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Medication May Not Have Killed My Anxiety But Has Made It Ten Times Easier
If it wasn’t for this pill I now take every day I don’t know where I would be
It’s been four whole months since I went back on mirtazapine, an antidepressant that is usually prescribed to treat OCD, depression and sleeping disorders.
At first, I was hesitant, as the first time around mirtazipine made me feel like a permanent walking zombie, and I could never shake off the shackled dregs of tiredness that followed me everywhere I went.
It made physically getting through life so exhausting, that it wasn’t worth the mental benefits it gave me, so I came off it pretty quickly, but this was back in 2018/19.
This time around, these effects only happened during the first few days, which I was delighted with. Now I am through the other side, and my life feels a little brighter because of it.
Despite people generally being more open to talking about mental health and acknowledging when people are struggling, it’s still somewhat of a taboo to talk about medication or admit you’re on it.
Even though I can openly tell a stranger I’m proudly sober, I would shrivel at the prospect of telling them I’m on meds for my anxiety which makes it impossible to…
