Mirtazapine and food intolerance

That's kind of paradoxical.., Mirt' has a huge histamine block which folk have difficulty with once off Mirtazapine- so you might be able to work around it - search for histamine rich foods & voila.  Not heard of this intolerance whilst on Mirt before - heard of gluten intolerance due to Mirt many times.

Best wishes.  

I've never had that whilst on mirtazapine but I've had itching etc the 3 times I've come off.

I'm so grateful to have found these posts. In December of 2020 I had a major food allergy reaction and my allergist said I might be sensitive to some things for a bit. I was ok for the most part staying away from high histamine foods for 2 months. Then I was doing emdr on past ptsd then my mother in law died. I had a few mild panic attacks. So I was talking wellbutrin which was making me lose weight to the point where I had to get off of it. Then I was prescribed mirtazipine for sleep. Within 10 days I have violent reaction to a vitamin that resulted in tachycardia so severe I had to call an ambulance. The allergist thought this was not unusual due to the incident in December. For the next 4 months I began to have increased sensitivity to low histamine foods like oatmeal, coconut milk, apples, mung beans, and even quiona, and broccoli. I was tested by 2 other allergists and they could not figure out what was happnening. The docs just thought I was panicking while eating. I had about half a dozen severe tachycardia episodes where my heart rate would shoot above 150 and I thought I was going to die. Eating became so scary. I ended up doing an outpatient program for anxiety because the docs were telling me the food reactions were stress related. I was put on ativan twice a day and switched to klonopin. After 8 weeks I got off of them. Then as I increased the mirtzapine I had a panic attack so severe I was shaking and almost passed out. The next 3 days I had more panic attacks. I had kept immaculate date for months on when I took what at each time each day. So the only thing different was the increase in mirtazipine from 15mg to 22mg. Then I started reseaching mirtazapine more and found this posting and then on a withdrawl forum there were about 20 other expereinces of people becoming intolerant to various foods and supplements. I almost cried with relief to know I had was not crazy. I never put it together that the troubles increased shortly after starting the mirtaziapine because I was in so much grief. This medication also causes tachycardia and qt prolongation which thank god can be reversed. I stopped it immediately and went through 2 weeks of the most horrendous withdrawl where I thought I was going to die. I'm on day 25 off of it and have started zoloft. I can't sleep without a sleeping aid, but have faith it will return to normal. I reported it to the fda and told all of my doctors.

hey i doubt you will read this as its an old post , but looking for some re assurance . i have come off mirtazapine as of january this year. had gone from 30 to 10 mg over 2.5 years but in jan, stopped it, -as my life was on hold . up to week 7 waa fine . now,when i eat apples bread sugar certain cereals tomatoes fruit of all kinds, several hours later, i come over hot faced, light headed and dizzy, high pitch whistling in ears , not with it, - -and its scary . sounds like what you talked about . did this resolve in the end ?