeks until off and see how you feel before starting another AD - the doc or p.doc may well tell you to just quite within a week or two which is common, but this may lead to more uncomfortable WD symptoms.
Personally Mirt' really helped me when I was suffering with insomnia which then lead to anxiety; I was taking Mirt' for about a year before starting a slow taper, the slower the better really for me, probably 5% every 2 weeks.
For a more informed choice, follow the link below which explains the slow WD method.
Wishing you well Tonia x
For advice on tapering Mirtazapine slowly at the recommended rate of no more than 10% every 3 or 4 weeks, please see the following which is within this forum,
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/depression-resources-298570
and then click on the link "REDUCING AD'S USING 10% WITHDRAWAL METHOD".
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