Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior
by xedrac on Sunday January 09, 2022 @07:06PM
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Mirtazapine worked wonders for me... for about 2 weeks. After that it seemed to have no effect at all, except for extreme constipation.
Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior
by tamaharbor on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:52PM
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Does the Mirtazapine make you sleepy all the time?
Re:Serotonin selectively influences moral judgment and behavior
by LASR on Sunday January 09, 2022 @05:55PM
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Not OP, but to answer your question: no, not all the time.
If you take it before bedtime, it sedates you in a deep sleep. But 3-4 hours later, if you wake up, it would be like you didn’t take anything.
You may even have trouble going back to sleep if you wake up early.
Of course all this varies greatly for every individual.
What helped me was switching away from a first-line SSRI and onto something a bit more niche: Mirtazapine. It's definitely worth trying a variety of SSRIs because everyone is different and it's really common for the first one or two that you try to not work well.
I agree that ultimately therapy/coping strategies are the right cure, medicine is a way to bootstrap otherwise incapable people into persuing exercise, therapy, social stuff etc. If you can achieve that without the help of meds, more power to you!