r mirtazapine dose increase
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Hi
I am sick to death off my physc doc, he is a quack..
He told me to just stop taking the 15mgg of miirt dailly that i have been on for 5 years and to take sertrraline 50mg instead. I tried it for 3 days but the withdraw from the mmirt was diving me insane. Plus on the third day i waas urinating blood that iis a known side efffect of sertraline. Anyway i went straight back on the mirt, I now take one and a hallf 15mg ttabs at night plus half a tab when i waake up. I noitiice i am feeeling a little anxious now. Is thiis normmal when you increasse the dose of mirt?
Please excusee spelling itts this stupiidd phhone pllus im shaking likkee a leaf
Regarrds
Roger
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for now just relax the best you can and patience is the name of this game.
good luck keep us updated.
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Obviously we are all different. I came off mirt 15mg to none without any complications. In fact, my urination problems and backpain problem stopped immediately.
Have you told your psych or your GP.
Regards
Nick
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Regards
Roger
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According to the Rethink website it is normal to have a second opinion granted although it says that this is not a legal right. It doesn't speak about actually changing psychiatrist.
www.rethink.org/living-with-mental-illness/rights-restrictions/second-opinions
A linked website says that a second opinion from within your Trust is not an "independent" second opinion. You have to go outside your Trust for that.
I have looked at one MHT's policy regarding change of psychiatrist. This indicates that this has to be done through your care-coordinator which involves an opportunity to, if possible, resolve the difficulty with your own psychiatrist. It doesn't say that your GP can simply refer you to another psych. Afterall you are already a patient of the MHT.
I have just changed doctors by walking in to another surgery but I don't think that you can do the same with consultants.
But I do think that you do have to identify the problem that you have with your current psych, possibly with the help of your GP or MIND.
What "methods" exactly are you criticising?
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No, my mht has 5 consultant physc docs and it srates at my local gp`s surgery that Ii can request a different physc doc if i wish. This is oof couurse wiyth my gp consent. He has granted my request..
As far as what i wwould like. I would like to have some sort of cbt and not be druggged into a catatonic state on 45mg mirt 60mgg of prozac plus 20mg valium daily.and told to make more effort on my mottivattion. I would like tosee anybody have ANY motivation on that lot. Its as much as i can do tto remember what day iitt is.
Roger
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My gp could'nt believe it either. He cut the prozac out altogether and dropped the miirtazapine to 30mg daily. As farc as the 20mg of valium is concerned the physc doc told me to take it at night to help me sleep. My gp was furrious he said i am going too ginnd it very difficult to dtop bbecause to use vvalium as a dleeping tabllet id asking for trouble. Been taking it now for 5 yeard. He had made me an appoinntment with a different physc doc
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Roger
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Ii am on valium (diazapam)..
Its interesting as I am listening to the bbc world service the outlook prog and there isd a woman talking aabout her being treated for depression for the pasdt 18 months.. She said she had no moytivstion at all and all she wanted to dfo was stay in bed. She went to see another doctor who took her off all medication and now shes fine. Her drr said she didnt have depression there was nothing wwrong with her. She has wrritten a book about her ordeal. Im afraid i cant reemember her name or the name of the book but the interview should be available on the bbc worldserice website as a podcast
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Roger