Posted by 13243 on July 9, 2007, at 18:14:09
In reply to Re: Mirtazapine: 10 days, 10 years – a question, posted by Brazilnut on July 6, 2007, at 9:32:38
all. I have been on remeron/mirtazapine for the past 6 years. It was a "dream pill" for me when i first starting taking it. I had severe insomnia and tried many other meds to get it resolved but all failed. this stuff worked the first night i took it. That was great but a year later and ever since i've wanted to get off it but neve could. I felt i could "suck up" whatever withdrawals I would encounter but boy was i wrong. My symptoms were like any other time i missed A DAY of taking the stuff (15mg). I would wake up in the middle of the night figidity, headaches, nausea - you name it. I kept trying to get the courage to come off but 1 day of the above and i figured "why not stay on....." I just wanted to get off it. I had no real complaints but now that i'm almost done successfully weainging off I realized how much this thing was sedating me. I'd need 10 hours of sleep and another hour just to get my bearings straight but the rest of the day (what's left of it!) was fine. I'm like an earlier post "waiting for the right time" but like someone said above "when is the right time" so I'm giving it a shot now. I started weaing off a few weeks back. Started with 7.5 MGs a night for the first week and 3.75MG a night for the past week - should be done in a day or so. The only thing I've noticed now is that I've been a bit wiped out at times during the day but the other symptoms have seem to go away (figidity,nervous,nauseaus etc).
Good luck to whoever wants out! You'll need it. For years my only excuse for not trying more was the fear of feeling like garbage for the next day/s. I don't know why - maybe it's my time I'm feeling pretty lucky so there is hope. I have to say I had some personal issues during the past 6 years too which didn't help and I've squared them away so maybe that's the key - either way I'm excited to get off this stuff - it's a crappy feeling getting around every day making sure that "pill" is there for you - nothing worse than going away for a day or so and realizing you forgot the darn stuff knowing you're going to feel like crap!
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