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Anyone Taking Mirtazapine for Sleep?
I've recently titrated off of 450mg of Venlafaxine that I had been on for fifteen years. While I was on it I would wake up every two hours until they put me on 150mg of Seroquel, but that makes me depressed and groggy, so I no longer take that.
Even though I am no longer on Venlafaxine I still wake up every two hours. I believe, and I think my provider now agrees, that the sleep disturbances are at least contributing to my depression and anxiety, if not the cause.
Soooo, my primary care provider has ordered a sleep study that I don't suspect will find anything. And my psych provider has just prescribed Mirtazapine. I of course have looked it up but I'm interested in any first hand experiences with the drug.
Does it help you sleep through the night?
Where you able to stop taking it?
How bad where the side effects?
Thank you for any information you can provide.
May you live in peace and good health.
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Not much increase in appetite, but I have gained some weight. About 5 lbs over ~ 2 months.
From what I’ve read I think it has something to do with how certain fats are metabolized (don’t quote me; I’m not a doc). I’ve cut back on simple carbs, sugar & portion size to help combat it.
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1 ReactionThank you for your feedback. So far I've experienced very little benefit from the drug. I'm very careful with my diet and exercise regimen. Any weight gain would have to be metabolic. I'm not sold on this drug as a solution to my sleep disturbances.
Thank you again.
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1 ReactionI took this years ago for sleep. It didn’t help me sleep and it gave me restless leg syndrome. I’ve never done well on drugs, always bad side effects.
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1 ReactionI just complained to my provider that I am not getting any relief from this medication. She told me to take one and a half pills and she'll talk to me Friday. I suspect she just wanted to shut me up, because when I told her I had already tried that, she told me to give it a couple of days.
I'm tired of being patted on the head and told to wait a few more days.
I wonder what it is going to take to get them to take me seriously!
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1 ReactionI’m just now seeing this seven months later. I was interested in your recent comment about Zoloft and SSRI, which led me to your other posts. Five years ago I was transitioned off Zoloft to Mizatrepan(spelling?).
It was the most horrific experience. First there were vivid nightmares and then the thoughts of self-harm. I can recall speaking on the phone long distance to a friend. The next day she called me back because she was so alarmed from what she heard from me. That was my wake up call that there was something terribly wrong.
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1 ReactionI hope you are feeling well.
Peace and good health to you!