Hey all. I was on 30mg for one year due to anxiety. Last month I started tapering off because I hate how the med makes me feel. I'm currently down to 7.5mg each night and will be doing this for two-three weeks. For me, I've observed that 7.5mg is A LOT more sedative than 30mg! In the past when I took 30mg, it never really used to knock me out. Nothing too dramatic. But WOW - 7.5mg is very sedative! Within no more than 25 minutes of takung it, I fall onto the pillow, tired, and with a total lack of balance/coordination!
Why is this? I thought a smaller dose wouldn't have made me feel tired. What's your experience been like with this? Or, has 30mg been very sedating for you?
I am currently on 15mg and that does the same to me, within 25 minutes of taking it im flat out! Even though this is what I needed it for I'm always tired during the day aswell and I have been on 30mg and it's not affected me in the same way! I also wonder why this is?
Hi I'm on 30mg but a couple of years ago I was on 15mg and I found out that the 15mg use to be stronger, I want to come off them all together as I don't like the way it makes me tired all day and monged out, kind regards ste
Hi Sapphire, I have been trying to come off this medication for a long time. Everytime i reduce i am hit with withdraw symptoms that become so unbearable i end up having to go back up. I did get down to 22.5 a few times and did have fair lengths of time where i was coping. Then something would change and i'd end up going back upto 30. How did you feel going down from 30 to 15, did you take it really slow? did you get any withdrawal sypmtoms and did they subside when you stuck the lower dose out. Any advice would be appreciated as i have yet to find the right way down on these tablets..wishing you well
Hi Wizard, thanks for the reply! Very interesting. If you don't mind me asking, what was the tapering process like for you? Did you take it super slow? Any major withdrawal symptoms?
Hi Craig, sorry to hear you've had such a difficult time coming off this drug. It's a shocker isn't it! What were your withdrawal symptoms like?
I suppose the process will be easier for some than others. I dropped to 15mg for two weeks, and am currently doing 7.5mg for two weeks. After that I will do 3.75mg for two weeks, then 3.75 for 6 days, then for 5 days, then 4, then 3, then 2, and so on until I'm off.
My doctor actually recommended that I take the process a lot slower, and by following his method it would take me about four months to come off the drug. But I don't want to wait that long. To be honest I'm so desperate to come off it because I'm very unhappy with my weight and how I feel. I created my own system that will allow me to come off it more quickly, and so far it's working okay for me.
I have not experienced any unbearable withdrawal symptoms. They've all been things I can control. I've noticed a few headaches, some tiredness, my usual junk food cravings, and feeling a tiny bit more anxious. If I experience more severe symptoms down the track I am quite willing to let them happen and push through them, because I just want to come off these drugs so bad. I think that with determination and willpower you will be able to come off this drug too. I hate the fact that I let myself become reliant on Mirt and that my body has been filled with an unnatural drug
... So yeah. Just keep trying and don't give up! Remind yourself that you can get through the withdrawal symptoms, and that's all they are - withdrawal symptoms. They will not last forever! Good luck man.
Yes took it really slow over six months, I was put on mirt for sleep and anxiety problems. And that was my main withdrawal symptoms plus sore tum but not to bad. Every one is different and I no people who just stopped with no problem. It really helped me out of a bad place but felt it was the right time to come off it.
I used melatonin and Phenergan when I couldn't sleep. And calms to help my anxiety.
Hi,To answer your question,I'm coming off it at the moment very slowly.
Im down to 12.5mg from 45mg,and that's took me about 7mths.I have a lot of people I've spoke to on this forum,who have now come off it and have had great difficulty. I was given it for IBS 6-7yrs ago,so as Im WD the Tum pain gets worse than it was before I took it.
I'll give you one word of advice,that a lot of people on here have mentioned and that's when you start WD DONT go back up ride the storm untill it settles.And take your time.
Hi again, I think you've got the right attitude .If it's not causing you any dramatic problems,you go with what's right for you. And yes it is a nasty drug. I wish you all the luck in the world. You go girl 😃
I tried to come off from 15mg on it about a year. Had awful side effects but put up with them as it does seem to help my morning anixty.
I went very very slow 2mg every month or so. Took me over3 months to get to 7.5mg my word it was hard. Anxious wreck. Every 4 days wd kicked in from just a tiny 2mg reduction. It was so weird and hard to explain. One doc told me to keep coming off the other to go back to 15 when I was at my halfway point. As I had constant adrenaline rushes and awful anxity. I must say it has helped ease my morning anxity I just feel numb and emotionaless.
Guess it's the sedation in it doing it'd JOb. I still get blibs but I've tried to become stringer stronger and not give in to my negative thoughts that I've been stuck in. I try not to react to my anxious thoughts and allow them to pass. I'm slowly learning but it's a battle. I have some adrenaline rushes and some brain zaps and muscle spasms most days I think the 15 is settling and I just hope to keep on it until I have the strength to try qnd stop.
I've ended up with health anxity through all of this I hope in ttime if goes away. Everyday I thought I was dying it's such a horrible feeling. I feel it's been from all this ordeal tHo. I've changed my look at life since all of this and I'm a little calmer and trying to not worry over silly things out my control anymore. I Defo feel keeping busy helps me masivslly and doing a little bit exercise or plodding around the garden. I try to not let my mind keep over thinking I read a good moto the other Week.
Keep the body active, but mind still.
This helps me a little to think slow down when my anxouis thinking starts.
I have also been trying to eat a little better and no refined foods as well as drinkkng more water.
I'm far from being my normal self but I just learnt to take each day a guess and if I feel ok make the most of things. while am on these tabelts it's all I can do. I'm thankful for things and there is folk worth off and we all have to keep plodding on the best we can. I will never ever take anything like these things again. I never like taking a pain killer never mind these thjngs.
Craigs funny quote makes me laugh " it's like taking a pill for a head ache, and making a migraine instead in our situation. "
Sooo true. Anyway, I hope u guys find a balance and also manage to get off. You can do it with will power and strength. Try and keep your mind occupied while coming off. Go as slow as u need its not rush or race. Slower should have less wd effects apparently too, I'm going to go 2 mg every month again when I'm ready.
Thanks a lot Norma, I appreciate it I am experiencing som mild anxiety symptoms in certain situations such as at work. However it seems to go away after a little while and I can control it. I just need to wait it out I think. Good luck to you too.
Good to know Wizard. Thanks, it helped a lot. Yeah I think some people have a harder time than others. For me the main problem is general feelings of anxiety during the day, but I am learning to manage them without needing this drug. I might look into taking some Magnesium because I've heard it's good for stress.
Hi Sapphire ..wow that seems a bizarre reaction to taking what is a 1/4 dose of the usual dose of 30mg.
Hmmm ...question: How long have you been on the smaller dose?
Also, did you do from the usual dose of 30mg to 15mg for 'X' days before going to 7.5mg for 'Y' days?
I am thinking, maybe the experience you are reporting is A. coincidence or B. a witdrawal symptom or C. someone is spiking your horlicks (smile). Forgive the latter, just me trying to make light (sorry).
One thing is for sure, if you read the posts on here you'll see that there some people reporting 'odd' reactions when reducing or coming off the drug Mirtazapine.