6 Years of taken 30mg of Mirtazapine
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I am not sure what Mirtazapine does for me but, I take it because my doctor prescribed it for me. I have terrible sleeping habits. Nothing has improved. My doctor seems not to care but, her recommendation is to continue to take it.
I just want one night of good sleep. I wake up 5-6 times every night. Can someone please help me or give me a good recommendation. I am a 11 Veteran of the United States Navy. Please help!!
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timo43512 TopoftheRoof
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Has your doc prescribed you 30mg Mirt for insomnia?
When I really struggled with sleeping, my doc prescribed it to 1/4(3,75mg) of 15mg .
Mirt has more sedative effect at lower doses.
toria_07298 TopoftheRoof
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hi the higher doses are for depression and anything over 15mg is less sedative, i tried 30mg once and it stopped my sleep x
david46414 TopoftheRoof
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I write as a Mirtazapine user. I am not a doctor. While it is true that a low dose of Mirtazapine is usually effective for sleep, you must not be tempted to cut straight to a low dose. You would suffer acute withdrawal symptoms. Please heed all the advice about reducing the dose extremely slowly, in stages. But your doctor may have prescribed 30 mg. for a different reason (anxiety reduction?) so a proper discussion with the doctor would be highly desirable before making a change. That said, waking during the night can have various causes, for example: needing to empty the bladder (too much fluid late in the day), or having watched a computer screen close to bedtime. You don't say whether you wake up with anxious thoughts, or just wake up.
tac TopoftheRoof
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mirt at 7 half mg is good for sleep anything higher is for anxiety depression if u going to get off mirt please do so slowly withdrawels r hell !!!! if your dr cant help with your sleep issue it mught b time cor a change of drs! good luck!