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Cornelia's story: 3 weeks of mirtazapine

Cornelia took the antidepressant mirtazapine for 3 weeks in 2020. She describes symptoms that have not gone away.

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By Morten SkovPublished

Three weeks of mirtazapine

Cornelia took mirtazapine, an antidepressant, for three weeks in 2020. She says her life has been completely ruined since.

Moral Medicine describes her condition as Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD).

What Cornelia describes

  • Persistent sexual dysfunction.
  • Anhedonia (the inability to feel pleasure) and insomnia.
  • Many other symptoms that she says have changed her life.

She says these symptoms have left her out of work and socially isolated.

Thank you to Cornelia for telling this story. This interview was recorded by Moral Medicine, who have filmed more than ninety of these conversations.

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