On Mirtazapine (30mg) for 2 weeks - severe side effects
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Hi. This is about my husband. He has been on Mirtazapine 15mg for one month then the doctor switched him to 30mg. He has been on 30mg for about 2 weeks now and has muscle soreness and weakness (to the point that he can't tie his shoelaces), metallic taste even if he drinks water, dry mouth and blurred vision. We are thinking of calling the doctor to change but we also want to stick through it and see if they go away. Has anyone experinced these side effects and did they go away after a while?
Thank you
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evergreen Augury
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daz101 Augury
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Your post echoes what I went through
With mirt
I was convinced it was something else
Until my partner said have a look at the side effects on the leaflet ,
I suffered symptoms similar to that of fibromyalgia every joint in my body ached
I was so debilitated you'd have thought
I went 10 rounds with Mike Tyson
I had pain all over hands , feet etc
As well as gaining weight
In the end I had to come off it
It just did not agree with me I went from 15
To 30 mg , only thing it did was knock me out
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daz101 1980
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I was roughly on mirt for 8 weeks
I just quit cold turkey there was suppose to be a fading out period
And start another med roughly 5 days
Later that being fluoxetine
But I didn't because I was very wary
After the way mirt went . So I was
Med free for roughly 3 months
The anxiety crept back in so I'm now on day 19 of flux
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tracy50580 Augury
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But right from day one I've had terrible side effects, the tiredness that eased after week 2, but the muscle pain and the breathlessness, with stomach pain and diarrhea it's just been to much, at the same time I also having withdrawal from venlafaxine which have been awful.
Spoken to my gp this morning, she's been very good told me to stop taking mertazapine right away & tho take one tablet of 37.5mg off venlafaxine. Think was trying to quickly tho come off venlafaxine.
But if your husband is feeling like this he must come off them if his gp agrees . I do hope he feels better soon.