Diarrhea Mirtazapine

Hi llie i started on mirt 9 weeks ago and the first two weeks i could not stay off the loo,also could not stop eating but both settled down now! I slept in until 6am also having only slept until 3am for 3 months.   Good luck.x

Hi all,

I have noticed a couple of arguments in the Mirt discussions. 

Please see http://patient.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/topics/59133-discussion-forums where there are guides and FAQs about using the forums. This includes http://patient.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/398318-alternative-medicines-opinions-etc about opinions etc.

We do not have the time nor will we get involved in individual disputes between users but if discussions are breaking down due to conflicts or users are getting offensive please use the report link to draw them to our attention.

Do not tell people outright to come off medication and also do not resort to personal attacks or comments in the forums. All this does is discourage others from posting. 

Regards,

Alan 

llie and everyone else: I take 45mg of Mirtazapine about an hour before going to bed. I have epilepsy and take two meds for it. One causes insomnia and the other causes anger. Mirtazapine has helped in both categories. The worst side effect for me has been constipation. But Mirtazapine doesn’t help my lack of motivation. I will probably be on it for the rest of my life. All meds have a range of side effects that are different for each individual. I’ve been on a boat load of anticonvulsants over the years before the right combo was found. In each case, it wasn’t a matter of switching from one drug to another overnight. I had to slowly tapered off one while slowly increasing on another, it wasn’t a one day process, otherwise it could have triggered a convulsion.

It’s the same scenario for tapering off of Mirtazapine. If you quite cold turkey, it’s the same thing, the brain needs time to adjust to what amounts to avoiding withdrawal addiction. I found one web site that gave a dosage reduction of coming off 45mg Mirtazapine over a 3 month period. It’s like when I quit smoking 2 packs of cigarettes in one day, I had a lot of anger. But after 15 years of not having one, I’m back to smoking with no desire to quit, but that is another story.

With all the responses to Mirtazapine, I think I have enough material to write a book. (Sarcasm)

 I’m surprised how little discussion there is on epilepsy and the meds. on this site. So if anyone else has epilepsy, please start a discussion. I put up one post and had only one reply.

Everyone take care. Steve

One more thing to add. During the past 2 years during my time doing support work, I have seen people jump out a 2nd story window, throw themselves down a long hard staircase, burn their arm over a stove, take overdoses, take themselves down to a known suicide point, slice their arms and legs up....these things seriously upset me. These are people that are either on or need medication. To tell these people, and anyone on this forum could be any one of these people to get off medication.....NO! Seriously dangerous. A doctor will assess these people and choose a medication they think is right for that person given their symptoms, history and how they individually feel. No one on here has a right to tell people to get off medication, because they do not know the story behind it. Take care.

Hi sleepless and Norma, and all...

hope you guys are doing ok today...I'm thinking of you with good thoughts of health and relaxing.

keep in touch

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