Remeron / Mirtazapine
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I just started taking Remeron/Mirtazapine for anxiety 12 days ago. My Dr said it also had a sedating effect so I was excited to try it. I slept good the first two nights then my sleep turned restless, I felt like I was tossing and turning all night. The last couple of nights have been so bad that I don't feel like I sleep at all. It feels like I am stuck between being awake and asleep all night. When I do sleep, I have crazy dreams that make me feel like I am awake. I wake up all night long. I have tried to find similar reviews but have not seen any. What is going on? Is it the histamine agent?
I am taking 7.5mg - my Dr wanted me to increase to 15mg. The one day I did increase, I was dizzy the whole next day. Can I stop taking this medication? I do not want to stay on it too long and face some of the horrible taper and withdrawals that i read about.
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linda78047 meredith26006
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I am probably not the best to answer your comment but i am going to try to and will be honest.
i started on 15 mg Mitrazapine after being told to stop Dosulepin and 1 mg diazepan daily. i didn't find that they ever helped with anxiety but kept on with them. i have the same feeling of being hyped up all night and all day, do ou also have problems with your vision ?, they say that 4-6 weeks for them to work. Maybe see if things calm down for you but tell the doctor how you are feeling on them. i am now on 45 mg and am trying to reduce the dose back to 30 mg. GOOD LUCK. You aren't on your own with your struggle.
darla23 meredith26006
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I was on it for 4 years. Tapered off for 10 months and now been off for 6 months. I had the crazy dreams the entire time. I gained 30 pounds and now have lost 18 of those. I know this drug may help some and for them I am grateful. I think you can get off pretty safely no longer than you have been on it. I have completely recovered now and feel great. Hope you get to feeling better.
sarah24378 darla23
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how long did ir take for you to recover. i am 15 days off after 2 year taper from 45mg
linda78047 sarah24378
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well done you, did you do it on your own ?.
meredith26006 darla23
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Do you see any need for me to taper or do you think i can just stop taking the mirtazapine? It has been 11 days at 7.5mg
jen35333 darla23
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did you go thru horrible withdrawal? i tapered over 3 mos only as per my doctors instruction. i was on 30mg from dec 2019-aug 2020. then did 15mg daily for 30mdays and 15 mg every other day (30 tabs). my withdrawal is hell!!!
BB16186 meredith26006
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Hello Meredith,
i took mirtazapine for some 9 months. started due to severe insomnia mainly, but also depression and anxiety. I would not recommend taking it. it helped me sleep for a while and it felt great from that perspective for some time. however the body gets used to it and i won't help much with sleep at some point. what made me sleep is its sedating effect, which shuts down the chatter in your mind when you go to sleep. It never helped with my depression. it helps somewhat with anxiety but not to the extent that it was worth for me accepting the side effects. At some point i realized i was sleeping better on 7.5mg than 15mg. on 30mg i felt really spaced out. It did absolutely nothing for my depression. I would sleep throughout the night (the time during which it worked for that), but i would wake up feeling hopeless & depressed.
The withdrawal was not dramatic, but i did it very slowly 15-7.5-3.75-2 then did -0.2 every 2 weeks. that went more or less ok. i felt the effects of withdrawal like itchy skin, digestive trouble etc. but it was bearable. I felt crap throughout when i was on MZ, during tapering and after jumping off. Mainly bad insomnia, depression and anxiety.
I suffered like a full year with debilitating insomnia and thought i would never recover. I changed my medication at some point and sorted out a few important things mentally. Today i feel absolutely great and sleep again my 5-8hrs and feel rested in the morning.
In short, from my experience, the risk/benefit of mirtazapine is clearly not worth it.
Don't lose faith, you will recover at some point. it might be a long tunnel but you'll get there !
All the best