On mirt two months, thinking about tapering off. Similar experiences?

Was on venlefaxine for about 8 weeks up to 112mg. Only a week up there, but got really harsh depression so while i tapered down (37.5 mg every 10 days) I was put on mirt 15mg. Sleep was helped immediately... thankfully. After about a month at 15 (and completely off the venlefaxine, the mirt was bumped to 30 because sleep seemed to be a little spotty again. Doctor didn't seem to know the lower dose is better for sleep apparently.

Sleep at 30 has been "ok" but now I'm at about 33 days at 30mg, and about 2 months total on mirt, the sleep seems to be changing more. I'm getting around 6-7 hours, which is good enough for me but I'm waking up pretty early. like 430-5 am sometimes. i have to be in bed by 1030 or sleep will suffer.

I started AD's when i started really horrific post acute withdrawl syndrom after having to quit weed and alcohol back in December. I'm doing a lot better now. i couldn't answer the phone, read books (except a couple super boring ones just to pass time) and tv was pretty much a no go. I was a total mess. It's been about 5 months since i started my journey to sobriety, so I'm thinking this time passed has really helped me adjust and feel better, along with the help of the mirt. I even handled a visit to the dentist for a filling that there would have been no way to go to before. (i cancelled a dentist appointment a couple months ago).

I have been getting these weird anxiety heart flutter feelings

mostly in the evening now, and a bit obsessive sometimes... (Reading here lol) I still feel the need to be busy doing things outside or i get anxious. hard to stay at my desk because i feel like i need to be outside etc... but these have been managable. I've also noticed abdominal muscles feeling tighter lately.. over the past week or so.. worse as the day goes on into the evenings.

I don't want to up the mirt, i feel the more i take the deeper I'll get into them. Same with the time I've been on them. Every day on mirt is deeper to be into them... The harder to taper off.

So at about 2.5 months on mirt, 35 days or so at 30, i was thinking about maybe going to 15mg for 15-30 days, then 7.5 (15-30) then maybe off, or maybe every second day... I'm going to be talking to my psyc doc about this too.. I'm just curious what others who may have been in a similar situation may have done or how it went?

anyone else have only 2-3 months on mirt? what was or would be a good schedule for taper at this short time of use?

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