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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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laura1970 | @laura1970 | Oct 9, 2025
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Been on mirtazapine for 4 months gained 61 pounds, tried to come off of it had bad withdrawal now trying a Prozac bridge anyone successfully get off this medication and lose the weight??

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What dose of mirtazapine were you on, if you don’t mind me asking?

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jt1957 | @jt1957 | Oct 10, 2025
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Been on mirtazapine for 4 months gained 61 pounds, tried to come off of it had bad withdrawal now trying a Prozac bridge anyone successfully get off this medication and lose the weight??

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I was on 40 (?) mg for about 6 months and gained about 35 lbs. I stopped cold turkey (which is probably not the ideal way to do it) and the weight came off pretty quickly. I was also taking Lexapro, so that probably helped me avoid bad withdrawal symptoms. Best of luck with this!

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con123 | @con123 | Oct 10, 2025
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Been on mirtazapine for 4 months gained 61 pounds, tried to come off of it had bad withdrawal now trying a Prozac bridge anyone successfully get off this medication and lose the weight??

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I took a low dose for 4 months. No weight gain and no problem just stopping. Didn’t help me sleep either.

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jsexton | @jsexton | Oct 10, 2025
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What dose of mirtazapine were you on, if you don’t mind me asking?

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@laura1970 15, for a month , then 30 mg for a month then 15 .. then now back to 7 trying to get off completely

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jsexton | @jsexton | Oct 10, 2025
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I was on 40 (?) mg for about 6 months and gained about 35 lbs. I stopped cold turkey (which is probably not the ideal way to do it) and the weight came off pretty quickly. I was also taking Lexapro, so that probably helped me avoid bad withdrawal symptoms. Best of luck with this!

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@jt1957 thank you so much 💗, I hope I can beat this horrible medication!!!

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jt1957 | @jt1957 | Oct 10, 2025
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@jt1957 thank you so much 💗, I hope I can beat this horrible medication!!!

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@jsexton My pleasure. Fingers crossed for you!

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carolannjj | @carolannjj | Nov 6, 2025

I am so constipated. Only side effect. Will this stop

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kaliope | @kaliope | Nov 7, 2025
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I am so constipated. Only side effect. Will this stop

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@carolannjj I take Benefiber once a day. Drink lots of liquids. Works for me.

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endora64 | @endora64 | Jan 20 2:57am
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@cmarts
I took it for one day and needed to stop. It made me ravenous and I can’t afford to gain any weight. My understanding is it is known to cause weight gain and that it really shouldn’t be prescribed to people who should not gain weight, are at risk for diabetes/heart disease, joint issues, etc.

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I take it at night as I have chronic insomnia . Along with a sleeping pill

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bern7475 | @bern7475 | Jan 20 10:07am

I take 7.5 m at bedtime. It helps with sleep but not so much with depression. I think that my dose is low. Going to ask about an increase to help with depression.

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