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Tapering off mirtazapine

Posted by ladydi82 @ladydi82, Aug 24 9:12pm

Hello, I’ve been on mirtazapine since March 2025. I was on 15mg, but as of last night I am on 7.5mg. I want to completely taper off. How long should I stay on 7.5mg by experience before stopping completely? Like I mentioned, I haven’t been on it long. Thanks!

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | Aug 25 6:45am

@ladydi82
I was in it a short time, too. It made me so hungry I could eat a cardboard box! 😂

You may be able to split your 7.5 and do that for a couple weeks and split that half again for a couple weeks. I was also on it a short time but literally stopped after the first day (was only in 5mg) because I wanted to eat everything in sight.

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con123 | @con123 | Aug 25 7:27am

I took 7.5 mg for 6 months. It did not help my insomnia and I didn’t gain weight. I just stopped taking it and had no problem.

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frouke | @frouke | Aug 25 8:38am

I was on this medication for a couple of months and it was a very unpleasant experience, the only thing I liked was the appetite it gave me but that was it, getting off them was easy, I took one every other day for two weeks and then stopped and never had any issues doing so, you’ve been on them very briefly so you shouldn’t have any problems.

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drucilla222 | @drucilla222 | Sep 17 4:13am

I have recently come off Lorazepam and since February am trying to come off Mirtazapine. I'm currently down to taking 7mg a day. Throughout the process Ive been really struggling with feelings of derealization, as though my world has become unreal, I have burning and sweating. I'm told that this last stage of reducing Mirtazapine can be the hardest. The reason for coming off these drugs is because they were beginning to have no effect and it was a choice of coming off them or increasong the dose. With the help of my doctor I chose to come off them. Does anyone have tips on how to get through this.

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frouke | @frouke | Sep 17 9:57am
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I have recently come off Lorazepam and since February am trying to come off Mirtazapine. I'm currently down to taking 7mg a day. Throughout the process Ive been really struggling with feelings of derealization, as though my world has become unreal, I have burning and sweating. I'm told that this last stage of reducing Mirtazapine can be the hardest. The reason for coming off these drugs is because they were beginning to have no effect and it was a choice of coming off them or increasong the dose. With the help of my doctor I chose to come off them. Does anyone have tips on how to get through this.

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@drucilla222, congrats on getting off Lorazepam, that’s not an easy thing to do, I see that you’re on the verge of quitting Mirtazapine or otherwise increasing your dose. I was taking Mirtazapine for a short time, about two months, I had a bad experience with this medication, it claimed to help with anxiety and sleep problems but I had the opposite effect, I couldn’t sleep well and when I did, lots of nightmares and anxiety came back, I wanted to stop them after a few weeks but the doctor told me to continue and the symptoms will eventually go away, he was wrong and I wanted to stop them asap, I took 7 mg. daily and then I went on every other day for a week and then every two days until I stopped taking them, happily I had no problems after that, the only thing that Mirtazapine helped me with was my appetite but absolutely nothing else.

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