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11 days clean of Mirtazapine Sleep Disturbances

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Liam_M
Liam_M

After 5 weeks on mirtazapine, stopped cold turkey and the daytime symptoms are really diminishing each daysmile. Having no trouble getting to sleep, just trouble staying asleep, im waking up every 3 hours with my head feeling really rough and im having nightmares. How long will this last?

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  • betsy0603
    betsy0603 Liam_M

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    Hi Liam, I'm sorry you had a tough time with the phenergan.  When in wd people often have paradoxical reactions to supplements and drugs.

    I would just like to caution you about the chlonazapam since it is a benzo and if used frequently it is easy to become dependent, and withdrawal from benzos is as bad as if not worse than mirt.  Two weeks of daily use and you're hooked, so please use it sparingly.

    I'm for reinstating and doing a slow taper after reinstatement.  Calmer, what dose are you on now?  And you still have your sleep?

    • Calmer
      Calmer betsy0603

      Posted

      Hi Betsy

      I'm down to 5.8 mg (decimal's are important in withdrawal lol) which is a 7% drop this time.  I still have good sleep, touch wood.

      Hows it going for you, still swings with moods?  Is this day 4/5  I wonder?

      x

    • Liam_M
      Liam_M betsy0603

      Posted

      Hi betsy, yeah apparently benzo withdrawal is the worst drug to withdraw from, many say more severe than heroin withdrawal. With benzos, I limit myself to using maximum twice a week. But good advice because if i didnt know, i would of became dependant on them.
    • betsy0603
      betsy0603 Liam_M

      Posted

      Glad you know.  I think a lot of people are using benzos regularly not realizing that what they are taking is a benzo, thanks to all the crafty names they have.
    • betsy0603
      betsy0603 Calmer

      Posted

      Hi Calmer, congrats on 5.8 mg woohoo!

      I'm holding at 14 while I get sorted out.  Thursday was the last bad day, and I had a downright NORMAL Friday through today!  I actually took a remedy my homeopath told me to take for the low energy and anxiety, so I don't know if it is that or the fact that I'm stabilizing, but I've been pretty darn productive and energetic the last several days!  I did wake up with a big of grog fog, heavy eyes for awhile, which is not normal for me.  I've never had a problem with feeling awake once I get up on mirt.

      My doc prescribed me the SolTabs so I could do the liquid with that, so that is my next dilemma.  I only have a week's worth of the regular 15 mg tabs left and then a month's worth of the SolTabs, so I am doing 3/4 of the 14 mg regular and 1/4 SolTabs for four days, then I will do half and half for four days and then 1/4 and 3/4 etc. until switched over to the SolTabs.  Then I think I will gradually switch over to the liquid version the same way, part dry and part liquid.  Hopefully I can adapt and not run afoul the way I did before. 

      Are you on the liquid now? Did you find any difference between dry and liquid?  I'm so excited, and jealous, that you are so low!  Are you finding these lower doses more sedatating?

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