Hi, I'm Joanne1976

Hi everyone, I was put on Mirtazipine for acute anxiety and insomnia. 1 started at 7.5mg for approx 1 week then went up to 15mg. I was sleeping well and felt fine (ie no anxiety or mood issues at all). I then stupidly said to the doctor I don't mind staying on Mirtazipine for a while and would also be happy to try 30mg. After 3 nights on 30mg I felt really irritable so the doctor said drop back down to 15mg. All hell let lose from then. I felt extremely anxious - very tight chested for approx 6 days then had some reasonable days then the anxiety started up again (the episode lasted approx 2 weeks). I was then convinced that Mirtazipine itself was causing the anxiety to I dropped down to 11.25mg. Felt normal for 2 days, then on the third day felt very sad which freaked me out. I then got compounded 13.5mg capsules. I didn't sleep well on these at all which concerned me as they were obviously a bit different to the Axit brand Mirtazipine I had been taking. I took the capsules for 5 days then started 13.5mg Axit Mirtazipine combination of 7.5mg tablet and 12mg liquid. I've been on this now for 10 days and haven't stabilised. I feel anxious, a sense of dread, very teary (sometimes hysterically crying). From reading forums I understand that I should just keep holding this dose but would just love some advice that this is the right thing to do and that I should stabilise