to up my dose or not?

[stressedsanta]

im 4 weeks into taking mirtazapine and do feel a smidge bit better but not how i would like to be iyswim
stil having anxious episodes and feel low-the gp did say i could go up to 30mg am on 15mg but im scared incase they make me feel worse(had bad side effects in the first few weeks of starting them )
i just dont want to ruin my kids christmas.
i have my parents for xmas lunch and think its stressing me out.
any advice welcome
thankyou

[thisisyesterday]

i wouldn't necessarily just yet. ad's do take a few weeks to really kick in sometimes and you've only been on them for 4 weeks.
plus, you're probably feeling stressed about christmas which isn't helping but isn't a "true" indication of how bad your anxiety is generally iyswim?

i would give it another couple of weeks personally