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Correct dosage? 7.5mg didn't draw me down into a sleep

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joe32204
joe32204

so I've been on Zopiclone for 3 weeks, taking it once first week @ 3.75mg and it used to knock me out all night but the effects seem to wear off, I even took a 7.5 the other night and i had a patchy sleep (slept for 2 hours, then awake for a few hours and eventually dozed for another 2 hours)

So dr has put me on Mirtazapine 15mg, but decided to test it last night at 7.5mg and i felt really sleepy and tired after an hour, but it didnt draw me down into full sleep and eventually i was awake most of the night and struggled to doze off.

Dr has advised today taking the full 15mg of mirt tonight, will this work for me? feel like the zopiclone gives me sleepless nights when I stop...but i dont think id have rebound effects after taking it twice in a week?!

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  • babs92428
    babs92428 joe32204

    Posted

    Hi,

    GP prescribed 15mg of Mirt for insomnia and anxiety.

    I felt similar, when I started on 3.75mg and everything was fine for a while. I slowly increased to 7.5 because my sleep was getting worse. I do not understand why things were getting worse. This is only my third month of taking this medicine.

    I am now thinking: stop now or increase. Difficult to ask anyone, maybe a chemist? I might contact GP and write a message online to my surgery. Maybe one of the doctors replies...

    • marrcin
      marrcin babs92428

      Posted

      Do this medications even work? i mean... mirt had temporary effect on me to sleep better but during the day I'm nervous and on edge, easily irritated How is it supposed to work? It does something for sure but I'm not sure if it's positive effect actually and now I hesitate to increase the dose. Damn...

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