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

I feel for everyone still suffering. Nobody understands how hard this is. I still get occasional moments where I imagine not being here anymore, then I snap out of it and think about all the good things about my life. Its funny because when im not anxious. These thoughts dont even cross my mind.

Interested to see what things have worked for peoples insomnia since stopping this drug. Im cutrently getting 5/6 hours sleep a night at best.

I feel the same way. Its been 5wks. Thinking of going back on them. Don't like the feeling.

It lasts as long as it takes. I know that doesn't help to hear, but think of yourself as the courageous fighter that I know you are! Google waves and windows by James Heaney. It's the article that kept me going. He was diligent in looking at the long term ssri and snri withdrawal. Ck it out! Be well, Stu and Marie

When I was a little man on long trips from Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara and back my 3 young brothers grew tired and impatient and would start asking "are we there yet?" OK, I'm up after sleeping 4 hours, and I'm enjoying coffee and soon will start my day with a doctor's appointment. It gets better! I'm down from many years of "taken as prescribed" opiates, ssris snris Klonopin fentynal oxycontin oxycodone effexor and the worst of all of them mirtazapine!!! About a year and a half I took my last mirtazapine! I was suicidal and all the things you know too well. Kick its ass because there's no other option! giving upis suicide! , or going through it all over again! You can do it! Spend time reading the other blogs and you'll see the same questions, and the same answers. It sucks, but you will get through it. Start answering the questions you already know the answers too! Help others understand and that They will get through it! Little things like brushing your teeth or showering can seem to be all consuming in your mind, but it was never like this before you began taking these awful pills for anxiety and or depression! Withdrawal depression takes all of your joy away until your mind and body slowly adjusts. It's about "simple wins" baby steps, and give yourself credit because you're doing something most human beings cannot do! Your a "bad ass!!!! and no one will ever know how courageous you are but yourself, and the other prescription pill survivors. Get your body and mind in physical and mental shape with forced exercises and diet change so as you re-nter life looking and feeling great and ready for a new life. Please! "Never stop the fight!" ??🇺🇲??

Did you experience a tingling sensation over your body at all?

i took mittz for about 2 years only 15mg went cold turkey for 9 days nearly killed me i got some valium from my GP to help me relax at night time but im taking Lovan now a mild antidepresant for my fibro which ive just been diagnosed about 6mths ago so far they are working great i wish you all the best i was of it completly for about 7 weeks i tapperred down broke my 15 mg in half then half again that was much easier id never go back on it again the only side effect i had was weight gain but thats coming of and very little anxitity attacks

sorry for the spelling mistakes it doesnt have auto correct on here sending you my love ❤

hi for anyone following this post, i've been on mirt 45mg for a few years now, my doctor has suggested to me to think about coming off it. whilst i trust my doctor wholey and have seen only her for years now, i have my doubts, i'm petrified of what could happen if i come of them i was. before the mertapine i relapsed on my anorexia weighing 5stone 11 , i was agrophbic, paranoid, anxious, sweating heavily, deeply depressed, insomnia , and a failed suicide attempt and honestly felt i could't bare to live anymore. going on to the meds and coping with the side effects- from the mertazipine funk ( we can all relate to that?) to the emotional turmoil of weight gain ( now i weigh 11stone🙈) my mood swings and the 24/7 drowsiness but i bared with it,the higher the dose got the easier it became. i started counselling but the weight gain was a constant struggle, so i came off the mert and tried venlaxafine and had the most horrendous week so i went back onto the mertazipine and very quickly felt more settled. i feel like ive made life changing progress but have barely scratched the surface what caused my ptsd and know i have a huge journey ahead of me. since the doctor mentioned coming off them i've just felt filled with dread and feel like i could cry. i'm so scared of reverting on my progress without the meds. am i dependant on the mertazipine? possibly. i know this, i would love to hear from anyone on advice to help me transition, ways of coping with withdrawel. anyone elses experience in this position, i feel alone in this as no one i know takes this medication.

Hello to all. I was on Mirtazapine for roughly 3 months. Today is about 10 days since I been off. I was primarily on 15mgs nightly. My psychiatrist suggested I just quit so I did. Not sure if Im experiencing withdrawals or symptoms of problems. Hard to say they mimic each other. I hate it when I get so bad the back of my neck starts shaking,,, hard to concentrate, instincts are to get the freak on. My flight is in full response. The weight gain is horrible, and the sedation, I couldn't stand these things along with other side effects. I noticed insomnia for a week or so, change of appetite upon quitting. In some ways Im worst then before I started. God bless us all. Good Luck everyone!!

Kirsty. ..don't go backward. don't listen to the prompting of your mind. Keep going forward, it will get easier day by day...how long was you on it and what strength was you taking?.....

am so glad stuff like this is on the internet I dont think anyone can prepare you for what you go through withdrawing of this medication I decided stupidly to go cold turkey 6 weeks ago when i decided to come of i had no idiea what I was getting my self in no one has explained the withdrawals to me so for the last 6 weeks i thought i was dying am 25 an was petrified I was leaving my husband behind I've had probably every withdrawal in my head seems like a life time heres somethings I've had

anxiety morning noon an night more so when waking up in morning

insomnia

upset tummy

loss of appetite

heart palpitations like flutters

headache it feels like your head going to pop

nausea without being sick

tingling feeling cold down my body

stomach cramps

flu like symptoms

dizziness

am.at 6 weeks now an slowly starting to feel my self but still have waves of anxiety an headaches I refuse to put my self back in that stuff