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Mirtazapine Withdrawal - Fatigue

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david28533
david28533

I am having significant fatigue, going into my 8th week since the last pill. I also have seasonal allergies and the pollen is bad right now. I am just wondering if fatigue (weak legs) has been a problem with others in this process. I haven't done much walking since this has been going on, as it has literally kicked my butt! Allergies make me feel bad in general, but this year is far worse than it ever has been, and I am wondering if the withdrawals are contributing.

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  • Karl_-_UK
    Karl_-_UK david28533

    Posted

    ..."I guess one of the hardest things about this is thinking that you have reached a benchmark, only to have the symptom return"...

    I think David makes a good point ...one that I'm experiencing myself right now. Felt reasonably well most of weekend ...but from nowhere I'm now feeling lousy ( not full on lousy ..but lousy nonetheless). Seems like taking a few steps toward (being fairly content) then slipping back one or two steps and not knowing what caused the relapse. STILL I MUST FIGHT ON ...I MUST FIGHT ON ..I MUST FIGHT ON (repeat over)...

    Goodnight/Good day all

    • david28533
      david28533 Karl_-_UK

      Posted

      Thank you Karl. A very good motto for anyone in withdrawal," I MUST FIGHT ON", and I will! If I lived in the UK, at some point I'd like to have lunch with you folks who are the cheerleaders for a team of players fighting to get their bodies "sober" again from this chemical. Regards, David
    • Karl_-_UK
      Karl_-_UK david28533

      Posted

      And that lunch would be on me David ..

      It strikes me that the world is a big place ..and although when I'm down I can see it sometimes as dark cold judgemental place ( like the song 'This Bitter Earth' by Dinah Washington) ...That said it gives me great comfort knowing that dotted around the globe are kindred spirits (decent caring enlightened folk bringing light).

      Continue to be a Light David!

      Peace to you and ALL who have become enlightened through their suffering ...

    • david28533
      david28533 Karl_-_UK

      Posted

      Karl, that just about says it all. Take care and stay in touch. I extend a handshake from across the ocean. David
  • Karl_-_UK
    Karl_-_UK david28533

    Posted

    Hi David ...you crossed my mind. Really hope you are feeling a little better. You deserve a good day!

    Much peace (and to everyone fighting their fight!)

    • david28533
      david28533 Karl_-_UK

      Posted

      Karl, still fighting. Didn't get much sleep due to abdominal pain/cramps. Also, anxiety as I lay there awake, in the dark, knowing how fatigued I will be today for lack of sleep along with everything else. You are a gentleman for thinking of me, and I salute you for it. My IBS has me in bed hoping the cramps will ease. My heart hopes that Jesus has heard my prayers and will send His healing hand. Take care and I wish you well. David
  • nickriot1
    nickriot1 david28533

    Posted

    Hi David, I know this thread is from a while ago but I'm just wondering how you are getting on now?? I'm in my 6 week off mirtazapine and feeling pretty crappy to be Honest. Very dizzy all day, feeling sick, really bad memory, terrible sleep, buzzing in my hands and feet, headaches, lots of weird eye problem, very blurry, ringing ears, very weak, extreme fatigue, and flu like symptoms, hot and cold all day long, and probably the most worrying is really weird heart flutters they come on suddenly and really take my breath away. I seem to get one day every 3/4 days that is great but the rest is just a misery. My depression and anxiety has all but disappeared but I'm just left a shadow of the man I used to be. I eat well, I don't drink smoke or take drugs but i feel like hell. Please tell me it gets a little easier because this is horrible.
    • Karl_-_UK
      Karl_-_UK nickriot1

      Posted

      Hi Nick ...read your post with interest. Just to say much of what you derailed resonates with me. No two people are exactly the same ..but there does seem to be a trend in terms of the symptoms +/- that one reports having as a result of taking/coming off Mirtazapine.

      Even the altetnating X amount of good/reasonable days VS Y amount of bad/lousy days resonates with me. And this all adds to the confusion.

