Coming to Mirtazapine (15mg), from Fluoxetine (40mg).

Hi Pumpkin68

well I take my first one tonght so i'll keep you posted if i remember, just hang in there and things should get better just be supportive and let him know you care (my wife does the same for me and it helps)

Mike

[quote:1e89389f0c=\"Mikethorpe1968\"]Hi Pumpkin68

well I take my first one tonght so i'll keep you posted if i remember, just hang in there and things should get better just be supportive and let him know you care (my wife does the same for me and it helps)

Mike[/quote:1e89389f0c]

Hi Mike, thanks for getting back to me...I too will keep you posted

C

Hi Pumpkin

Well i've just woken up and its now 9.45 am and feel really tired and very slow this morning and have a really fuzzy head and struggling to write this but will try and continue.

I took my first 15 mg mirtazapine tablet at 9.30pm last night and took roundabout an hour for it to kick in. I took myself to bed at about 10.30pm and can't seem to remember getting in to bed or falling asleep, i vaguely remember waking breifly during the night but fell straight back to sleep.

I had approx 11hrs sleep after taking my 15mg of mirtazapine, while on prozac 40mg i was lucky to get 4-5 hrs of un broken sleep.

hope people find this info helpful,

Mike

Hi everyone

well after dose 2 last night been feeling really low today with bad thoughts can't seem to get rid of the thoughts at all became really tearful (this is not me at all to cry) this morning sitting in the car on the way to in laws.

can't bring myself to tell my wife about my bad thoughts as i know it would upset her.

not sure if it's the mirt doinging it or the withdrawal from flu ????

mike

[quote:38c1a5c040=\"Mikethorpe1968\"]Hi everyone

well after dose 2 last night been feeling really low today with bad thoughts can't seem to get rid of the thoughts at all became really tearful (this is not me at all to cry) this morning sitting in the car on the way to in laws.

can't bring myself to tell my wife about my bad thoughts as i know it would upset her.

not sure if it's the mirt doinging it or the withdrawal from flu ????

mike[/quote:38c1a5c040]

After being on mirt for 2 weeks (started on 15 then incresed to 30 the following week) I have now taken myself off of them. I know you are not ment to do this but I felt I was going to harm myself. These tablets have put me back 2 years, I have been sucidal, cried more than I ever had, whole bady feeling like lead. I do not want to feel like this so have given up on them. My aunt is on them and they have done wonders for her. Shows tablets work different ways on people.

I do feel a lot better today, i know its only been a day but I feel alot happier. Still have a bad temper but hope this will go too.

Please tell your wife how you feel as the saying 'problem halved etc: I am on my own and would love to be able to tell someone how I feel, so do share how you feel. My concentration is still a bit sketchy, but will up-dated again to let you know how I am getting on. take care.

I've been on Mirtazapine for about four months now. I was switched onto these mainly for their sedative qualities but wasn't at all prepared for the effects. I was absolutely wiped out for the first three weeks. For the first week it was taking me until about lunchtime to function, before this I couldn't physically get out of bed or talk even though I could hear later in the day, and even after 12'ish I still wasn't quite with it and would have several naps during the day. Gradually over the second and third week I could function to some degree and was ok after the third week. There was absolutely no way I could have gone to work during the first three weeks, luckily I was ill with something else around the first week and so my doctor wrote my sick note for week stating the other illness rather than depression as this would not be tolerated by my place of work.

After about two months I had a gap of about a week following a cock up with my prescription at the pharmacy, and had pretty much the same side effects but slightly less so and only for a week.

As for the weight I put on about half a stone, but I'm not sure if I can put that down to the Mirtazapine alone or not.

[quote:83de392615=\"Anonymous\"][quote:83de392615=\"Mikethorpe1968\"]Hi everyone

well after dose 2 last night been feeling really low today with bad thoughts can't seem to get rid of the thoughts at all became really tearful (this is not me at all to cry) this morning sitting in the car on the way to in laws.

can't bring myself to tell my wife about my bad thoughts as i know it would upset her.

not sure if it's the mirt doinging it or the withdrawal from flu ????

mike[/quote:83de392615]

After being on mirt for 2 weeks (started on 15 then incresed to 30 the following week) I have now taken myself off of them. I know you are not ment to do this but I felt I was going to harm myself. These tablets have put me back 2 years, I have been sucidal, cried more than I ever had, whole bady feeling like lead. I do not want to feel like this so have given up on them. My aunt is on them and they have done wonders for her. Shows tablets work different ways on people.

I do feel a lot better today, i know its only been a day but I feel alot happier. Still have a bad temper but hope this will go too.

