Been on it for three and a half years now, prior I had had somewhat of a breakdown which included depression and anxiety and also severe sadness , not wanting to go out, stopping all my social activities, stopping swinging and sex with no interest in them(which was unheard of for me) and struggling to eat anything and struggling to sleep, ie sweating with anxiety as soon as I got in bed, the whole thing came out of nowhere. After trying to get it under control for several weeks I finally rang GP and got a phone appointment (during Covid).
He recommended Mirtazapine, and even then I tried further to get in under control for a few more weeks, but the final straw was going into town one day with my father and coming back crying and in a terrible state and knew I finally had to take them, so took one that evening, circa July 22.
An instant 180, went to sleep within minutes , woke up next morning ready to eat a horse and my mood was much improved and more relaxed. It absolutely gave me a humongous appetite and I was grabbing everything at hand.
It helped me through a very dark period but long term here’s some observations of the tablet. It can make you put on a ton of weight due to increased appetite as it acts on an inhibitor in your brain regarding fullness and appetite plus it also changes the way your body stores fat, AND of course due to the sedating nature of the tablet,(in order to help with sleep and to calm you down and make you feel chilled out) this makes you, well frankly not wanting to do much of anything physical.
These combined are the factors why most but not all people on it end up putting on weight. It makes you hungry and it makes you sluggish and you reduce your physical activity. There’s also a big feeling that “nothing really matters” and becoming very blasé of chilled about things, which I think is due to it acting on a receptor in the brain, which helps you relax and cope with the stress and dance you had before.
Other effects are also a much decreased sex drive so be warned!!
It helped me massively through a very dark period but I’m stuck on it now and attempts to come off it have been unsuccessful. I’ve gone from a few days to the most a few weeks off it but always ended up going back because I felt I needed to. It’s a comfort thing now and is clearly still helping me, but in other areas the side effects are ones I hate as mentioned above, so it’s a double edged sword
Think very carefully before you start them, they are brilliant if your struggling to eat and sleep, but tip the balance of both of them way over into concerning territory once your on them. maybe try another type of AD before Mirt, ones that don’t make you vulnerable to weight gain.
Not everybody will get the same side effects but a vast majority do experience them with this pill |
