Posted by Molybdenum on April 19, 2008, at 19:04:53
In reply to Re: A poll on anti-depressants, posted by JayBTV2 on April 19, 2008, at 12:57:36
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> > Now I'm 225mg mirtazapine (Remeron / Avanza) & 600mg venlafaxine (Effexor XR). But I am trying to reduce the mirtazapine. I went a week with 45mg less & all seems OK. Tonight is start of week 2 when I'll knock another 45mg off & see how I go.
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> You take 225mg of Remeron?!?!?! That's extremely high :)
>Yeah, I keep hearing that. Same for the Effexor but honestly I've had no increase in side effects at all. The reason the mirtazapine is so high is because initially it was fantastic for making me fall asleep. I'd take the dose at 8pm and before 9pm I was literally fighting to keep my eyes open. I have bad sleep apnoea & so getting 10 hrs sleep equals maybe 6 hrs for a normal person. So the 10 was just great for me. But after a few months the knock-out effect would subside, so the doc kept agreeing to up the dose and again I'd get the great sleep again. It took about 18 months to get up to 225mg. Every time we increased it, the great sleep would return. He told me its not supposed to work like that but it sure did for me.
Anyway, I'm trying to reduce it now as he said he won't go any higher. I've had a week on 45mg less & one night so far on another 45mg less. And I haven't had withdrawals - so I'm not too worried about getting it down. Although 2 weeks ago I decided to reduce it by 90mg but I woke up at 4am feeling awful & quickly too the 90mg and a Xanax.
Good Luck :)
M.
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