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ive been on mirtazipine for 10yrs, decided to come off mid DECEMBER, i was feeling great until two weeks ago, when i've started suffering from insomnia, nervous feelings & headaches. i really dont want to go back on them again, does anyone know how long these withdrawals will last please? i am feeling really low.
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llorc hel58470
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Thanks so much for responding. The lack of sleep is wearing me down. I feel I'm going mad. More than 14 weeks from the start of tapering and 10 weeks since completely off. I'm beginning to think that I am permanently changed. Im anxious all the time. At what point did your insomnia begin to improve. I see no sign of improvement
tac llorc
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my sleep improved when i started walking after dinner at night till i was so exhausted just fell asleep but also listened to insight timer app on my phone they have different meditatiins for sleep ! also when i started taking melatonin hope i have been helpful i am not qualified to tell u what to do everyone different maybe c your dr for checkup good luck
hel58470 llorc
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i stopped taking them mid december, was on 15mg, but ive had to go back on them as the insomnia is back, & feel so anxious, i feel like ive failed!
sarah24378 tac
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when did you start to struggle after you stopped mirt ?
sarah24378 llorc
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when did you start to struggle once off straight away or during taper ?
llorc sarah24378
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the insomnia started when I was on 30mg, continurd through a month of tapering and 10 weeks since coming off
sarah24378 llorc
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have you had any withdrawal symptoms ?
llorc sarah24378
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Well, the chronic insomnia and anxiety are my withdrawal symptoms. I never had insomnia before I took Mirt.also loss of apetit but no other symptoms
hel58470 llorc
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ive had to go back on the 15mg as i wasnt sleeping at all & the anxiety was crippling me
hel58470 sarah24378
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5-6 weeks, ive had to go back on 15mg as couldnt sleep
hel58470 llorc
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ive unfortunately had to go bsck on 15mg as my sleeping was getting worse
sarah24378 hel58470
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and this started after 2 months off ?
did you have these symptoms before mirt or till the 2 month mark ?
hel58470 sarah24378
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after two months off, i have had to go back on them 15mg as cant cope with the withdrawals. i really am suffering getting no sleep at all
doitaloupe hel58470
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i went cold turkey off of mirtazapine about 6 or 7 weeks ago i believe, it has gotten better for the most part but i still get some withdrawal effects such as headaches, loss of appetite, insomnia, and of course my depression and anxiety have been pretty bad, i was on 15mg and dropped down to 7.5mg before stopping completely, wouldn't recommend cold turkey to be honest, try to keep your head up it will get better, if you have a benzodiazepine then i would take it occasionally for when the nervousness is really bad, also melatonin before bed for sleeping helps a lot
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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how long after you stopped 7.5mg did you start to get withdrawals ?
doitaloupe sarah24378
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uhh two or three days after I stopped is when it started, it wasn't too bad at initially, second week was terrible though
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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i am just heading into day 4
doitaloupe sarah24378
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I've read on other posts that for some people it'll spike up around 3-4 week, but i didn't experience that, is it bad for you at the moment or not so much?
llorc sarah24378
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I already had insomnia which . started when I was on 30mg and continued while tapering an since. Anxiety kicked in while tapering
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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i seem to be ok on day 4. so i will wait and see. i did a very slow taper.
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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so you felt better after 2nd week ?
doitaloupe sarah24378
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it might not be too bad for you then, since you did the slow taper, but it was more around 3 weeks that I started to feel at least decent enough to leave the house
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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day 4 now and feel off. a bit tearful and can t seem to do anything.
a34527 sarah24378
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how slow was your taper? I'm also
doing very slow taper
doitaloupe sarah24378
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it will get better with time, maybe now it doesn't seem it will but try to keep you head up, i hope you feel better soon.
sarah24378 a34527
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2 years off 45mg.
a34527 sarah24378
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that's a very slow taper. are you feeling ok? what dose did you stop at?
toria_07298 sarah24378
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are you taking citalopram or have i got the wrong sarah?
sarah24378 toria_07298
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no i am on venlaflaxine
sarah24378 a34527
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i stopped at 1.25 aprox.
day 5 and not feeling so good today
sarah24378
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day 5. don t feel good today. dizzy and nausea
a34527 sarah24378
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sorry you feel bad. hopefully it passes soon.
doitaloupe sarah24378
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Are you feeling any better Sarah?
sarah24378 doitaloupe
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day 11 now. day 8,9,10 were hard. feel a bit better today but very itchy and irritable. day 8 was absolutely awful. still sleeping.
toria_07298 doitaloupe
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i was itching that bad i was bruising and bleeding, but with mirt after a certain amount of time you just start improving, you can actually feel it, wish i could say the same for ssris (brutal)
doitaloupe sarah24378
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I'm sorry to hear that, hopefully it'll get better soon, good you're still sleeping though, stay strong through this tough time I believe in you (:
doitaloupe toria_07298
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I dealt with the itching as well, I have some slight scars from the itching as it wouldn't stop and I just had to itch, ssris were quite awful for me as well even more so coming off them
toria_07298 doitaloupe
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yes im getting the itching again with citalopram and have lumpy scars