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Hi need advice started on 15 mg mirtazipine for anxiety and for help me sleep.was great for bout 5 weeks then had it upped to 30 as anxiety got worse been on 30 mgs for a month felt initially better but sleep was crap now feel even worse then before and sleep terrible dont know whether to see doctor to taper off or go up to 45 to see how i get on.

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15 mg is the ideal dose for sleep, although it doesn't always work. Above that it has the opposite effect. Its an anti depressant with sedative qualities at low doses

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