So I saw my gp yesterday and I am now tapering off mirtazapine and started sertraline this morning. Doc says to stay on mirt 15mg and take sert 50mg together for 2 weeks then just stop mirt. Silly doctor, I know better that to just dive in like that so instead I will be taking 25mg sert for a week with 15mg mirt, then 50mg sert with 7.5mg mirt for a week, then stop mirt I think that’s more gentle than his suggestion. I took sertraline for 4 years and stopped last year so I know I generally react ok to sertraline but I remember the first week being a bit of a challenge. Anyway, I have started now so fingers crossed it’s kinda smooth for me, must admit, I am a bit worried about seratonin overload while mixing the two drugs but hopefully the doses are low enough that it shouldn’t be an issue.
What trouble did you have on mitazapine, I could not go above 7.5mg bad sweating in the mornings, 15mg woke me up 3am every morning, it,s a shame as it helped my migraines,
I just found that I was sleeping too long and felt kind of in a haze all day. Just didn’t seem to lift my mood. Funny you shiukd mention the sweats, before I started mirtazapine I had hot flushes and sweats but in the 7 weeks I took it I haven’t had a single one. It’s odd how it effects everyone uniquely isn’t it.