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Anyone Taking Mirtazapine for Sleep?
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I recently started taking 15 mg. and still can not sleep. I don't even get tired during the day. It's been at least a month and I lay awake all night. I took xanex for years for anxiety and then I found I didn't need it for much anxiety but found I slept well with it. The doctor won't give it to me for sleep so put me on Trazodone and now this. Trazodone made me sick and Mirtazapine doen't do any thing but tmake me dizzy when I get up. I really tired of playing games with medications. I do not want to gain weight because I struggle getting it off.
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In what way did trazodone make you sick? I've been taking it for years and I take mirtazapine at 15 mg as that dose is supposed to stimulate my appetite.
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Hi, I started taking Mirtazapine around 15 years ago. First at 30 mg per night and that put me out like a light. But after a year or so, my psychiatrist started lowering the dose. I had years of either sleeping well or not at all. My best sleep came back at 7.5 mg. There's a lot of research that says Mirtazapine works best for sleep at lower doses. Right now I'm down to 3.75 or half of the 7.5 mg pill. I take 2 mg of Melatonin with it and my sleep is great. Plus I lost all the excess weight I put on while taking Mirtazapine.
Trazadone didn't work for me at all.
I do take Lexapro also. Best of luck