I was on venlafaxine first, and it didn't work, so the psychiatrist put me on mirtazapine [which works well for me.]
For a couple of months I was on both 150mg V. and 30mg M. Then I was gradually withdrawn from efexor, and am now on mirtazapine only.
The psychiatrist told me that the ve. and mir. combo is a standard one for longstanding treatment resistant depression, like I have. It sort of, as I found, boosts you out of the worst.
My point is that it's fine - a few side effects, but that was mainly the culprit of efexor, which really didn't like my body chemistry, at all!
Oh yeah, and no weight gain here...
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