Please tell your wife how you feel as the saying 'problem halved etc: I am on my own and would love to be able to tell someone how I feel, so do share how you feel. My concentration is still a bit sketchy, but will up-dated again to let you know how I am getting on. take care.[/quote:83de392615]

Thank you Mike for keeping me updated. My partner has been on them for three days now and he is a completely different person and im not saying for the good....moody, deep, dark, argumentitive with me....Im struggling but this isnt about my feelings. I want to help him and he has decided to come off them and find another route. he says he feels worse. As for sleep pattern, he will take a tablet say 11pm and will stay awake until up to 3am...then sleep though the day. Maybe an alternative remedy, or thought pattern might help

Keep me posted Mike and tell your wife because a problem shared, she will support you!!!

take care

C

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Hi Pumpkin

after dose 3 woke up still tired but not as bad as the first few days still took a few hrs to get going, but a much better day for me but is still early days for me but i will still keep you updated.

just a suggestion perhaps if your husband was to take his tablet earlier it may help rather than leaving it so late just a thought.

Mike X

[quote:5ce1352d15=\"Mikethorpe1968\"]Hi Pumpkin

after dose 3 woke up still tired but not as bad as the first few days still took a few hrs to get going, but a much better day for me but is still early days for me but i will still keep you updated.

just a suggestion perhaps if your husband was to take his tablet earlier it may help rather than leaving it so late just a thought.

Mike X[/quote:5ce1352d15]

Hi Mike,

He's decided to stop the Mirt and now been prescribed Prozac. So heaven knows how things will be now...

I hope Mirt for you works and you feel better with each day!

C

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Hi,

Just picked up a first prescription of Mirt myself having been on 40mg Fluoxetine for 3 months. A bit anxious of the side effects as the fluoxetine already makes me feel lethargic! We'll see how it goes...have to stop taking prozac for 2 days before i start the mirtazapine anyway.

All anti depressants have a few weeks before your body becomes used to them chemically so it will be a struggle until you hit that point...the prozac took 4 weeks before it had any positive effects on me but unfortunately it accompanied some nasty side effects which i am going to try and eliminate.

Best of luck.

Been on these for just over a week now and I have real problems staying awake let alone going to sleep!!! For example today I woke up at 10am stayed awake for an amazing 45 minutes and fell asleep watching TV.... then woke up at 3pm, stayed awake for about an hour and then fell asleep for another 5 hours!!! I was on fluoxitine for about 6 months, they worked well for the first 4 but then they just seemed to stop working... and now these things work but I am so lethargic, cant be bothered with moving and I do seem to eat a hell of a lot more.... So its interesting to read all the experiences that other people have had, but I am going to the doc and see if there's something that doesn't make me act like a walking zombie.

I've been on Mirtazapine for over 4 weeks now, I started out on 15 and am now on 30mg. I switched to these after a 6 week period on Citalopram.

I've been suffering from fairly serious depression for months now and massive insomnia. I'd be lucky if I got any sleep at all for days, even weeks on end.

The citalopram seemed to make me feel a bit better, but did nothing for my sleep patterns, so any positives were soon eradicated by the insomnia. Even combined with Temazapam or Zoplicone.

Now I'm on the Mirtazapine and all I seem to do is sleep. I'm probably getting an average of 12-13 hours a night. I take the pill at about 10:30 and go to bed around an hour later. Then I'm virtually unconscious until midday, sometimes even 1pm. Then even when I'm awake, I'm in a daze and not really with it.

Whilst the sleeping is nice for a change it's becoming more of a problem. I get to see about 3 hours of daylight, which is quite frankly depressing. It's also not really making me feel any better. I'm very moody, withdrawn and very sedate. I've started eating too much too, so really need to keep an eye on that.

I'm struggling to find any positives at the moment. I've read that higher doses tend to mitigate the sedative effect. I don't know whether to try and get off them and try something else, or get the higher dose and see if it helps at all.

Anyone had a similar experience?

Hi Jon

You're not alone. Mirtazapine does tend to knock you out at first. I had a similar experience with depression - the insomnia was a key feature for me, going days on end with no sleep, taking triple doses of zopiclone and temazepam and them not touching me. The home treatment team couldn't believe it because I am a slight 8stone female and nothing was knocking me out.

I found it hard to tell where the depression ended and the insomnia began in the end... the symptoms of both are quite similar - poor concentration, feelings of hopelessness, low mood, irritability, exhaustion, great difficulty doing anything at all. However, I started to feel that if only I could get a decent nights sleep, that would help me on the road to recovery.

Starting mirt really helped me - I was knocked out for the first few weeks, but admittedly not as badly has what you seem to have experienced. But being able to sleep again was bliss for me. It took a little while longer for my mood to lift, but it did lift. Probably took 6 weeks or so. Maybe give it a little longer?

Take care