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Mirtazapine withdrawal, how long will this last??!!!!

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kirsty12709
kirsty12709

Help! I slowly tapered off Mirtazapine. It's been 4 and a half weeks off it now and I'm sure I'm still experiencing withdrawal?! I have crippling morning anxiety and zero appetite, the weight gained on Mirt has fallen off! I also feel sick most of the day. I got so down last week that I very nearly went back on it, but couldn't bare the thought of coming off again! Insomnia has just kicked in too. 

I don't mean to post this to scare anyone, as when I was at my darkest Mirt really helped me. I just wanted to know if there's anyone out there going through what I'm going through? Any advice? How long can it last? 

I'd appreciate any help x 

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  • mrs_susan74280
    mrs_susan74280 kirsty12709

    Posted

    HI how long was you on them for, I am 6 weeks but making me have terrible anxiety 15mg, also I rush to wee a lot, which is drivin me crazy, I cannot eat till gone 6pm, with a rapid heart beat, what dose was you on , thank you
    • patricia33983
      patricia33983 mrs_susan74280

      Posted

      Hello Susan, I am going through hell literally HELL cutting down the MIRTAZAPINE from 45 mg after taking it for approx 5 months. Dr has cut me down to 30mg since March 6th. I am suicidal, highly anxious that I cannot go out . panic and cant cope with the least little thing in life, no joy irritable all the time, down feel like crap , no words to explain how I feel. I cant eat, wake up in sweats, nightmares, depression so bad that  I want to end my life. I told a family member that I cant take this anymore and i want to kill myself. ended up in psy ward for 3 days, I saw a psychiatrist whilst in there. Told him I want another antidepressant, didnt agree with me he said and so now I have to wait to see the Psych who put me on the Mirtazapine next week. Oh  I could be dead by then !!!!. So they sent me home with seroquel 25 mg tablets to take 3 times a day. I am same as you and can eat a bit of food around 7oclock. This medication is scary stuff .it is like getting off heroin and ive never been on that. I even drove near a train line today and thought so long about shall I do this. Hows that . Ive been depressed before and have transitioned off one med to a new one but never ever gone through hell like i am now. for a dam medication .this is poison to people. I may be going on n on but i am sufferring so much. any help out there.

    • ann55375
      ann55375 donna76140

      Posted

      Is the noritriptylene better than the mirtazapine was.  I have had awful anxiety on m Irtazapine
    • donna76140
      donna76140 ann55375

      Posted

      For me yes I’m sleeping o went through 9 days cold turkey and I wanted to die wasn’t my choice to come it I’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia so he wanted me to start milnacipran so day 5  I did but hated that and still had WD from mirtazapine I went straight back on it 7.5 mg at night then seen my gp and went on the new one nortriptyline and so far I’m ok about day 9 on it now I do take a Valium if I feel like I’m not going to sleep or can’t switch of you know that feeling but other than that I’m good you need to get some Valium to help you with the WD I went one mirtazapine for anxiety and insomnia I take siflol for my RLS they are a big life saver hope I’ve helped a bit please get something to help you I felt exactly like you but my GP could see I was struggling my mum & husband came with me I could not stop crying really badly ????😘😘

    • donna76140
      donna76140 ann55375

      Posted

      My new antidepressant has a sedative in it to help you sleep 💤 please get your gp to at the very least Valium show your doctor this page make them understand that WD FROM this drug is horrendous ??????

    • patricia33983
      patricia33983 donna76140

      Posted

      Hi Donna, have you got off the Mirtazapine?. I hate this drug and what its doing to my brain. 
  • patricia33983
    patricia33983 kirsty12709

    Posted

    Hi Kirsty. well I am going through absolute hell. Even want to kill myself. i looked up online the ways to kill myself !!!. I drove my car and parked it then walked near a train line today and didn't have the guts to do it. I called Lifeline and when I got back home the police were at my door. Talked to them and told them that nobody is listening to me and how bad this withdrawal is for me. This MIRTAZAPINE is a dam poison. . I am on a reduction from 45mg since 6th March this year (2018). I think thats a big drop in my opinion to 30mg by my Doctor GP. I have no appetite have lost 6 kilos. I also have nightmares, sweats, dreadful anxiety so bad that its unbearable. bad shakes when I awake, constant suicidal thoughts that life is not worth living.. I told my daughter that I want to DIE, she called the police n ambulance . i was on the floor like my body couldnt hold me up anymore. They took me to hospital last Tuesday and for 3 days  I was in a psy ward. Those places are torture and i will never go back into one again. talked to a psychiatrist and asked them to help me and give me another antidepressant to help me,,,,,they said no and referred me back to the psychiatrist who put me on it in the first place. so now i have to WAIT !!!. and they send me home on the same dam medication. WHY WON'T THEY LISTEN TO ME AND TO UNDERSTAND THE HELL IM GOING THROUGH !!!!!!.  I will be seeing my Doctor on Tuesday and asking her what to do. She told me that these meds isnt helping me . well yeah I know that. She says i would be best to stop antidepressants all together. How do I know she is right saying that. anybody please reply and let me know if you are going through anything same as myself.  Angry is not a word to describe my feelings. bloody angry and so fedup of the anguish, mental torture im living. Not to mention my family having to see my this bad. I called lifeline to tell them all of this story so if i do die it can be noted. Desperate and dreading another day to wake up full of anxiety and feeling so dam AWFUL.  ITS NOT PLEASANT . 

