Finally Got Put On Meds.

[Jimmy1]

Actually Angle, Mirtazapine is also called Avanza. The funny thing with it, is that less is more.
I started with 30 mg soltab of it. When I reduced it to 15 mg soltab, my fiance used to call it my 'One Word Tablet'.
Half an hour after having it, I was out for the count. Slept well.

What dosage are you on?? In the old days I was on 60 mg.

 

[Anglesachse]

She has put me on 30mg as a starting point. Took the first last night "2 hrs before bed" she said. 45 min later I was fast asleep in my chair.

When the misses got me to move and go to bed I was out before my head hit the pillow. that was about 2200, at about 0300 I was all over the bed again. Waking up every time I turned.

This morning I was grogy as hell. even at work now I cant realy focus properly, and my eyes and hands (fingures) are a bit slow to react to the brain. I am wide awake now, but every thing is just slow to react. Kind of like watching some one in slow motion.

 

[Jimmy1]

That's spot on mate. It gets you to sleep, but don't always expect a full night.
Cobwebs in the eyes is how I explain the mornings. Shower + coffee help.

 

[kevinmc]

Just made it back from an inpatient nightmare. Seems that the therapeutic aspect was just over looked. I refused the benzo's so they gave me a beta blocker (Inderol) to slow my heart rate and help anxiety. Its is doing its job, Trazadone is helping me sleep and I feel like I will survive. Food even has flavor again! I even enjoyed the sunrise. I still am not sleeping great but at least I am getting some.
Ty again everybody for all the tips and support.

 

[Ned]

Good news Kevin, sounds like you've got some breathing space back.

 

[Jimmy1]

Kevin, they put my teenager on Inderol, and I have a bottle in the cupboard.
They do lower your heart rate and stop the thumping. I was going through a major change giving up pot, then giving up cigarettes at the time and it helped immensely. Maybe I should try and go back.
It would beat having to do the whole Benzo thing.

 

[K-9 Al]

Its been a little while since I checked in. I had a follow up appt and 300 mg of Wellbutrin was added to 75 mg of Effexor XR. Also for sleep i went from 2 mg to 3 mg of Lunesta cause 2 mg just wasnt cutting it. even with the Lunesta, i still walk up a few times a night to check my surroundings. However, at least I can get to sleep. Its easier also because I now have my service dog with me. So when i get up and am looking around, I look at her and if shes calm then it calms me down. Lunesta doesnt doa nything for the dreams though. Which is a downfall. The effexor at 75mg hasnt done a thing for my anxiety which is damn near daily. I get anxiety from sitting in traffic, crowds, people that I dont know talking to me. I get agitated a lot and just want to be left alone. The meds havent done much for that either. So we shall see. I dont "think" about the deploymetns as much on the meds. I was emotionally numb before the meds and I feel number now. Im not really sure if the meds are helping or not. Im not to sure what they are supposed to be doing to be honest. I still get anxiety, i still have dreams, im still agitated. I still dont want to be around people. All thought me having to go to Petsmart to get stuff for my dog is helping me get out. I just dont want to f*cking talk to anybody. I want to be left alone. I still wear my sunglasses everywhere I go. My sunglasses are my barrier of protection. It allows me to scan and stare at people that I am watching without them knowing it.

 

[Sarg]

Hang in, Al. Same here with the meds. After the VA took me off Zanax, they went through the whole gamut of SSRIs and not a damn one did anything but give me bad side effects. There are some that believe that SSRIs are a fairy tale big pharma dreamed up to satisfy a void in a neurotic public. They've made billions off that stuff and now the ambulance chasers are suing the crap out of them for birth defects believed to be caused by them.

Give me the real stuff or take a hike. I don't give a shit if I wind up in some back alley injecting the stuff in my veins with an aids-infected needle. Drs. like the stuff so much because of all the kick-backs they get from big pharma. If they like it so much let them take it and give it to their kids and then sit back and wonder what happened to them.

Wonder what the cost comparison is for heroine vs. benzos.

Sarg

 

[Jimmy1]

Wonder what the cost comparison is for heroine vs. benzos.

Sarg

I know your not serious, but they have similarities, addictive, body builds up a tolerance and you need more and more. But I don't think Benzo's could kill you, then again, take enough of anything and it will.
Sometimes I crave the euphoria that pot game me. It made me look at the world totally different. But the extra chemicals were killing me and screwing with the receptors in the brain. I wish Australia would get with the program, legalise it so that pharmacist could extract the pain reducing THC from it.

I am sure there are great medications out there mate, its just that GP's have no f*cking idea about them.

 

[Anglesachse]

It is now a month and a half since I started on med again.

30mg Mirtazapin was getting me to sleep, but the mornings were a nightmare, so I have gone down to 15mg, Like you said jimmy, less is more. It is definatly so with this stuff. Only problem is, it gets me off ok, but I still don`t sleep to well, but it is better than nowt.

I have also gained nearly 7kg since taking them, which is playing merry hell with my back. Weight gain is a side affect, but I was hoping it wasn`t going to be that much.

I am due back with the doc in 2 months, I will speak to her again then, if we need to try something else.

 

[Zipperhead]

I have my appointment with the psyciatrist In February. I hope weight gain isn't in my future. Back hasn't bothered me much for a little while and I'd like to keep it that way.

 

[Jimmy1]

Hey you guys, I have just been through all of this weight gain bullshit with my psych.

Its just a slowing of your metabolism. You just have to get a treadmil and eat differently.

I am down 14 kg now.