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Tiredness and excessive yawning

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david48602
david48602

Originally, I was prescribed Mirtazapine 15mg because anxiety was making it extremely difficult for me to sleep. Now, I cannot deny that Mirtazapine helps me sleep (it puts me out like a light), but does anyone else feel, if they didn't set an alarm or literally drag themselves out of bed, they would sleep they entire day away? And, also, when I am awake, I feel like all I am dying is yawning and rubbing my eyes - has anyone else experienced this?

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  • neogenx
    neogenx david48602

    Posted

    Hi david.

    I can put signature under everything you have written. 15mg for me was too much ... yawning ... eyes burning (still present) ... complete tiredness ... I could sleep, then wake up for breakfast, then sleep, then wake up for lunch, ... For how long have you been on Mirtazapine?

    • neogenx
      neogenx david48602

      Posted

      over 3 months ... about 16 days ago I tapered down to 7.5mg and it is far better ... anyway will try to get off of it
    • david48602
      david48602 neogenx

      Posted

      See, what happened with me was, I don't have one specific GP; there are two that I like, and normally I just go and see whichever one is available at the time. So, the first GP put me on mirtazapine - 2 months later, I go to an appointment, and the other doctor asks me if mirtazapine is helping my anxiety and I said no, all it does is help me sleep. And the second GP says that he doesn't think my anxiety stems from a chemical imbalance in my brain; he thinks my anxiety is a behavioral thing; a bad habit that I have taught myself, so to speak.
    • neogenx
      neogenx david48602

      Posted

      Well, normally I would recommend you to listen to your doctor ... but not GP ... better pdoc
    • david48602
      david48602 neogenx

      Posted

      I'm not sure what you mean. A GP is a doctor, I thought.
    • neogenx
      neogenx david48602

      Posted

      Yes ... but psychiatrist knows much better how to progress
    • david48602
      david48602 neogenx

      Posted

      Oh, I don't have one of those. I'm going to be getting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy soon, would that be done by a psychiatrist?
    • neogenx
      neogenx david48602

      Posted

      Normally not I think ... psychiatrist knows how to use medication ... psychologist normally provides therapy ... at least here in Czech Republic :-)
    • david48602
      david48602 neogenx

      Posted

      perhaps i'm just on too high a dosage. i like that mirtazapine helps me sleep. it was a life saver when i was suffering from insomnia. but i really knocks me out, and i'm quite a big guy.
    • neogenx
      neogenx david48602

      Posted

      As I wrote in the first post - I had the same experience ... I was really exhausted entire day. Do you also feel like you are coming down with a flu? I mean such a feeling like malaise
    • david48602
      david48602 neogenx

      Posted

      I don't get the flu-like feeling, but I literally have to drag myself out of bed each day otherwise I would just sleep and sleep and sleep.
  • taz91323
    taz91323 david48602

    Posted

    this drug is evil the side effects and withdrawls out way the benifts
    • david48602
      david48602 taz91323

      Posted

      i haven't had any side effects other than the yawning and slight tiredness.
  • david48602
    david48602

    Posted

    perhaps i'm just on too high a dosage. i like that mirtazapine helps me sleep. it was a life saver when i was suffering from insomnia. but i really knocks me out, and i'm quite a big guy.
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