Mirtazapine issues
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Hi,
New to the forum so bare with me. Have been being treated for depression for the last 9 months. Still no closer to feeling like my old self, but that's due to a combination of the depression and the constant pain I feel from a herniated L5/S1 disc.
Currently I'm taking 20mg Citalopram, 3600mg Gabapentin, 1000mg Naproxen, 40mg Esomeprozole, 50mg Amitriptyline and the odd Tamazapam at night. My Dr now wants to add 15mg of Mirtazapine into the concoction of medication, but I know very little about it. Having read through some of the other posts on the forum I can see people have mentioned the fact that it makes you very groggy, which really isn't helpful as I already struggle to wake up in the mornings and am consistently late for work, which of course is adding more stress as I'm close to being taken to a disciplinary hearing. My Dr advised me that it would help with my difficulty in getting to sleep and not waking up during the night, but it seems it's just going to add to my issues with waking up.
I've kind of hit a point now where I really don't know what to do, and it just feels like i'm being bombarded with medication until something works. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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julie1111 Pedro9007
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kat50 Pedro9007
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Pedro9007 kat50
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Hi Kat, thanks for the reply. I'm just worried it could add to the grogginess every morning.
I've kind of just built up a collection of medications that actually allow me to get out of bed in the morning, as the gabapentin, amitriptyline and Naproxen help to mask some of my pain. Currently waiting to be referred to a pain clinic to see what they can do, but I can live with the back pain. It's the feeling of total loss from the depression i'm really struggling with. Hate going out in public, constantly have dark thoughts and haven't found anything that has helped in the slightest yet.
liam28679 Pedro9007
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liam28679 Pedro9007
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Pedro9007
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Thanks for your replies guys. I think I'm just going to have to give it a go and see what happens. Hopefully it will actually allow me to have a full night's sleep for the first time in 6 months, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't feel any worse than I already do
kat50 Pedro9007
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Pedro9007 liam28679
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That doesn't sound great
already suffer from night terrors... not sure I like the sound of making them more vivid.
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julie1111 Pedro9007
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the vivid dreams dont last long! sometimes the dreams can be so intresting :-)
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