Mirtazapine Withdrawal Symptoms

Hey,

I wanted to check to see if anyone else is running into these same withdrawal symptoms. I had taken my last dose of Mirtazapine a little over three weeks ago. For two weeks prior to that I had cut down the prescription to 3.75. I had cut down the dose of Mirtazapine in half from 30 mg every two weeks. I had not experienced a great deal of withdrawal symptoms until I removed Mirtazapine completely three weeks ago. Since then I can fall asleep at night, but I can only sleep in two-three hour increments. When I wake up I have an extremely hard time falling back asleep, and I'm lucky to get another 2 hours the entire night. I have been fully unable to sleep through the night. My appetite is almost none existent.

I have tried taking melatonin or over the counter natural sleep aids to help me sleep, and they haven't helped at all. Does this sound like anything that any of you had experienced with the withdrawal? My doctor frequently tells me that the Mirtazapine should be out of my system, but I had been on the medication for 2 years. I can't imagine it hasn't altered my brain's chemical make-up in some way.

Really, I just want to hear that I'm not alone in this. Part of me feels I should give in and go back on this medication to restore some normalcy, but I wanted to get some other's perspectives! I do see that others had some insomnia, but I wanted to see if how I described it sounds similar to your experiences.

Thank you!

0 likes, 0 replies