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Please help anyone else doing it cold turkey?

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kelly8973
kelly8973

Hi feel like im being a nuisance posting same thing again and again but im really looking for any help from anyone whse stopped mirt cold turkey i was 7.5mg. Or anyone in middle of doing it who i can rationalise my symptoms with??

I stopped the mirt on tues on doctors advice due to several reasons with advice to start back on my old ad which infortunatly stopped working in july last year due to mum dying. Anyway i suffered massive depression to point i dodnt want to live and hadnt eaten in weeks so was given mirt it was a miricle drug for me to start but i had to redice dose and then evemtually it was playing havic with ibs so hence why im off it.

I am now since saturday suffering severe stomach cramps similar to having a stomach bug. Severe anxiety to the point i cant sleep at all with pins and needles and unable to shut mind off. I havent eaten since friday with stomach and just feel horrendous. I started dosulepin on sat night lowest dose but really this is hell

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  • lauralol
    lauralol kelly8973

    Posted

    Hi Kelly,

    I came off mirt 8 days ago. As I stepped down the mirt dose I bridged with Venlafaxine. I'm now taking 225mg ven and no Mirt. I have felt flu like symptoms all week, constant nausea, trouble sleeping etc but I'm beginning to feel more human. I know withdrawals can appear weeks later so I'm not out of the woods just yet.

    NICE guidelines suggest that you can take dosulepin whilst tapering off mirtazapine but this is cautionary. The problem is that GPs in the UK cannot prescribe multiple ADs without a psychiatrist consultation. You may benefit from a referral to CMHT. They have specialist pharmacists who can guide you through AD therapy and prescribe accordingly. In the meantime buscopan is good for cramps and I found that intermittent fasting helped with the nausea.

    Hope you feel better soon x

  • kelly8973
    kelly8973

    Posted

    A little update

    7 days off mirt now and 4 days on the dosulepin

    I really thought id be feeling a little better by now but the stomach pains/cramps and nausea are so debelitating. They are almost like contatctions in pregnacy that wont go away.i feel burning up my temp is slightly higher than normal bit still in normal range. Ive had to take this week off sick. I think its wearing off then boom back to the start. Surely it would be easing by now

    • lorraine52317
      lorraine52317 kelly8973

      Posted

      Hi Kelly

      I feel for you as I know first hand what you are going through. I crawled through a month of hell before getting relief by reinstating a small amount of mirtazipine. I would honestly make an emergency appointment with your doctor and explain how awful the withdrawal from mirt is. Stopping at 7.5 has certainly caused you to feel like this. If you decide not to reinstate you may be going through this another few weeks. Please don't put yourself through this ??

    • kelly8973
      kelly8973 lorraine52317

      Posted

      Thank you lorraine

      I have an appointment on friday anyway. I feel like my stomach is on fire inside. Im too scared to reinstate it now as im on the dosulepin and i know the two dont mix from experience. Feel like im in a catch 22 situation. If i reinstate it then i know i will have to come off it again and my depression had come back and the drowsiness afwul or do i ride it out. I think because i have stomach and bowel problems anyway the wothdrawl has made the 100 times worse

    • lorraine52317
      lorraine52317 kelly8973

      Posted

      Hi Kelly

      it may take a couple of weeks to feel better but stay positive and be assured these symptoms will pass. Try and go with it and relax as much as you can xxx

    • kelly8973
      kelly8973 lorraine52317

      Posted

      Thank you so much lorraine you have always given good advice and support on here. Im still the same if not worse i havent even been able to leave the house today and have tried to eat but had to run to the toilet with awful cramps. These havent subsided for more than 10 mins in last few days its constant pain. Surely this isnt normal i honestly feel like my insides are about to explode x
  • jeannie68430
    jeannie68430 kelly8973

    Posted

    Hi Kelly....Just read your post. I have been on 800mg quetiapine and 45mg mirtazapin for over 8 years. After going from a size 12....shopped for wedding outfit other day and could only fit into size 16. Weight gain has been an issue for some time.

    Last weekend I decided enough....I have stopped all medication but am getting by on diazapam.

    I know it's a crazy thing to do but weight gain making me more and more depressed. Have had some moments, it's hard but I am determined to kick it. I have to manage my bipolar more strongly than ever. My only concern is becoming psychotic of which I have a history.

    Give myself 2 months to beat this thing...all being well....I will tell my cpn and psychiatrist if I achieve my goal.

    I am getting thru by decorating house from top to bottom and I keep looking at all my lovely clothes that I have been unable to wear.

    We all Have different reasons for coming off meds. Mine is a conscious decision...no more covering up my disgusting body in wraps and never socializing as I am too self conscious.

    Hope this helps....the first week the worst, determination and you will get there.

    Regards, Jeannie

    • kelly8973
      kelly8973 jeannie68430

      Posted

      Thanks hun im not doing great physically at all which doesnt help my mood. Will that not be dangerous for you quitting all youre medication. X
  • Bornfriday13
    Bornfriday13 kelly8973

    Posted

    I came off mirt last Thursday night was last 15mg and started Sertraline on Friday. I feel awful. Sweat anger panic anxiety etc. I tried to commit suidice in May 17 and had to come of mirt due to the weight gain squashing my lungs which was causing severe breathlessness. How long does this go on for. I'm at the stage of going back to dr to go back on them. This is awful. I've been a herion addict and the withdrawal symptoms were comparable but not as long as this. Please help me someone ??????????

    • kelly8973
      kelly8973 Bornfriday13

      Posted

      Its horrendous isnt it hun. I have never been on anything with withdrawl like this. The first couple days were anxiety so say wednesday thursday then since then excruciating stomach pain cramps diarrhea but you may not get that i have severe ibs anyway so im thinking its just affected me worse that way thats been say 5 days bad now. I honestly feel that if im like this when i have docs on friday i am asking to go to hospital! I hope youre ok and lwt mw know how thinga are going
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