      I don't even know for sure what is 100% related to Mirtazapine and what is not ( i.e. just coincidence).

      All I do know ..is when a lousy day/period comes along ...I feel like hell.

      Much peace!

      p.s. nodoubt our friend David will share his thoughts soon...

    • nickriot1
      nickriot1 Karl_-_UK

      Posted

      Hi Karl,

      Thank you for the reply, how long have you been off mirt now? How's it going? I dread the bad days, I keep wondering if I'm just over thinking it and is some of it in my head but it's not. I 100% feel terrible. I even went to the docs for the first time in month yesterday to get some bloods done just to rule out anything else that can be causing me to feel this bad, the problem is yesterday was one of them great days 😖 so I went in feeling great. Kind of made me feel silly trying to explaine how ill I am when I felt so good. Typical aye. But just as I though today I feel back to the only run down sick nick😔 it's a crazy up and down ride at the moment.

    • david28533
      david28533 nickriot1

      Posted

      Nick, when I was at 6 weeks, I was as miserable as you are. It sounds like you are going to have a while to go. I am starting week 11, and still feel bad. GI issues, fatigue, sleep problems, and others. But, they aren't as bad as they were. You will get better, but when will you feel good again? Only time will tell. I was asking everyone about the same thing that you are asking me, but everyone is different. I wish you well, and wish that I had an accurate time to give you for recovery, but I am still dealing with it myself, so it would be a guess based on nothing. I'm sorry that I can't give you more. Godspeed to you, Nick
    • Karl_-_UK
      Karl_-_UK nickriot1

      Posted

      I came off about 4weeks ago...

      That said, I have kept my box of Mirtazapine and when at a very very low point and feeling loudy I have often thought about going back on to them. But glad I never have.

      Draw some strength from the knowledge you are not alone ...David for example has had it bad with most if not all of the symptoms you've described.

      Much peace!

  • nickriot1
    nickriot1 david28533

    Posted

    Thank you so much for getting back to me guys, I really appreciate it, it would be really good to know how you get on David. Could you keep me updated? Ahhh Karl I've done exactly the same, I have my box by my bed and each night it really is a struggle but I look at them and say you won't win before I go to bed. Strange but it gives me a strange strength 😊
    • david28533
      david28533 nickriot1

      Posted

      Nick, I post at least once a week, with updates. I hope that it will be good news before too long. Good luck!
    • nickriot1
      nickriot1 david28533

      Posted

      That's absolutly great, I prey that you start feeling good very soon. I will keep you updated as well. 😊
    • david28533
      david28533 nickriot1

      Posted

      Nick, I will say this, one of the toughest things that I have had to deal with is the roller coaster. Up one day, down the next, sometimes as often as an hour from decent to horrible. I would have never dreamed when the doc said almost 8 years ago " David, lets try these. It is called Remeron and it may be just what you need " that all these years later, at what should be a good part of my life, I would be going through this. And that isn't counting the grief that the side effects put me through befor we figured out that it was the Remeron causing my problems. I retired from the fire department on disability after 31.5 years service, and I was on Rememron at the time. David
    • Karl_-_UK
      Karl_-_UK nickriot1

      Posted

      You are right Nick ...having the box of Mirtazapine but not giving into them again does strangely give me a little strength too.

      One day when this rollercoaster is over I might even get the box framed and hung on the wall or encased in glass and used as a paperweight. Forever to remind me of the thing that near destroyed me!

      Focus on the light at the end of the tunnel Nick .. and remember there's a few of us in that tunnel with you..

      Peace

      Karl

    • david28533
      david28533 Karl_-_UK

      Posted

      Yeah Karl, tell Nick that those things in the tunnel that look like fireflies that are between him and the tunnel's end are the rest of us on our way, and that the longer that he is in the tunnel, there will be more behind him asking for advice. Thats how it works! You Guys Take Care, David
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