Mirtazapine withdrawal after stopping - how long?
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Hi all,
Having some real withdrawl problems once off mirtazapine. Tapering was ok but now am off feel terrible. Can anyone help and let me know how long the hell lasts?
Thanks
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Calmer andy46832
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Sorry for your suffering. Can you tell us how you tapered, from what mg & how long you held between the tapers ~ this might shine a light to your wd symptoms now.
Best wishes
andy46832 Calmer
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Calmer andy46832
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Obviously your body is in wd and is craving the wicked Mirt'; for an informed choice Y info for a safer taper have a look here:
For advice on tapering Mirtazapine slowly at the recommended rate of no more than 10% every 3 or 4 weeks, please see the following which is within this forum,
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/depression-resources-298570
and then click on the link "REDUCING AD'S USING 10% WITHDRAWAL METHOD".
See what you think. You could also ask your doc' for a benzo to help with the anxiety, and something for any nausea. WD from this drug is horrible, you'll find lots of stories on the forum and advice on tapering also.
andy46832 Calmer
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Will also look at all advice here.
evergreen andy46832
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andy46832 evergreen
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Calmer andy46832
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Here is the pill to liquid instruction for anyone who might want to taper slowly.
You will need a 15 ml syringe and also a 1ml syringe with markings on at 0.1ml intervals
A pill crusher (available from Amazon)
A clean medicine bottle or small jar
A small accurate measuring jug or medicine cup with measure on.
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• Crush up 2 x 15mg (or 1 x 30mg) Mirtazapine pills until they are a fine powder (although the outer coating does not grind up as fine as the white Mirt’ powder that is inside, but that's fine. So long as the white Mirt’ is a fine powder.
• Then measure 30ml of half water and half maple syrup (or something else to your taste) and pour into the medicine bottle.
• Then pour in the powder and shake it vigorously. So 1ml of the liquid equals 1mg of Mirtazapine. N.B. Mirtazapine is not soluble in water and so you must shake it vigorously every time you take out a dose to ensure you are getting an accurate measure of Mirtazapine.
• Also you should store it in the fridge. It is recommended to keep it no longer than four days, but a reliable source kept (her) each batch for two weeks without a problem.
So from the 30 mg / 30 ml draw up the syringe what you require.
1 ml of the liquid = 1 mg.
This has been tried and tested and works very well. Just make sure you shake it very well before drawing up the syringe.
Credit to Evergreen
For "how long" at each dose" I would follow the 10% rule, every 2 weeks.
Hope this helps
andy46832 Calmer
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Already had a look at the way that Evergreen explained with the tapering and the liquid solution.
Spoke to doc yesterday and tried to ask about tapering and she had no idea what I was talking about.
Thank heavens for these forums!!
Calmer andy46832
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neuron Calmer
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Started wd on mirt last Tuesday. I am going a heavy style off it to see just where my body is on this.
30mgs per day for a month.
Tuesday 15mg
Wednesday 22.5mg
Thursday 22.5mg
Friday. 0.0mg
Saturday. 0.0mg
Sunday. 22.5mg
Like a plonker, I went away and forgot my meds!
So had the extra physical awareness going on and today higher anxiety.
So annoyed with myself! Grrrr
Calmer neuron
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Best wishes
neuron Calmer
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My head has become more normal awY from a pre migraine state. Yes, going to the loo has changed a bit. No cramps or other symptoms other then the expected increase of anxiety. However! I actually think the anxiety has reduced slightly in anxiety issued terrortory around me this week. I am expecting Tuesday onward to be a struggle though, if anything people in here say is anything to go by! God that's bad English O_o
WantToGetBetter andy46832
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suzannah28542 WantToGetBetter
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Well done for making the jump what mg did u jump off?
I can't answer your question because I'm still tapering but a good way to judge is how long did you feel bad after each drop?
Just read someone's 40 days off and only just seeing improvement hang in there!
S x
WantToGetBetter suzannah28542
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suzannah28542 WantToGetBetter
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Still feel the withdrawal but not so bad now and I'm over a week in
I drop again to 15mg after weekend all being well then i think pdoc wants me to go on a low dose of fluoxatine while i give up mirt completely
Have already stopped diazzy's and am down to half a zop a night. Then stop the orlanzapine. I should have only been on it 6 weeks so hoping withdrawal won't be too bad.
I ended up in real trouble in withdrawals because I've became tolerant to mirt and was causing withdrawal anxiety. My pdoc said coming off flu won't be so bad but we've got to do it the long way round because i can't be ill during withdrawals as i have 2 kids to look after 1 of which is autistic so haven't got time to rest!
I will get there in the end
How you feeling today?
Is it still getting easier?
I think you've done really well you've done a really fast taper and sounds like you're coping well
Proud of you
S x
WantToGetBetter suzannah28542
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paradigm WantToGetBetter
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WantToGetBetter paradigm
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Thank you for your response. The depression seems to come over me and i cant stop crying however I am so determined to not let it enter my head and stay there its taken so much of my life already I just hope in time like you said that I can find that happy girl again, I see glimmers of her but few and far between. Around a year ago I went to see a hypnotist and he was amazing although very expensive, I think I may go back for one more session and then good riddens to depression forever ! Thank you for listening
sheila85552 WantToGetBetter
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I did something similar 15 to 7.5 for 2 weeks and then nothing.
If I knew the w/d symptoms were going to be this bad then I would have tapered off way more slowly. I hear ya about the weight gain though! I really wish my doctor would have told me about the weight gain and binge eating side effects of this drug - I don’t think I would have ever tried it in the first place.
I’m 12 days off completely and I’m miserable dizzy, nauseous, extremely irritable, migraines, diarrhea, no filter (some of the crap that has been coming out of my mouth !😳 stomach cramps, can’t stop crying, hopeless etc
At least I don’t feel like binge eating anymore ?????
Wish you luck 😕
Helps me to know that I’m not alone because that feeling is really heavy to
Morning_Rain sheila85552
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