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My mirtazapine experience. Been off 9 months and feel great.

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BB16186

Dear Patients,

i came out of a really dark tunnel. During my withdrawal and afterwards, i used to spend days and nights on this forum, in search for help & hope. Today i feel absolutely great and i would like to share my experience with you, so that you might find some hope & help for yourself !

I had the worst time of my life, but i came back!

Started mirtazapine due a protracted and severe insomnia, anxiety and depression.

MZ worked great for sleep for a while due to its sedation, which shuts down your racing mind when going to sleep. However the body gets used to it and you won't feel the sedation at some point and might go back to square. This was the case for me. MZ never helped with depression and i even think it made it worse. It helped somewhat with anxiety. During the time, where it worked for sleep i would wake up feeling completely depressed & hopeless.

I started tapering during a period where i felt a bit better and it went kind of ok. I did have some clear withdrawal effects but it was bearable. What was unbearable was the continued/increased insomnia and hopelessness. I felt like i would never sleep or be happy again. I did a slow taper going from 15-7.5-3.75-2 and then 0.2 decrements every 2 weeks. I felt crap throughout, but i can't tell you to what extent it was withdrawal or underlying condition.

During the taper and when i jumped off, i felt increasingly crap, with new worrisome bad symptoms showing up. I tried so many natural remedies and medications, nothing really worked (tried most of them for not too long though). But i wouldn't give up. I started a new medication and finally managed a breakthrough in overcoming certain mental barriers, which clearly led to my problems over time. I started gradually recovering and after a few months a felt absolutely great. I can now sleep my 6-8hrs without interruption, feel rested and motivated for the day when i get up. I thought i would never sleep properly again... it feels like a godsend.

Hope i can give you some hope with this.

Never give up.

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  • marius1976
    marius1976 BB16186

    Posted

    Congratulations on your positive journey and your power to believe in healing ! I was on a similar boat sailing on dark waters but now I reached the shore and I see the sun shining too !

  • gillian62018
    gillian62018 BB16186

    Posted

    Thanks for sharing such a positive story. There are many out there, they often just don't take the time to post about it on a forum which can give quite a biased picture! Thanks for taking the time out to share this experience x

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