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This post has been edited by Brielle123: Mar 30 2014, 10:34 PM

Antidepressants has tonnes of side-effect.

Gaining weight and feeling lethargic and acne are quite common.

Ask your doctor for another change if you don't feel it's working.

Don't stop from taking pills unless you are instructed by a doc to do so, something very bad will happen to u..sometimes u think u are ok, but act u are not..

you can try benzoyl peroxide to control your pimples.

Common side-effects of mirtazapine include dizziness, blurred vision, sedation, somnolence, malaise, increased appetite, weight gain (as a result of increased appetite), dry mouth, constipation, and joint and muscle pain. Less common side-effects that tend to occur more often at higher doses include restlessness, irritability, aggression, apathy, anhedonia, difficulty swallowing, shallow breathing, decreased body temperature, pupil constriction, nocturnal emissions, spontaneous orgasms, impaired balance, restless legs syndrome, and vivid dreams.[2][46][47][48] Rare and potentially serious adverse reactions of mirtazapine include allergic reaction, edema, fainting, seizures, bone marrow suppression, myelodysplasia, and agranulocytosis.[14]
Mirtazapine is not considered to have a risk of many of the side-effects often associated with other antidepressants like the SSRIs, and may actually improve certain ones when taken in conjunction with them.[2][40] These adverse effects include decreased appetite, weight loss, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, urinary retention, increased body temperature, excessive sweating, pupil dilation, and sexual dysfunction.[2][40]
In general, some antidepressants, especially SSRIs, can paradoxically exacerbate some patients' depression or anxiety or cause suicidal ideation.[49] Despite its sedating action, mirtazapine is also believed to be capable of this, and for this reason in the United States and certain other countries it carries a black box label warning of these potential effects.

I think the best one is "spontaneous orgasms".

This post has been edited by th3.h04rd3r: Sep 19 2013, 10:40 AM

stop the pill, get some execirse, stop facbooking, coz it will definitely increase ur depression, get well in natural way not pill

walao.. spontaneous??

will it work on everyone?

depends on the individual. apart from benzoyl peroxide, topical Dalacin T might works too.

for benzoyl peroxide, if 5% not strong enough for your pimples, try 10%.

alright... will try n inquire about it.. thanks

the side-effect that i have experienced before was extreme grogginess/sleepiness after waking up (causing me to knock on two cars on the way to work)

another one would be weight gain. i gained 5-8 kgs after consuming the medication.

This post has been edited by JessicaAlba: Sep 20 2013, 12:19 AM

It depends act,
if he/she have biological Mdd, he should take the medication. Mean he/she Lack of serotonin, so need medication that increase the serotonin. But if he/she just psychology Mdd, he can stop the medication after he not depress anymore and the dr will teach about psychological treatment.

All drug have side effect and suppose to be the Dr need to inform u about the side effect of the drug. Im working in medical field, and I had seen a lot of patient with Mdd. I have encountered pt with no serious problem at all but depress most of the day, feeling useless, had suicidal attempt and most other symptom of mdd. After medication he become well. What i want to mention is, if he is real mdd patient (lack of serotonin) he should replenish back his serotonin to normal. But if he just have problem, and feel depress and meet dr to relieve the depress mood, it is not right. Good dr will be able to distinguish real mdd and fake mdd.
Yes there is dr that want to take profit from others, but not all like that. not just dr but all others jobs also like that.
I have not seen yet the movie, but i will.

Sorry if i have grammar mistake.

Medical knowledge is a lot but i will learn it till the end of my life.
yes, most of the times its on prescribing the medication, but i had been taught to prescribe the medication only to those who truely needed the medication and not all. Luckily, in Malaysia, most of the drug is free from government clinic and hospital. But bare in mind all those medication is paid by all tax payer in Malaysia. The pharmaceutical company take this opportunity to make profit by it. I dont want to talk about those party that want profit. We cant stop them. In medical field esp in psychiatry, u can manage patient either phamacological or psychology ways. If u dont like taking medication coz of side effect or whatever the reason, u can meet psychology dr to learn way how to cope/against all those symptoms.

mm actually why are you taking antidepressant? its not good to take for long term unless you're prescribed by specialist such as a psychiatrist.

Best anti depressant is still "friend(s)"

support from family, friends, spouses are good, but there are times when professional help is needed (and sometimes medication). so, really, case by case 1

Ya agreed. Combo of those that you mentioned. But the main ingredient is still friend. Because many a times, one is not so willing to confide with family members. Friend usually is more approachable.

yes true, but most people who dont know what is 'depression' often think it's just feeling down, or people will just brush it off saying "i'm sure you can cope" or "i'm sure you'll be better soon".

a real depression, is not like that at all.

I gained 10kg in one month.