Mirtazapine alternatives (plus weight gain stuffs)

Treatment and medication
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Hi again everyone! 

You may or may not have seen me post before about Mirtazapine weight gain. Well, I took some of yours advice and while I was on 15mg I stayed around 60kg (which is still a little much for me) and I was okay with it. 

Well this all changed when I went on 30mg. One, my cravings were worse than ever l i t e r a l l y could not stop myself eating and it HAD to be carbs! I’m on my first month on 30, third week I’m pretty sure, and the cravings went down in the past three days or so and I’ve been eating less and snacking on fruit if I did need to do so. But I gained 2kg in these days? I just do not understand how that makes sense. 

Well, this has started to seriously put me down as I don’t even fit my clothes anymore and I’m very short so really I don’t like having to buy larger sized jeans because they’re way too long for me, being the size that I was really suited me and I was happy with it. Now that that’s gone because of Mirtazapine, I am feeling so down and self-conscious that I was even embarrassed to go to my job interview thinking they’re not gonna like how I look (stupid, yes I know). 

Long story short, for those of you who don’t feel like reading it all, I have been on Mirtazapine for 4 months now and the weight gain is putting me down so much that I am looking to come off of it. I have already got a GP appointment for Wednesday but I’m wondering if the doctor will let me switch and what to possibly? 

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Hi Angela, did Mirt help you with your symptoms? Was it depression you were takin it for if you don’t mind me asking? I have been on Mirt for nearly 6 weeks and it’s helping my depression a little bit but not a great deal yet....I was on 15 for a few days then 30 for 2 weeks 45 for over 2 weeks ( had a few better days on 45) but had to taper down to 30 again becasue I started feeling strange on 45- very emotionally numb and like zombie. I have a doc app next week and if I still don’t feel right, we will look into switching to Duloxetine. A lot of antidepressants cause insomnia but Duloxetine does not seem to have this side effect. My friend has been on Duloxetine for a few years and she takes it at night because it makes her a bit sleepy. Mirtazapine makes me very sleepy half an hour after I take it so I can’t even read in bed if I take it a bit earlier. Xx

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Hi! I was taking it for depression and insomnia (it does absolute wonders for the insomnia and that’s the main reason I like it). I don’t think dolexetine will be for me if it doesn’t make me sleepy because it’s so difficult for me to sleep without Mirt