How was long-term mirtazapine and getting off?
I've been on it quite a few times, it was the only one I could tolerate at one point, I'd start on 7.5mg but needed to go up as my tolerance increased, I used to use them for sleep at the start, they gave me the infamous mirtazapine munchies, I put on so much weight, one time going from a very ill looking 7 stone 5lb to over 10 stone, maybe 10 and a half, in just a few months, I only went up to 22.5mg as I noticed side effects any higher so I came off it, it's an appetite stimulant and changes the way your body breaks down carbs, so even if you don't eat more than normal you still put on weight, so I went back onto a different drug for sleep, can't remember if it was maybe zopiclone or valium
Then the last time I went on mirtazapine 4 months after stopping another valium addiction, which I'd not even been on that long that time I had depression from paws, before long I needed more, not just for sleep but the depression wasn't going away, it was getting worse, my generalised anxiety disorder which means I worry and overthink bad stuff was so bad, I'd constantly worry myself sick, my brain wouldn't give me a break, I then started taking 30mg and at that dose the insomina came back, then things got even worse, I was showing really weird symptoms, and I was made to see a doctor out of hours who called an ambulance and off I went to hospital with serotonin syndrome, I told him I just need valium, it's what's given for serotonin syndrome as I've had it before but worse on sertaline, fuck, that sertraline is another story in itself, fucking hell, anyway he sent some valium to a chemist but it was shut, so he said collect the next day, I had to leave hospital though as the wait was over 5 hours and I couldn't sit up in the wheelchair they'd put me in anymore as my fibromyalgia was screaming at me as I can't sit up for long, I went to pick up the vaiuim from chemist soon as it opened only to find that doctor had only gave me 6 x 2mg, idiot that's nothing I was taking 120mg before I went on mirtazapine and didn't know where to get any as it had been a while since I took them
I didn't want back on valium though, then my own doctor found out about the serotonin syndrome and stopped the mirtazapine strait away, we had recently had new regulations come in to tell doctors never stop antidepressants cold turkey, but she told me if I don't do as I'm told they won't treat me anymore, so behind her back I done my own taper as I had a fair amount left over, by the end of the taper I was taking specks of them lol and I've a warning at the top of my medical records "DO NOT PRESCRIBE MIRTAZAPINE, SEROTONIN SYNDROME"
Sorry for the long reply, people joke about the fact I don't shut up, even my son lol, thankyou for your kind words
I've seen a couple of gynos & an endocrinologist (cos I see him anyway for diabetes). Numerous GPs and they all just say "we can't test your hormones until you've had no periods for 1-2 years".
