First day on Mirtazapine

I tried Mirtazapine last year and I found this feeling never went away, I always felt tired and groggy and just not interested in anything. I started at 15mg and wnet up to 30mg but it got worse so I had to come off it. 

I've been on 30mg mirtazapine for 6 years and it's been fine for me. I take it at bedtime (10 pm) and then sleep normally and feel OK the next day. It's very early days for you to judge whether it's going to work, antidepressants usually take a few weeks to settle in. But it is up to you to decide whether you can tolerate it, in consultation with your GP. Everyone is different in their reaction to drugs. I hope you get sorted out.

Yes, it gets better every day. Within a week you should feel absolutely normal. I would take it around 9 pm though.

I've been reading all the posts in this discussion. It really comes down to what your reaction is to the mirtazapine and how much of the transitional effects you can tolerate while you wait to see if it suits you. But I am not medically qualified, just someone who has been through it and come out at the other side. Your doctor is the one to ask about it, but you don't have to feel desperate and alone. Tell friends or family if they will listen, or there are people on this forum who understand. The Samaritans are always there to listen. Try to find something you can distract yourself with it, such as TV (even rubbish!) , simple puzzles, music, anything to get you through the hours. And don't beat yourself up about how you feel - it's an illness, like anything else. I hope that helps a bit. Pixie xx

If you are just on your first night, There is still a long ways to go before feeling the full effect of the Mirt.

I wanted to stop it so many times the first week, I hated it!

I was restless, full of anxiety and the dreams were driving me crazy, I went on to 30mg after the first week on 15mg, and even then, it was causing me so much sleeplessness and dreams were upsetting me tremedously, but I assure you, that it gets better, for most ppl anyway. I read on  this site that many ppl also have to come off it, thier choice, or thier docs choice , because the side effects were too awful. But In my case , Mirt is an amazing drug, it has cured my anxiety and depression , I feel groggy some days, but not depressed and I have been able to get thru my days with no anxiety , I have started a perscription for trazedone however because mirt is not strong enough to keep me brain asleep all night. and i feel the effects from the traz the next day, but I just march on thru it. I feel bad for the ones that have to come off mirt due to its side effects because it truly is a wonder drug in my life

I hope that you can stick thru it and go the full 6-8 weeks to see it work its full potential...

all the best to you!!!

V

Switch between two tablets will make your body feel awful, I came off mitazapine in 3 days as it just wasn't not for me at the highest dosage (45mg) and went on to Mirtazapine I felt pretty poorly during the change and I have when I moved on to Mirtazapine from citalpram. Give it a few days I guess.

I would say one thing thou taking it at 2 am is not the best time to take it as it does tend to help you sleep. When I took it at night it was usual between 6pm and 8pm and I be a sleep by midnight and would feel reasonable ok the following day

I felt so low this afternoon that I went down to the river and felt like jumping in (I do not swim). This was so frightening to me though that I could not do it.

I feel so bad and just want my pain to end.