....I am still anxiety ridden and get tense during the day. I have to admit that I thought this drug would help my anxiety, but in the end it has not helped as much as I would have liked.

I started my feedback on Mirtazapine in the thread below...
http://www.depressionforums.org/forums/Mir...ine-t29689.html

This medication has helped me in two areas, sleeping at night (I get extremely sleepy 30 minutes after I take it,), and with my appetite, (I am now a size 34 in the waist because of the eating binges I have after taking this pill as well. So basically, I get really sleepy and really hungry at the same time. I have never been close to a size 34 in the waist in the past which speaks to the effectiveness of this medication. Before I started it, I had no appetite, but now I can at least eat and sleep, even though I have a gut now and had to re-stock my pants wardrobe.

However, I still get tense during days, even on weekends when I should be relaxed. And the only thing that settles me down right now is Klonopin. I take it 5 times a week average. But I am concerned that I have become too dependent on Klonopin as my psychiatrist has told me that Klonopin is a terrible long term solution. I use klonopin before social gatherings because I know I will feel normal and more relaxed. Yet, it kinda sucks that i need a pill just to function in public.

I also wanted to mention that I will have nose surgery for a deviated septum in 3 weeks. Now, I would like to believe that being able to breathe very well through my nose again for the first time in years will help my anxiety. But at the end of the day, after taking .5 mg klonopin an hour before writing this post, I feel pretty good with my deviated septum. Yet 3 hours ago, I was tense, for no good reason.

Anyway, 4 months into Mirtazapine, I hope someone else who is considering this medication will get some benefit from my feedback. If you are anxious or depressed and you have NO appetite to eat ever, this medication will fix that problem. Also, if your anxiety or depression prevents you from going to sleep at night, this medication will also solve that problem.......but as far as fixing my anxiety, I started this in late February and well....I was hoping by now that I would not be anxious anymore......not only do I continue to be anxious, I now need Klonopin to do my job well and feel normal through the day.

I am fixing to try out a new psychologist, and fixing to start doing swimming exercises on a more frequent basis. I did some for the first time last weekend and loved it.

This post has been edited by jbii: Jun 22 2009, 03:15 PM