Anyone go off of mirtazapine/remeron?

[AnonymousGirl99]

has anyone gone off this drug successfully?? Only looking for this drug specifically.

 

[EveHarrington]

Yes, I did, with no issues.

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

How long were you taking it and at what dose, if you don’t mind sharing? My body is so sensitive and I’m having the worst time of it.

 

[EveHarrington]

I was on it for years I think? I was up to 45mg.

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

I guess my body is just ultra sensiive

 

[hodge]

I went off it, too, because it made me gain like 30 lbs. I don't remember a lot of trouble with remeron in my case, but every body is different with every drug. Hang in there :)

And if you get any extreme reactions that feel life-threatening, please don't hesitate to go to the ER or urgent care.

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

Thanks. I have a whole other post on here about this because it’s been such hell, but I wanted to reach out for specific Mirtazapine survivors. Glad to know there are. Hopefully I can be one too one day.

 

[digger]

It's a few years back now, so I'm hazy on the specifics, but yeah, I had a hellish time coming off mirtazapine the couple times I was on it - physically and mentally.

If you're having problems getting off it, taper very slowly (I'm in the UK so recommendations might vary anyway, and didn't have a particularly supportive GP at the time, but I had to taper slower than they were saying I should have needed to)

 

[Neverthesame]

I was on it for a little while, two months I think it was. I transitioned to another med during the discontinuation syndrome. So it's hard to say what was what med doing which.

I remember going blind for a while while starting it. Well, I could see, just not focus. It was like walking around without my glasses on. Only I did have them on and approaching something closely didn't make anything any clearer.

Oh, and vertigo with a nice helping of nausea. Headaches too, I remember that now that I think of it.

There was one other thing I'm rather hesitant to mention.
Sigh.... Umm... flatulence.
Excessive flatulence. Unfortunately odorous as well.
I can't believe I'm going to tell this story, but ok....
I rent a basement suite from a nice older couple who live upstairs. Well, during this changeover from Remeron to Effexor.

One morning the upstairs lady caught me at the door to ask if I was having an issue with the pipes, as she noticed the smell. (Oh good lord, why?)
I said no, which was true. But I didn't want to say that my digestive tract was the source of the unpleasantness. :poop:
A bit later she told me that she had called a plumber to check the sewer drain, that I would need to let him into my suite as the water system is on my floor. :wideeyed:
Not wanting to drag a stranger into this, I confessed it was me reacting to a medication.
She didn't believe me.

Sure enough, a couple hours later I had to walk a plumber i into the place to check the wrong pipe... :bag:

I wanted to be mad, I tried to be mad at her. But goddamnit! That was just too funny.
She did apologise later.

So yeah, that was my experience with Remeron. Never again.

:poop: :bag: :tdown: :roflmao:

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

Thank you both for sharing! Neverthesame, I can certainly relate to that. I hope that I can laugh about all this one day too.

Digger, I don’t have a supportive psychiatrist either at the minute so I’m switching. New doc on Wednesday. It’s frustratinf because I’m on like day 13 of the same dose and it’s still been awful. Just trying my best to stick with it.

Thanks again for sharing!

 

[digger]

I’m on like day 13 of the same dose and it’s still been awful.

What dose were you on before/what have you come down to?

I can't remember how long it took me to come off completely, but I think it was several weeks, possibly a couple of months (?) and then there was some time after that that was hard too - sorry, that's a bit (lot) vague! My experience with that (and another med) put me off trying anything else for quite a while.

But I'm telling you this from the other side of it - there IS another side you will get through to.

 

[AnonymousGirl99]

I was on 15mg, now on about 11mg. I’ve been on 15mgs for about 4 years. Before coming down to 11 completely, I did an every other day kind of thing. Basically have been doing this since November. I just need a new doc.