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I've been on a few meds over the past 5 years for GAD, bouts of depression and bad health anxiety...took my doctor 3 years to realise lustral (sertraline) wasn't working and switched me to cymbalta (duloxetine) 7 months ago...no improvement at all. I was tapered off cymbalta and put on mirtazipine 15mg 6 days ago...ive felt like a zombie since the first night taking them..sleepy, irritable, spaced out and dizzy. I'm considering just taking half of one tonight and phone my therapist tomorrow and say I want off this.. .she will no doubt try to get me to persevere for another 2 or 3 weeks but I don't want to. She offered me venifexaline as a choice before she put me on this stuff. She was also talking about trying pregabilin but I'm not sure I want to go down that route. I've done cbt 3 times and even paid for hypnotherapy.. .now I am leaning towards trying ketamine or a trip on psilocybin mushrooms or lsd to try to find a root cause to my issues. I'm not reccomending any of the above drugs to anyone...do some research of your own.
Anyone else get this hangover numb effect from mirtazipine when you started? Any info would be appreciated
Thsnks
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Zara136 Rob1988
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Hi Rob
i was on mirtazapine 15mg for a year ,it did take a few wks for side effects to wear of ,but it never helped with my depression at all in fact it caused me to have anxiety as I never suffer anxiety until I was used this medication. I'm now in withdrawals of mirtazapine,it's heading to 7wks from I was switched from mirtazapine to a different anti depression... no one but you can decide if you want to stay on it and give it a few wks to see if side effects settle down but once you have been on it 2wks that's it into your system and withdrawals are horrible (well for me they are)
everyone reacts different to mirtazapine some people thinks it's a life saver but for me all it done was give me a full nights sleep but did nothing for my depression
good luck
kaz
Rob1988 Zara136
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Thanks
Zara136 Rob1988
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as i said I never felt great while on mirtazapine when doc took me off the just over 6wks ago the 1st few days I felt great then 3rd day I was hit with all the withdrawals thought I was losing my mind ... last 3 days seems to be bit better. Yes definitely have a think about it and if you want of them get of them asap before they get into your system, if there is anything I can help you with just send me a private message...
kaz
ann55375 Rob1988
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Rob1988 ann55375
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Thanks Ann, yeah I mentioned alternatives to "big pharma " meds like ketamine to my therapist and she looked at me as if I was actually mental..i told her about all the promising research that's been done and even to check it up herself. She says she does want to help me but it seems only on her terms.
I've got hold of 500mg of ketamine shards and I hear that a half mg per kilo of bodyweight is the recommended dosage (so around 40mg for me)..but that's through IV over a period of 25 - 35 mins. So I'm guessing orally I'd need 50-60mg. To me there seems to be too much strong evidence to disregard ketamine completely.
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What's TMS? as never heard of that.I know ketamine is used as a horse tranquilliser,and also as analgesia for massive pain relief,when morphine not adequate,without giving too high dose that would suppress your respiration,but didn't know it's being used for depression and anxiety conditions in Australia with good results.
ann55375 Guest
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TMS is a new one from USA with success there, they hold a magnetic instrument over your head each day for six weeks and it lifts depression. Only not available on nhs yet. You can read about it on website. It really helps people who havent had remission from medication.
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