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How to taper off 7.5mg Mirtazapine(Remeron)

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gary59219
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as it seems common my psychiatrist greatly underestimated mirtazapine withdrawal. i cut from 15 to 7.5mg then to 0 a week later and paid the price with insomnia and debilitating anxiety and heart palpitations. i went back on 7.5mg and stabilized but still sometimes need to use hydroxyzine and or unisom to get to sleep. how can i best taper off 7.5 mg to minimize withdrawal effects? cutting 10% a month is infeasible so looking for alternate ideas. i read cut in half for 10 days, then take 1/2 every other day for 10 days, then every 3rd day for 10 days, then stop. can anyone corroborate this approach or offer suggestions? thanks!

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