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Does anyone have experience with Mirtazapine?

Sleep Health | Last Active: Sep 2 9:48am | Replies (110)

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@frouke I highly encourage getting genetic testing. I was in the hospital in 2020 and was given an SSRI drug Fluoxetine. It lowered my sodium to 115, I spent three days in ICU. The hospital did a test, RX Match, that showed I cannot take SSRI drugs! It was worth the $250 to get tested. My insurance wouldn’t cover but well worth knowing this info. It also showed I have a gene variant MTHFR C667T Heterozygous which can cause depression and anxiety of which I have both. Due to this variant I have to take L-methylfolate (prescription) indefinitely. I’ve been on Mirtazapine since then and I feel great on it. I’m still struggling a bit with sleeping. The doctor had to adjust the dosage once. It does tend to increase your appetite a little, at least it did with me. It’s taken me six mos to lose 17 lbs!

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I’m going to look into getting tested because it would make things so much easier, as I previously mentioned, I started on Mirtazapine about two weeks ago, 7.5 mg. to start with, I heard it’s good for weight gain which I need and also helps with sleep. I did notice at this point I have an increased appetite so that’s good but due to a recent bronchial infection I had to take amoxicillin and prednisone which cause their own symptoms so it’s hard to say how much the mirtazapine has helped, the prednisone also causes insomnia but thankfully I only have to take it for five days. Thanks again for your help and I hope you’re doing well too.

I take 15mg but it stopped helping with sleep after a week or two.