Tired of ALL of it...

[BettyA]

First of all, Gemini, THANK YOU ever so much for your most welcomed post which made complete and total sense to me. The Mirtazapine is causing very pesky constipation and causing a lot of straining and pain...some of the time... So what is in order..yet "another pill".... my diet IS good...

This is more or less just a 'rant', too... I started out about 2 yrs ago with morning anxiety and this is when IBS 'returned'... So I KNOW it can be totally attributable to anxiety and what ever is in 'the mind'.... (note I said 'can be'...didn't say always... )

This morning was the worst morning I've ever had...like some horrible feelings and emotions took over that I find it hard to describe...its not just 'anxiety'...and depression is almost a RELIEF compared to them. I wish I could go back two years and realize how LITTLE OF A PROBLEM those early morning anxiety feelings were! Would I ever be glad to exchange them for THIS!! I wish I never would have started on ANY kind of Rx drugs... I have been on Mirtazapine for 30 days...and will give it one more month...and then decide if I will say 'the hell with it'.... I read and read of how many drugs do NOT work for what seems like the majority of all the people...and wonder if I just shouldn't have gone with the alternative/naturals alone... Just like with food...so much of one's reactions is nothing but purely psychological...its not like one is doing this on purpose... but our subconscious thoughts are SO powerful. No wonder people are drug addicts and alcoholics... it really isn't that much different... we just assign them "moral codes"...and say one is bad and the other one 'we can't help.' OK... done...

[Lisahelen]

Hi, if you feel like this now how do you think you will feel in another month? Personally i would suggest you discuss it with your gp, or at the very least let them know how you are feeling.

[BettyA in reply to Lisahelen]

Thanks for the reply, Lisahelen... today is better than yesterday when I was ready to just give up... So, as I told Gemini, I'll stay on this med for another month and then see... I know it takes awhile...and I HAD been doing better after a month's time (nothing to cheer about, but we are thankful for the little bits of Feel Betters, right?) So then...we shall see what we shall see.

[Hidden]

Morning Betty,First off I would just like to say ,no matter what your GP says do not just stop taking Mirtazapine ,It takes a long time to slowly withdraw from Mirtazapine .

Lizahelen,says talk to your GP if he's any good I'd also suggest that,but at the end of the day it's your health you look after it. Don't have drugs pushed onto you without researching what your given. As I've said before I'm no doctor,I'm just speaking from my own experience . Wow I wish I could go back things would have been so different for me if I knew then what I know now.

Look into better ways to help your anxiety,ect ect,could be food that don't agree with you or even food your lacking. I've just been reading a link a friend sent me,if your interested I'll see if I can send it to you,but it would have to be private as they wouldn't allow it on hear.

Sending you all the best of luck.

[BettyA in reply to Hidden]

I will private msg you with my email address! Thanks! I feel not-so-sorry-for-myself (somewhat anyway!) today... and I intend to stay on the Mirtazapine for another month... that will give it between 8 and 9 weeks to 'do something'... then we'll just take it from there (in the meantime, I shall Stay In The Moment (as best I can... )

[nanababs]

Betty A. Your post really struck a chord with me when you mentioneed "morning anxiety" !! I am in the process of being treated for IBS at the moment, and also have had M.E/Fibromyalgia for ten years. The moment I wake up, the most awful thoughts seem to come from nowhere, and I have to fight them off before I can get on with the day. Often they are accompanied by nausea too, making it doubly difficult to deal with !! Any advice?

[mich631]

I would really like to suggest 'Regucol' which can be purchased from Holland & Barrett and is absolutely fantastic for controlling the bowels. It has Psyllium Husk in it which is great for bowel control. If you have diarrhoea (like me) it gives you 'normal' formed stools and does not have that awful smell that can occur with IBS. If you are constipated it will give you 'softer' stools, (but not diarrhoea). I have been taking this for 4 months or so now and haven't looked back since taking it. I still take the Probio7 capsules which I also purchase from Holland & Barrett and between the two my IBS is controlled quite well, which is a far cry from what it used to be like. I used to have anxiety attacks before, but these are extremely rare now. Please, give them a go, you really have nothing to lose and everything to gain.