Mirtazapine - weight gain!!!!

Hi

i gained 2 stones in 4 months.  The GP then prescribed Trasadone which is the same type of drug, but even on a low dose, I had tremors.  I was put back on Mirtazapine along with a low dose of Sertraline.  The only good thing about Mirtazapine is that you do get a good night's sleep.  I have constant panic attacks and palpitations during the day, which are partly relieved by Propanol (betablcke). But until the evening, feel as if I'm in a black hole.

I was also on mirtazapine, along with a few other meds. And mirt is a very big one for weight gain. It did the same thing 2 me. Im fixed after 4 kids. And I'm normally weighing about 115-117 and I look about 8 months prego. I had my Doc. Take me off and put me on a different med. Maybe u should try that. There all different types of meds out there. Good luck 2 u and urs..

If you see my thread 'Mirtazapine Diet Club', I have now lost four pounds in two weeks. My weight loss has been speeded up by taking green coffee extract and raspberry ketones. But also by keeping below what my body needs in calories each day. It's hard going but weight CAN be lost on mirtazapine.

I thought it was just me. This last year has been the worst and I have suffer from sever depression for many years. I have been off meds for about 10 years untill I hit bottom when my mother passed. Dr and I tried everything and nothing worked. He put me on mertazipane plus other meds ... I started out with gaining a few pounds and was fine with that then out of nowhere (it seemed like over night) i packed on the pounds (50lbs) WHAT THE CRAP!!!! Depression is down, happy for that but I have no energy to do a thing anymore, I am fat and cant take it. I have a 4 year old and cant keep up. I want to know how to take the weight off, I have not changed any of my eating habbits. Please help

Hi

i put on 2 stone in 4 months, not eating any more and no skirt or pair of trousers fitted me.  Trasadone is also a sedative antidepressant and doesn't have the same weight problem.  In my case, it didn't suit me when the low dose was increased as I got tremors and, unfortunately, am back on Mirtazapine again.  I don't know if it's psychological but I hardly eat anything, I think because I don't want to put on any more weight.  The problem is that there aren't cry many sedative antidepressants.  The only advice I got was to exercise and walk, which in this weather really isn't an option.

Mirtazapine will make you gain weight in the foorst few weeks and months, then it will level off. However, once it has leveled off, it is quite possible to lose all the weight again. I think you have to reach the plateau first and then you can diet. I have been eating 250 calories less than my body needs per day and have lost four pounds in four weeks. This is twice as much as I should be losing, so mirtazapine does not lower metabolism, at least not for me.

You may not think you are eating more than usual, but you probably are. I thought the same as I was gaining weight despite not eating any snacks and just having three healthy meals a day, and sometimes some wine. But when I added up a typical day's calories it was 2650. That is 550 more than my body needed each day. Add up every cup of tea, coffee, cold drink, biscuit etc, and alcoholic drinks, and you may see that you are actually eating too many calories each day. I was shocked at how little I actually needed to not gain weight.

Hi there, I read alot of comments about weight gain, while taking Mirt*

Its strange but true in many ways that we are all gaining weight, mainly women tho,

I am starting my 3rd full week on 30mg , and when I started I was 110lbs! I am 5' 5 1/2" and that is way to skinny, I hated it, but I have been skinny all my life. I was a smoker for 24 years and just quit about 3 weeks ago, ( strickly vaping)

I have gained 10lbs in 3 weeks, but its good because like the lady said, its better to be chunky and healthy than skinny and miserable. tho for many women being chunky contributes to thier depression. I feel for them, its got to be so hard emotionally.

I am welcoming the weight gain however... and I dont get cravings for much during the day, I eat my regular meals, but oh boy, about an hour or 2 after taking my Mirt* at bed time and  falling asleep, Im wide awake again and down in the kitchen for my chocolate fudge cookies. Every single night i do this.

I suffer from insomnia however and I am up every hour all night long and only eat the one time during the whole night.

Its got to be the Mirt*

On a better note, I am feeling much better , I havent had an anxiety episode or manic panic at all since i started taking Mirt*!!!!!

the miracle is happening. I just need to have something to help me sleep thru the night now, cuz eventually I will get real bitchy If I dont soon get a full nights sleep.

Dont sweat the weight gain dear.... there are ways to control it, even turning it into solid muscle by exercising, , whatever works for you. and remember you are beautiful....i hope you feel beautiful!!!

