Tonight ends week 11 from my last 7.5 pill. Although I am still having most of the symptoms, along with an as of yet unidentified transient case of difficulty breathing, they aren't as intense. I am on the rollercoaster, and the valleys are real low, and the highs aren't very high, I am a little better. I still have nausea, fatigue, vertigo, no stamina, stomach cramps, colon spasms, can't get my heart medication regulated. It says on the paperwork that you shouldn't take Remeron if you have heart problems, and the side effects that were causing my heart to beat irregular, rapid, and elevated B/P are the reason that I got off it. Plus the morning hangovers and feeling generally sick. I didn't notice those things at first, I figured that my doc and pharmacist wouldn't let me have meds that were contraindicated. I have really been blind at times. Anyway, a few of the ladies on here gave 12 weeks as their turning points, and I hope that I can join their club. David PS- I wish the best to all those whoe are on the road to a place where Remeron, Mirtazapine, and Withdrawal are just fantasies that no longer exist. Godspeed!
Hi David, I'm glad to hear that your symptoms are easing a little bit.
I have been off mirtazapine for 4.5 weeks now. It felt like things were getting better last week, I was sleeping and feeling better in general. Since Tuesday, I can barely sleep 1.5 hours each night, I feel nauseous, dizzy etc. I thought things would continue to improve but it seems like the withdrawals have come back. Does this sound familiar? I'm wondering whether a good patch followed by an extremely bad one is still part of the withdrawal process? I'm hoping for some light at the end of this very dark tunnel.
Scott, what you are describing is what has been the worse part for me. I also had a couple of days a few weeks ago that I thought that I was over the hump. Your mental state gets better because you feel that you are nearing the end of a dark tunnel, only to have the light turned off again. I still have nause one day to the point of trying to vomit, and then the next day no nause at all. Are you fatigued and weak? The answer to your question is yes, that is a part of the process. And the part that has me worried is that they were worse than before. I wish you luck.
Far out sounds like some of you are really struggling with coming of Mirtzapine. I'm now on week 3, I'm still having alot of trouble sleeping even with temazapine and now I have a really good head cold/flu to top things off, I'm guessing I got this because I wasn't sleeping and was run down joy!! I'm trying really hard to not get down and think the worse when I'm not sneezing my head off, coughing and sniffing. I've also had some bad stomach cramps and really bad and often wind, not pleasant to be around!! and going to the loo alot more, it feels like my body is slowly getting rid of all the toxins built up over 7 years of lots of medication. I have noticed though that the kilos are slowly falling of, I've already lost 1.5 kilos in 2 weeks with little exercise. I'm not eating as much either, just not as hungry which is great and I don't have the same sugar cravings, which is also great, but reading about all of you, I'm just hoping I can stay off this med and it all continues to go ok for me. Take care everyone, I know getting off and changing meds can and does really mess us around. I found the cymbalta in mornings 60mlg and mirtzapine at night time 30 mlgs worked the best for me over several years, but it did take time, nothing else worked for me, I spent 3 years trying to find the right combination with the persistance of a good doctor, counselling, a few good family members and friends. These drugs have kept me alive and enabled me to slowly rebuild my life and be a great and devoted mother, but it hasn't been easy at all. Take care everyone, 1 minute at a time sometimes and be kind to yourselves.