i take both, along with another anti-depressant (vortioxetine) and pregablin. also pain meds and arthritis meds. oh, and thyroid meds.
what’s your diagnosis, if you don’t mind me asking? quetiapine is an anti-psychotic which is sometimes used for severe depression.
i went on mirtazapine a couple of years ago and although my other meds are sedating, this one knocked me flat for a good couple of weeks. i’ve been on quetiapine for about 7 years now, i was put on it in hospital after a breakdown, and they whacked it up to 300mg within about 10 days. i did 6 weeks on the psych ward, and gained 2.5 stone. i had to buy new clothes and everything. given my state of mind, i therefore lived in jogging bottoms for about the next 2 years!
i switched from venlafaxine to sertraline in the mornings, i don’t know when the evening mirtazapine showed up if i’m honest. i had to come off sertraline as it hated me, and my psych changed it to vortioxetine about a year ago, as it’s a new drug that shows good results in people with severe, treatment-resistant depression. it might work, i have no idea, i’m so sedated the entire time.
as you might have noticed, both mirtazapine and quetiapine are notorious for making you STARVING HUNGRY the entire time. i always try and look at it as better fat and functioning than skinny and suicidal.
the mirtazapine coma does wear off as you get used to it, give it a couple of weeks. i hope you start to feel better soon.