Hi as finding I was sleeping but now I'm not..  The days are he'll with the palpitations and now the nights are are as bad.is there I end to this night are.  Fel like giving up nada matte endormytether.

Hi guys

I have been on mirtz and have recently ceased taken them..My opnion of this medication is  you WILL gain weight! It does not make any difference how much you excersise , or how cautious you are with food intake.This medication has also been the favourable choice by doctors to for the treatment of Anoerxia for increasing appetite.The "hunger hormone", is a peptide produced by ghrelin cells in the gastrointestinal tract which functions as a neuropeptide in the central nervous system. Beyond regulating hunger, ghrelin also plays a significant role in regulating the distribution and rate of use of energy.Ghrelin cells are found mainly in the stomach, It acts on hypothalamic brain cells both to increase hunger, and to increase gastric acid secretion and gastrointestinal motility to prepare the body for food intake.The receptor for ghrelin is found on the same cells in the brain as the receptor for leptin, the satiety hormone that has opposite effects from ghrelin.When the stomach is empty, ghrelin is secreted. When the stomach is stretched, secretion stops.At the same time Leptin sends a signal that the body must store the fat to preserve enery instead of using the energy, e.g. Fat...This is one side effect of Mirtz..Mirtz does cause and will hold onto sugar and any form of energy source...This is one of a few weight gain/mirtz side effects..I was precribed Duromine to help me rid of the weight gain.Duromine blocks the leptin signal causing your body to not preserve energy/fat and therefore will begin to utilise body fat..However , Duromine may not work to its full potential for the first 2 weeks or so until mirtz medication has left your body.Mirtz is a strong medication as is Duromine.I do believe taking Duromine and mirtz at the same time may stabilise your weight , but not so much loose weight..I have stoped taking Duromine until the Mirtz is completely out of my system, this way i can get the full benifits of Duromine...Additional information, that might be worth a try for people who are taking Mirtz, When considering how these 2 Hormones in the brain and stomach function and their relativness with Mirtz, try eating a bowl of all-bran fibre for those midnight munchies..I have tried it and i do think it worked and made a difference with the "preganant look"..With all this said , I think Mirtz is an amazing medication for people suffering CNS conditions, anxiety and depression..Not only does it improve these conditions, it can replace so many other medications, such as benzos and sleeping pills...good luck

I hope this gives insight into the "pregnant look"- bloated stomach, increased gases ect ect can be managed with fibre cereal such as all-bran, its worked for me

I have been on Mtzp for 6 months. I feel a lot happier... But I've just crashed again as my weight is essential to my happiness. I have put on a stone in the last 6 months which is huge for me. I have spent the last month doing the diet where you eat no sugar, dairy, grains etc and I have out on a further 2 pounds. I am more healthy and more active and I am much heavier. Feel very trapped as before Mtzp I was in bed all weekend not being able to see people and feeling suicidal. Now I have the energy to get out of bed, socialise and to eat healthily and exersize and I'm heavier, can't for into my clothes, and feel just at breaking point with it all. I'll obviously have to stop Mtzp bit is there an anti depressant that makes you happier AND doesn't cause weight gain?? I'm not crying with the contents of my ski bag all around as I can't fit into my once baggy ski wear and I'm leaving tonight with no hope of replacing the clothes. Being around other people as well.... I just feel like giving up.

I have been on Mitrazipien for 5 years now, started with 30 mg and a month ago asked for the dose to be increased to 45mg , because I stopped sleeping. I have gained so much weight, I have gone from a size 10 to a 16. I am now so desperate to loose the weight I have just stopped the Mitrazipine. My GP is beyond useless, I have always excersized but I suspect that at the moment I feel so incredibly down over my weight I feel like I can't. I feel like I don't want to leave the house.

Unfortunately Mirtazapine is a sedative antidepressant.  I have 3 wardrobes of lovely clothes and nothing fits below the waist as I have put on two and a half stones out d y stomach.  The only good thing is that I got a good ight's sleep.  Now she's change the pill and I waken up at two in the morning withaitations and the chronic anxiety that I had to put up with from9 am, I now have around 2 am.  It's not withdrawal symptoms as I have agitated clinical depression which is why I wa put on them in then Iraq place.