Mirtazapine Withdrawals and Not Feeling Myself
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I've been on 15mg Mirtazapine for nearly a year now and after I was bumped up to 30mg due to work related stress I have decided to reduce my dose as I felt strange on the 30mg. I began tapering down to 22.5mg for about two weeks and then jumped down to 15mg again, as I wasn't feeling too bad after the couple of weeks on 22.5mg.
However, now I have just been feeling absolutely horrible. I don't feel like myself at all and I don't seem to be feeling any kind of emotion or passion for anything. I usually have to nap and sleep a lot throughout the day just to calm my brain down from racing thoughts. Another symptom I seem to have been experiencing is overstimulation, where loud noises and bright lights seem to just take it out of me. I can't even really watch intense TV shows anymore as when I do it feels like my brain is about to overload; I feel like this could be a symptom of anxiety but it's very hard to describe.
Every day I feel a little bit better but it's hard to fight through when it feels like there is no end in sight. I can't imagine what it must feel like for those coming off of it completely. I just want to feel like myself again.
Do these symptoms resonate with anyone and does anyone have any advice on how to start feeling like themselves again when experiencing these severe withdrawal symptoms ?
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marius1976 connor130198
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I can confirm a similar experience with yours. I had a two years experience of multiple medication trials and I was under mirtazapine 30 mg for about 5 month when I decided that medication was no help for me and wanted to get clear. Mirtazapine made me very sedated in the morning, being unable to get out of bed without a strong coffee first thing in the morning. During the day I was pretty much in a zombie state, like having a fog around my head and with lack of concentration. From a very active person I became interested only in resting and sleeping as soon as possible during evening, trying to forget the day and dooming for another one. No emotion, no enjoying music (as former DJ), no joy in playing with my kid ... Professionally I had to resign my position of operational manager and started the journey of getting rid of all the pills.
It took me around 9 months from day one to the day I evaluated myself as almost the old me at least emotionally speaking. Insomnia was the worst withdrawal symptom, it took four months to start sleeping enough as not to be physically affected but now I am pretty OK, excepting some late withdrawal things that are still lingering.
I may say that passing time, long nature easy walking and breathing meditation were the most useful tools for me. Meanwhile I changed nutrition, researched a lot in the field of personal development and started to live life at a slower speed. You can do it too just take your time because it is a slow process and be confident that at the end of the journey you will find again the joy of living life.