Hi Gretchen and Everyone...

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Dear Gretchen and friends, Good Morning I hope all is well with you

all.

I have been way for a long time, don't remember when I had my last post

here. So sorry.

Last year my life was up side down ..got very depressed because CMT

complications and weakness, and went back to Brazil very weak with

pneumonia also...feeling really bad. For a long time I have been

strugling with CMT and anxiety, very poor balance scared me a lot....and

depression etc...

I have being unwell and been taking a medication called mirtazepine

since January ...a psyquiatrist in Brazil told me to take also Eflexor

with it because of panic attacks etc...but I am not taking Eflexor right now!

Well, now I am back in London since March and could not do a lot so

far... stopped going out in the streets, stopped going to the gym for a long

time ...I could not find any motivation to do anything at all....

Recently I realized I put a lot of weight ...( that is not at all normalto me)

... hum ...feeling a lot of numbness on my legs and hands, pins and needles etc..

I was feeling bad when I arrived in London with the bad weather and so

on, I missed Brazil a lot ....felt depressed again. Well, life went by

and here I am now...very upset and worrying a lot about this whole

situation...

I decided to look further about the medication I am taking the other day and for

my surprise I was devasted about the findings:

Obesity, restless legs and other bad symptoms associated with

mirtazepine. I could not talk yet with my doctor regarding this because she is

way at the moment but I wonder if anyone had any experience with it.

I feel very bad still, feeling very, very heavy like if I have a

elephant on the top of me (Feeling ) and put around 8 kilos :-(( more weight

and I am a very small person. Decided to stop this drug last week ( gradually )

and I really hope to see some improvements.

Since March I just left my flat 3 times, I was scared to go out, feeling weaker

and afraid to fall etc..and had lost my self esteem also. In the past I have

been very active and now for more than 1 year or 2... I just being feeling

awfull....

Please, do let me know about this drug. I also realized that I can no

longer can stand on my tip toes, and my balance is very poor right now

too... Before I used to have pe cavus, but now my feet looks so different, my

feet changed and I can not stand so well like before....

Well, so sorry about this long story, I felt I need to talk a lot, I

would love to hear from you Gretchen and also apologize for not being in touch

with you all. Have a lovely week everyone. Thanks a lot for everything.

Lots of Love

Hugs

Joana in London