Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Gnatty]

If you're frightened about start up side effects you can usually get something to tide you over in the short term. Maybe a low dose beta blocker or some diazepam. Also some antidepressants have lower side effects than others. I found starting mirtazapine relatively easy but of course we are all different. You sound like you are really suffering. For me I didn't want to be how I was any more, I couldn't cope, couldn't eat, didn't know how I was going to manage the next ten minutes. I would have tried anything.

[warwick01]

Hi I know exactly what you mean about being scared of AD. I remember having 2 attempts at SSrs many years ago and couldn't tolerate them. However I haven't had any quality of life for 2 years. Only leave the house to go shopping earl am. Panic rules my life, and like I said the melt down I had several weeks ago scared me as I didn't want to be left alone.

Mirtazapine is a different AD and off my own back cut the tablet in half for a few weeks. First week I was tired during the day. I have worked my way up and almost at full tablet. I don't feel any worse in fact  I would say anxiety is starting to lift. There are more positives with Mirtazapine esp with menopause women.

PM - if you need a chat

Wx 

[Michelle7474]

Hi roobee

I hope you get some help today off Nurse , even if it’s just talking etc and ways to deal with things

I had not suffered anxiety until this year & I left Job and got to a stage I didn’t leave my home .. pure panic would set in and I had no idea why.

I thought was my HRT and maybe I had added too much hormone into my system & I stopped HRT in July
I spoke to menopause specialist and she as much as said I added too much to which my symptoms had got worse
I’m very earli peri … so my hormones are fluctuating up and down when they please

I came off HRT & the withdrawal of aniexty was at its highest but now 12 weeks on it’s not so intense but it’s there .. I would say it’s more of a panic now and it changed my life .. it took over my life … I did try anti anxiety medication in a small dose for 2 days but it wasn’t for me & I was so close to using AD and scared about it just like you , thinking of I couldn’t handle this any worse , but I didn’t take them only because of my blood ( on medication ) and my INR was more important to me and in my mind I was thinking I don’t want to take AD because it’s hormones.. was probably a cop out at the time because of being so scared to take
I didn’t take anything and gradually it all has been far less intense as the weeks go on … at the beginning it was awful horrendous & I’m thankful for the fact it’s now not like that

I wouldn’t go out of my home in the fear of something happening to me .. so I only went out if I was in car with husband.
Now I go out alone ( not far ) sometimes I’m fine , sometimes I want to get there and back as quick as possible

So little things your doing by walking your dog is a good thing … I made myself go out as I didn’t want to be scared of the outside as I’ve always been a person to be out and not indoors .. I would walk for miles … now I walk not far but I’m hoping as time goes on my walks get longer and I get back to some normality

This site is great for ranting and getting things off chest … but don’t be so hard on yourself as you have been out with the dog , that’s more than what I was doing at my worst
I have CBT also .. it’s interesting but I’m not so sure in mid panic that would help me but it’s interesting to know what our bodies are doing.

I hope you get some kind of help that you want and need & if you have to take AD for that then do so , in life we all need help at times

I won’t ever take my mental health for granted ever again

Sending you a big hug , as most of us know how that feeling your getting is ..
good luck today with Nurse , hopefully today is your first day back on the track of beating this

[Roobee]

Hi I know exactly what you mean about being scared of AD. I remember having 2 attempts at SSrs many years ago and couldn't tolerate them. However I haven't had any quality of life for 2 years. Only leave the house to go shopping earl am. Panic rules my life, and like I said the melt down I had several weeks ago scared me as I didn't want to be left alone.

Mirtazapine is a different AD and off my own back cut the tablet in half for a few weeks. First week I was tired during the day. I have worked my way up and almost at full tablet. I don't feel any worse in fact  I would say anxiety is starting to lift. There are more positives with Mirtazapine esp with menopause women.

PM - if you need a chat

Wx

Thank you 🥰 I think i PM’d you but I can’t see it in my sent box? Lol