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birdy67
birdy67

Hi all, does anyone know how long it will take to start to feel better once stopping mirtazapine. Was on 30mg for 14 weeks, still feeling really tired. 

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  • lloyd_28589
    lloyd_28589 birdy67

    Posted

    Hi Birdy , im not sure how long your tiredness will improve but i still have fatigue an tiredness due my reduction of Mirtazapine from 60mg to 30mg i hope to reduce it thurther was im feeling better from my Withdrawals from Zyprexa 10wks ago.. i don't know if I've been of any help to you i can relate to your tiredness from Mirtazapine. Hope things inprove for you very soon mate. Take care Lloyd from Oz

  • sarah24378
    sarah24378 birdy67

    Posted

    Did you cold turkey off 30mg ?
    • birdy67
      birdy67 sarah24378

      Posted

      I started tapering from 30 to 15 for a week and then every other night, gradually reduced more and then I stopped them. 
    • sarah24378
      sarah24378 birdy67

      Posted

      That is very fast. The faster you taper withdrawal can be quite rough. If you are just fatigued then count yourself lucky.

      How long have you been off it ?

    • birdy67
      birdy67 sarah24378

      Posted

      I'd only been on them for 14 weeks, so I thought it wouldn't take that long to taper. Stopped taking them 2 weeks tomorrow. Still feeling tired and not sleeping very well and still slightly uptight during the day. I don't think I feel much worse coming off them than when I was on them. Just got to see it through now and hope it doesn't take too long. 

    • sarah24378
      sarah24378 birdy67

      Posted

      Yes. 2 weeks is not long. Drink plenty of water, try and excercise, eat well, take magnesium and omega 3 and avoid stress. May take a good few weeks but you will feel better.
    • birdy67
      birdy67 sarah24378

      Posted

      Thanks Sarah, you're keeping me positive that I will feel better, which magnesium and omega 3 do you take? Seeing mental health nurse on Tuesday, she was the person who told me to start tapering as Mirtazapine wasn't suitable for me. X

    • sarah24378
      sarah24378 birdy67

      Posted

      Just high strength omega 3 and magnesium glucemate ( something like that ) look on amazon. You need to give yourself 90 days and take care if yourself.

      Why did they put you on it ?

    • birdy67
      birdy67 sarah24378

      Posted

      Doctor said in January that I had anxiety and depression, she prescribed sertraline which I was on for 2 weeks, went back to see her and said I wasn't sleeping so she changed me on to mirtazapine. Started at 15 for a week and then increased to 30mg, finally increased to 45mg. I couldn't cope being on them as all I wanted to do was sleep. I have relapsing remitting MS and I struggle with tiredness anyway. Saw mental health nurse a few weeks ago and she suggested that I came off them. I'm hoping to start taking my amitriptyline again as that suited me and helped with nerve pain. Mirtazapine has been absolutely awful and I just can't wait for it to get out of my system. 

    • omar18423
      omar18423 sarah24378

      Posted

      Hello Sarah , how are you ? Hope you are doing fine ,, i have seen a lot of your posts regarding remeron withdrawals. I was on it for 6 years 15 mg then tapered very fast to 7.5 mg for 5 months then went off last april , i’m now 9 weeks off . Have suffered most of the symptoms ( anxiety depression nausea tiredness except insomnia , i sleep for 6 hours sometimes 5 it’s ok , the major concern is anxiety and depression depersonalization. Sometimes i feel like a zombie awful feeling i have never felt in my whole life) i have never experienced anxiety or depression in my life before remeron , i have originally taken it to gain some weight it did help but i decided i want to quit . I read that i may experience waves and windows , last week i had very nice 3 days felt normal again then back to anxiety . Any help or advice . When do you think all these symptoms will subside?
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