Switched from fluoxetine to mirtazapine
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I was on fluoxetine for six weeks, it did nothing for my depression or sleep problem. The only \"good\" side effect was I lost 30 pounds in the six weeks I was on it (and believe me, I needed to lose that weight!). The doctor has now switched me to mirtazapine, only my third day but I have had two blissful nights of uninterrupted sleep. Before, I'd go to bed and be awake till 4 or 5am. Either that or I'd get to sleep and wake at 3 or 4. Never a good restful night to be had. I'm hoping the mirtazapine will continue to help me sleep and re-establish a normal pattern. Because I've had a couple of good nights, I feel much brighter. Just hoping that finally I'm on the road to being well again.
Good luck to all the other posters, hope you all get well soon.
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hope the mirtazapine work for you
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Megs
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Stiofain
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Dear Megs,
Maybe this will help a bit. I've been on Mirtazapine for 27 days, the effects so far have been to increase my sleep but at the expense of feeling tired all the time. That's got to be better than the sleeplessness I had before. As for weight gain, it hasn't happened. My appetite has in fact reduced, I am not sure this is always the case with Mirtazapine though,the benefit has been to leave my weight at the same level.
Perhaps it's also a feature of our dreadful weather at present but I have become significantly more lethargic, I was quite energetic up till last Summer. Does anyone else find Mirtazapine lethargy-inducing?
I wish you well as you try out this drug, it does appear to be significantly better than Prozac for a lot of people.
Stiofain
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tone_depear
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