hi paulo! hows your neuropathy now? im 4 mos off mirt and have burning skin sensation from my head to my toes! its maddening!
hello I was on for only 2 weeks, I took 12 pills 7.5 mg, two times 6mg And two times 3.75 mg. I stopped completely because I developed numb feet and other numb sensations in my body, burning down my arms, face, chest and back, small tremors in my hands and mouth and inside my body as well as some muscle twitches. I know I was only on for a short period of time but if anyone’s still on here that experience these things and have now gotten better please post so that we can all feel that with time it will resolve?! I also have terrible insomnia…
Hi gina18608 - just wondering if you have any further updates on your journey? I’ve been on Mirtazapine for many (10ish?) years now (varying dosage, currently 30mg) and over the last 4-5 yrs have started to experience some neurological problems including muscle twitching, cramping, numbness, cold feeling and neuro pains in my legs as well as a host of other odd symptoms.
Doctors currently seem stumped after several MRIs, neuro exams and countless blood tests. The only suggestion I’ve been given is that it’s anxiety, but that’s quite a leap given the number of symptoms. Worried this may permanent damage wrought by the drugs…
hi did you get anywhere with this issue?
hi do you have an update on this situation im currently waiting for a full body MRI scan as i have the same symptoms plus a massive and hard abdoman i have been of mirtazapine for 3weeks and still symptoms
Ive also been on Mirt 30mg for 3 years and have been off work with joint pain for 4 months now.. in this time I’ve had a blood clot in my leg because i couldn’t move as i have been. Torrid time but as I’ve dropped to 7.5mg over 5 weeks I’ve started feeling an improvement. Because the withdrawals are so severe I’m going to stay on 7.5mg and see if i get better. The withdrawals can last 9 + weeks so they say.
Ive been on 30mg for 3 years and i also have some strange pains and symptoms. My elbows don’t straighten my arms are locked bent, no swelling or redness, but this ache and they click and its painful I’ve had many many blood tests and they couldn’t figure it out but he then said it is a rare side effect of mirt and I’m having to come off them now when they saved my life i was deeply depressed and they worked wonders. Im hoping ill be okay on the lower dose (snapping a 15mg tablet) 7.5mg so i can avoid withdrawals.
my peripheral neuropathy started with mirtazipine. It caused metabolic disregulation, started with pain in my feet, burning and aching. i stopped the mirtazipine after 3 months ( i was always very slim but put on 2&1/2 stone in this time.) i lost the weight in the following 3 months. Unfortunately i didnt lose the neuropathy. 4 years later and im entering stage 3 neuropathy, its agony. its spread from legs and feet to hands and face. ive no quality of life , on disability, agony to walk but its even worse now the nerves are dying completely, cant feel my foot on the brake/accelerator so driving will stop soon. on gabapetin but its not helping much now. ive a wheelchair to look forward to eventually.
100% caused by mirtazipine
i only took 2 doses, and they were half of what the doctor wanted to start me on (7.5mg) that i cut in half from a 15mg tablet. i mostly slept over those few days.
i decided they were not for me and then i noticed numbness and tingling for the first time in both my hands. it has never gone away, and this was around 5 to 6 years ago.
Any updates to the neurological symptoms? I am off Mirt since 4 weeks and I am still experiencing numbness in my toes and stiffness.