Mirtazapene and depression

[BeeVeeEn]

My sister has been diagnosed with depression and 3 weeks ago her GP put her on the Maximum dose of Mirtazapene and signed her off sick from work. She was told she would probably start to feel a bit better in herself within 2 or 3 weeks, but to be honest she's worse now than she was 3 weeks ago. The drugs make her tired all the time, she has the most awful vivid nightmares, she has gained weight because of the drugs and she has such a short fuse she screams at people for no reason, everyone makes her angry and she cries buckets of tears over things that she herself admits are trivial. I think we were all hoping she would be a bit better by now, even though these things can take time, its upsetting to see her like this, do you think it's possible the Mirtazapene just isn't working on her? she's not due back at her Dr's till the end of the week, do you think she should go back sooner? she's working herself up into such a state because she wants to be happy again, but can't.

[mrknowall]

Id go back to the doc's as soon as poss,some tablets do take time to get into the system.
But some can make you feel worse at the start but get better after a couple of weeks.
And then there are others that make you worse.
I hope she feels better soon

[yolande]

She should go back to the docs. I think it's common for SSRI's to take up to a month to work. They do work for some people and not others though. There are many different kinds so she should definitely go back and have a chat with the doc.

[butterfly07]

hi bee,
i agree with the other two. deff tell her to go back to the docs because the vivid nightmares etc are sometimes side affects of the tabs shes on.
i hope everything works out for you all. take care.