Bonjour Karen
J'espère que vous continuez à bien aller. Depuis combien de temps êtes-vous maintenant complètement sevrée de mirtazipine ? J'ai réduit ma dose depuis mai, passant de 45 mg à 18,75 mg actuellement, et j'ai vu que beaucoup ont souffert de nausées, de fatigue extrême, d'acouphènes, de sueurs et de pics d'anxiété pendant le sevrage, mais je prends mon temps et j'y arrive. J'étais sous 45 mg depuis près de six ans, ce qui m'a vraiment aidée pour ma dépression clinique sévère à l'époque. J'aurais été prête à rester sous ce médicament pour toujours, même à supporter la prise de poids, mais les cauchemars sont devenus insupportables. Je les fais encore même en réduisant la dose, mais je vois que c'est assez courant aussi. Je voulais juste vous demander à quel stade vos cauchemars ont-ils complètement disparu ? Et quelle était votre dose de départ ? Et de combien avez-vous réduit chaque fois ?
Meilleures salutations et que vous restiez en bonne santé.
Hi Pamela, yes they did, but I won't sugar-coat it, it was a very long road. For a month I felt awful, absolutely awful, with "waves" of severe withdrawal. I'd say it took roughly 7 weeks for this to start easing off. It's a tough journey, but it can be done! X
Hi Kirsty, still at 3.75 and holding as i am having nausea days and odd tummy ones sometimes. Horrendous migraine last week. Still sleep not so good and confused REM dreaming with me. Going to ask again about liquid, will pay if necessary. Do find depression a bit worse, is that normal, scared to fo down a dose in case it affects that. I just wonder if i am ever going to be well, a lot of people on here are on mirtaz with another a/d and i am not.
I am nearly at the end of withdrawal but all the symptoms i have, nausea, diarrhea, nightmares, insomnia, anxiety and worst of all still depressed are still with me. Are you suffering the same having come off? Does your dr offer you a new anti dep tomhelp?
Bonjour Kirsty
Comment vas-tu ? Tu dois approcher des trois mois d'arrêt du mirtazipine maintenant, ce serait bien de savoir comment tu vas, et que les symptômes de sevrage se calment.
J'espère vraiment que tu te sens mieux.
Hi! Thank you for asking after me 😊 YES they do settle!! It's a very long road, but they absolutely settle, i now know that all of the sickness, feeling of dread and doom, paranoia were all the withdrawal. I'm so glad I kept going and didn't go back on it!! I still have anxiety, but I've had that since I was 11 so I miracle cure is going to happen there!
How is everything going with you?
i am waking shaking, nightmares, black thoughts, depressed,but agitated. All these were my original,symptoms but were slightly more under somtrol on 7.5
i dont know if this is them coming back since its five weeks now lower and its worse each week.
mirtaz never really took them away, just dulled them.
do you think this will pass or i need to increase again
I am in a bad way with mirtazapine slowly dropping. Have now started to get old symptoms of anxiety and depression back five weeks since lowering. Have you needed to increase?
I think you may need to go back to your GP, and get advice there. I never went up and down doses so can't advise much there-sorry. Maybe you do need to have something else to help you? X
Je pense que plus la dose est faible, plus les symptômes de sevrage sont graves, surtout en dessous de 7,5 mg. Pour moi personnellement, je pense que je ne descendrais probablement pas en dessous de 7,5 mg, mais que j'arrêterais complètement. Parce qu'il n'y a probablement pas beaucoup de différence entre les symptômes de sevrage en arrêtant complètement ou en passant à une très faible dose.
I am seeing consult next week but i just wondered if you suffered depressive symptoms on the reductions, or was it mainly nausea, headaches or what? I have had them but the feeling down was unexpected. I havent gone up a dose at all, just down them. Its just im wondering if i should be feeling a bit better now, i had been hoping for that
I know about the anxiety, nausea, headaches etc in lowering, but i wasnt prepared for mood lowering like this. I am trying to as certain if it is another withdrawing symptom as it has come after the initial four weeks. Trying to see if it will lift and if others have had it on their withdrawing. Dont want to be running to dr if it is foing to pass.
Je pense que les retraits seuls suffisent à rendre n'importe qui anxieux et de mauvaise humeur. Si vous ne souffriez pas de maladie, de nausées, d'insomnie, de maux de tête, etc., vous seriez très probablement dans un état d'esprit beaucoup plus positif.
Selon mon expérience, la meilleure façon de gérer la situation est d'essayer de vous distraire de votre situation actuelle. Essayez de faire quelque chose pour vous changer les idées, car plus vous vous concentrez sur vos symptômes de sevrage, plus ils seront graves.
I did feel days of utter despair and depression. Way worse then how I was before even stating the med! I've heard this isn't an uncommon side effect. It too a long time for me to start feeling better, and that was after I'd tapered off completely x
My last taper was at 1.87mg, but I've no idea if withdrawal would have been worse had I have lowered quickly? It was hellish the way I did it as it was. But you may be right, if may have been like that mo matter how quickly I did it...
I absolutely had a very low mood whilst going through withdrawal
Thank you for that, i dont feel so unusual now. I do hope the low mood is just another side effect and not me plunging downhill. Most people only discuss the tangible sides of getting off like sick,anxious,etc. I just did not expect the nightmares and low mood to be part of it . Did that part last for many weeks? I would like to discuss it with consult before he pushes a different drug onto me
They are taking up my whole day and I struggle to get out for a bit. I am doing crosswords and puzzles as i dont really want to see anybody, isolating as they say.
I had every side effect going, and as I said I felt very low, more depressed than I've ever felt before. I had to get out and about because of the kids but there were days where that was really hard! I found it came in waves, moments of despair, followed by feeling not so bad. It was quite honestly hellish, but I'm so glad I came off it!