Posted by SandyWeb on March 13, 2007, at 12:05:15
In reply to Mirtazapine Withdrawal, posted by lightattheend on March 11, 2007, at 16:20:40
I was on Remeron for two years, and was also able to stop it cold-turkey. I didn't have any symptoms from it at all. But everyone always says to take it careful when you are quitting a medication, so you may want to take it slow at first and see how your individual body reacts. But I also found it to be an extremely easy medication to get started on as well.
The worst withdrawal I ever had was from Ativan cold-turkey (because I ran out). That lasted for about a week. Constant insomnia (at one point I was awake for over 42 hours and I was freaking!), and I was absolutely burning up.....and irritable as old heck. But, like I said, it only lasted one week. Phew! I figured that if I was going through this misery, I might as well get it over with and not run back to the doc for more Ativan. Of course, now I know that I need an anti-anxiety med to give me some quality of life (I'm on clonazepam now)....but at the time, I thought I would give life a try without any help from medications. Wrong choice. Lol.
Good luck. And yes, I would probably use the Trazadone to help you sleep if your withdrawals from Remeron are causing insomnia.
God bless,
Sandy
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