Anyone taking Mirtazapine? Is it working for you? Any side effects?

Posted by cmarts @cmarts, Mar 4, 2025

Has anyone been taking Mirtazapine? Like to know if they have taken themselves off and how did you do it?

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myacct123 | @myacct123 | Mar 13 8:24am

I took it for several years. It was not effective at all.

spyder05 | @spyder05 | Mar 14 6:43am

Take your time tapering off don't stop cold turkey like I did got brain zaps

bern7475 | @bern7475 | Mar 14 7:00am

I am currently taking it and I have had no problems.

annpeters | @annpeters | Mar 14 7:30pm

I took it for three weeks and I felt like I was in a nursing home spaced out…. In La La Land and that was just on half a dose. It certainly didn’t help with memory. I could sit and stare at the walls and not even care. Not for me. I’m only 70.

yram | @yram | Mar 14 11:55pm

I have been on 45 mg for about 2 years . It helped my stomach issues.

Bobbi Dawn Semore | @mizbbd | Mar 15 12:03pm

Yes, I’ve been tapering off 300mg Trazodone while introducing Mirtazapine. Of course, under Doctor care. And it is effective for me & no side effects. I’m so glad I spoke to my primary care provider about the issue I was experiencing & they heard me.

mmkennedy | @mmkennedy | Mar 15 2:04pm

I used to take mirtazapine and gained weight and could never really loose it while on the med. Later an internist MD, not the prescriber, told me it is sometimes used for elderly women who don’t have an appetite. I think it also made me feel drugged the next morning quite often.