    • donna76140
      donna76140 patricia33983

      Posted

      Please go see another GP please my doctor knew straight away get some Valium go on another antidepressant you obviously need to I did please don’t suffer like this oh my god if i showed my doctor this he would be angry that no one is helping you do you live in Australia? show your doctor what people are writing on. here maybe then they will understand please please don’t do anything silly and if you feel you need another antidepressant then go on one don’t go through this anymore or at least get a sleeping tablet and Valium they will help you calm down ❤️❤️
    • patricia33983
      patricia33983

      Posted

      my apologies for some of what i wrote to you. 
    • donna76140
      donna76140 patricia33983

      Posted

      Don’t be sorry please I’m here to help I’m not taking it anymore and my new one is good I feel fine please please don’t be sorry I’m sending you all my love ❤️❤️❤️
  • caroline_1957
    caroline_1957 kirsty12709

    Posted

    Hi I’m so sorry your feeling so desperate, mirtazapine is the most horrific drug I’ve ever had I’ve been reducing since December 20th and it is hell I went down by 7.5mg a month the wd are beyond belief and doctors don’t believe there are any 

    I’m now on 6mg as I’m on liquid mirtazapine to be able to drop by only 1.5mg a month as I can’t take anymore of the withdrawals please get support and go much slower in your tappering 

  • caroline_1957
    caroline_1957 kirsty12709

    Posted

    Everyday is a struggle but one day nearer to getting off this drug 
    • patricia33983
      patricia33983 caroline_1957

      Posted

      Hi Caroline. how are you feeling today?. what dosage of Mirtazapine are you on now ?. Has your psychiatrist or Doctor said that you will be put on another antidepressant?. Did you have depression and thats why you were given Mirtazapine?. Some people say they were given it to help them to sleep. I never had any trouble sleeping but i wake up now and cannot get back to sleep since taking this drug. Do you want to take another meds?. My Doctor says i need to get off it.  I hope im not being too personal with my questions. Take care smile

       

    • ann55375
      ann55375 patricia33983

      Posted

      I was in same position as you and dr said come off. It took months from 7.5 but now nearly eight weeks without and im feeling bad. Diazepam helps the anxiety a bit but my life is pretty rubbish just now. Sleep and stomach affected. I am trying not to take any other med as thry all seem to have the same withdrawals to go through but drs will try to put you on another unless you are adamant.  Hope your lowering goes along slowly and smoothly.
    • donna76140
      donna76140 ann55375

      Posted

      I needed to go on another one I wasn’t going to live like I just wanted to die and if it wasn’t for my kids I would have I’ve bern diagnosed with fibromyalgia so that in it self is depressing there was no way I was going to suffer anymore my husband works away I have a house to run I simply just couldn’t I went 9 days cold turkey from 15mg then tried the milnacipran for fibro well it wasn’t the wonder drug that my doctor thought so I went back on mirt 7.5mg just to stop the WD then started nortriptyline 25mg I feel good I’m not emotional I haven’t cried I’m like 5 days I’m peri menopausal so that’s just me maybe I wasn’t strong enough to not take anything I went on it for anxiety and insomnia apparently part of menopause but I think that’s when I got fibromyalgia lots of other little symptoms that makes me feel that way I wish you all the best and hope your feeling better ❤️❤️
    • caroline_1957
      caroline_1957 patricia33983

      Posted

      Hi I was put on mirtazapine for depression but it never really helped and no I’m not going on another ad hopefully never again 

      I did get my hormones checked and that seemed to be a problem but since I’ve had bio identical hormones I’m getting better

      I’m on 6mg mirtazapine now and next week will go down to 4.5mg for a months and hopefully reduced then to 3mg then 1.5mg and finished!!!

      Theo one thing I’m finding is I’m constantly tired in fact exhausted which is awful I just want to blob in front of the tv and do nothing 

    • ann55375
      ann55375 donna76140

      Posted

      I am 13 weeks off mirtaz and am feeling very depressed each day that passes.  Initiallynit was anxiety,,now its depression.  Does noritriptylene help depression withnyou or just pain?

       

    • ann55375
      ann55375 donna76140

      Posted

      Are you still doing well on your meds?  Hoping the mirtaz has worked for you. Im still searching but have been put on different one to see what happens.
    • karen_57593
      karen_57593 ann55375

      Posted

      Can i ask how you are now in off 8 weeks now and experiencing everything you have had xx
    • ann55375
      ann55375 karen_57593

      Posted

      I am four months off and having trouble sleeping and days of nausea then days of anxiety.  Now getting uti which wont go away.  What are you,like?
    • karen_57593
      karen_57593 ann55375

      Posted

      I'm desperate broke down at doctors yesterday n phoned them.this morning in a terrible state they have gave me sleeping tablets didn't want too go down that route but had no choice went 3 weeks without sleep 😣 nausea is the worst I've ever experienced keep in touch sounds as if we're going thru the same thing xx

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