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Back on venlafaxine of mirtazapine is that good or bad

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stephen25089
stephen25089

eight days of venlafaxine had 16 days on mirtazapine had to go back on vf the withdrawal to much brain zaps as I understand this was,my emotion just hit another level, crying couldn't stop just got upset over everything 48 year old man doctor took me out of fire exit cos I was that bad .Now back on vf I feel I have more control over emotion brain zaps has gone but when relaxed I can hear like a beat from my head in this zapping noise but I can put up with tha ,I now have this restless legs thing mostly at nights trying to shake legs stretch legs horrible

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  • Peter_A
    Peter_A stephen25089

    Posted

    You shouldn't really switch from venlaflaxine to mirtazapine. Always wean yourself off venlaflaxine gently - half dosage for two/three weeks, then half again etc ...

    Restless legs can be caused by a lack of potassium. Eat a couple of bananas a day and see if it helps.

    • stephen25089
      stephen25089 Peter_A

      Posted

      Hi peter thanks for advice I will try banannas gonna get one now ,thought the restless legs could be because I'm only taking 75mil capsule ,when I was on two aday 
  • Peter_A
    Peter_A stephen25089

    Posted

    Hope it works for you smile

    I get restless legs even when not on anti-depressants and have found a banana a day seems to keep them away. Someone else gave me that advice and it has worked, so I hope it works for you too.

    I was on Mirtazapine and Venlafaxine but wanted to get off them. I "cold turkeyed" Mirtazapine and that was fine, but cold turkeying Venlaflaxine was just awful ... dizzy, fuzzy head, tinnitus, brain zaps ...

    So I went back to 150mg and after a month cut down to 75mg and felt fine. Now I cut the 75mg tablets in half each day, and so far so good as well.

    YMMV but I wish you all the best mate if you want to get off them and your doc says it's okay for you to do so.

    • stephen25089
      stephen25089 Peter_A

      Posted

      Good luck mate give me a reply when you come off completely hope you crack it but I found that that last one you take is when it starts so gl 
    • UK-Ven-medicate
      UK-Ven-medicate stephen25089

      Posted

      I think any drug these days that you on long term has side effects to come off the human body is clever and adapts to progressive change, but if you starve it of something it has to retrain
    • UK-Ven-medicate
      UK-Ven-medicate

      Posted

      Mirtazapine 45mg disagreed with me to be honest and i know 4 other  on this forum that it has disagreed with. that said were all different and there are some success stories
  • lucy159
    lucy159 stephen25089

    Posted

    Hi, i had really shaky legs going onto this drug...i think anything that alters your nervous system can have this effect. Hope you feel better soon.
  • sandra1165
    sandra1165 stephen25089

    Posted

    Hi Stephen.  I was in the same position as you. I tried Benadryl allergy tablets with a Acrivas I think it's called. They help the brain zaps and the anxiety. I was ready to commit suicide, when I found out that these tablets take away a lot of the withdrawals and minimise the emotional roller coaster. They were the lifeline I needed and when you stop taking them there is no side effects. I hope this helps. When I went to my doctor and told him what I had been taking to help me, he was in disbelief. He wanted to give me the tablets that you were put on, but I said no that taking Benadryl got me through and stabalised me so I could let my body rid itself of this drug.
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