How not to be sad about having the anxiety condition though.

I have the anxiety condition for awhile already. I take medication for it though it only helps a little ya. I get sad thinking about having this condition. I don't have much energy to do things. Does anyone know if an anxiety medication would help with feeling sad though. I wonder if there is something I can take to get more energy ya. Can someone give advice on this. Thanks.

Hi

What medication are you taking?

I take Gin Zing to help boost energy levels.

Hibee

I take Mirtazapine for depression and they say it does help with sleep, and it can make you drowsy, the side effects say.

But, I take it, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with anxiety.

On this forum, perhaps a page of two back by now, on 8-25-2020, there was a post titled, “Comparing Similar Anti-Anxiety Meds.” You can read that thread.

And the question was asked, which anti-anxiety medicine is better:
citalopram (Celexa) or escitalopram (Lexapro).

Celexa got 3 plus points and no minus points.

Lexapro got 2 plus points and 2 minus points.

I haven't talk to the person yet. I will though. Ya I think the pandemic is causing me to have anxiety to do some things. I think it makes me more sad. Maybe I need to take more of the medication though. I don't know ya. I think it would be nice when I have less anxiety ya.

It would indeed be nice to have less anxiety. I have it too. And depression.

Do you ever meditate or do the breathing exercises? That helps a lot. I hope that you talk to somebody soon. It is no fun feeling sad and anxious.

Hugs, Karen...

asiangal555:

You said that you took Mirtazapine anti-depressant for anxiety.

I didn’t fully realize that most medicines prescribed for anxiety are anti-depressants. about the anti-depressant you’re taking, Mirtazapine, net says it does help with anxiety also.

I as a bipolar also take Mirtazapine, for the depressed side of my bipolar, while I take Lithium stabilizer to keep the anti-depressant from getting my mania going, or from causing panic attacks.

From reading the net, it seems there is one (main) long term medicine (not short term like Zanax) used to treat anxiety. It's called Burspar, now also called Buspirone.

The website californiahighlandvistas.com says:

“GoodRx writes that health care providers can prescribe buspirone in addition to an antidepressant to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). That antidepressant can be either a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It has been found that buspirone can help enhance the effects of an antidepressant drug.”

Again, it says, “It has been found that Buspirone (Buspar) can help enhance the effects of an antidepressant drug.”

So, if you’re still anxious from taking just the Mirtazapine, maybe you can ask your doctor about what he or she thinks about your taking Buspar along with the Mirtazapine “to enhance the effects of the antidepressant drug.”

It also says above, "That antidepressant can be either a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It has been found that buspirone can help enhance the effects of an antidepressant drug.”

The net also says Mirtazapine antidepressant is not in those classes (SNRI or SSRI), so you will probably need to ask your doctor if you'll need to change your antidepressant.

I find this data by typing into the search engine: "Mirtazapine for anxiety" and "anti-anxiety medicine" and "Buspar for anxiety." You might want to look at some of those topics, also.