Do not use mirtazapine with buspirone (Buspar®), fentanyl (Abstral®, Duragesic®), lithium (Eskalith®, Lithobid®), tryptophan, St
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It has many very good attributes, but also has some bad side effects such as weight gain for some, which means there are many people trying to withdraw from it
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Mirtazapine (Remeron) is not habit-forming in the usual sense, like benzodiazepines or opiates
There’s all sorts of symptoms anxiety shaking sickness
Appropriate identification of withdrawal symptoms is crucial to effectively manage and cope with the withdrawal process
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Your doctor will probably recommend reducing your dose gradually over several weeks, or longer if you've been taking mirtazapine for a long time
Seems that insomnia, nausea, itching, increased anxiety and other flu-like symptoms are most common reported
- try to let down if you can, whenever you can to just rest (again, don't force yourself to sleep) - get your mind off the sleeping problem: don't google, don't think of the upcoming night, just concentrate on what you are doing
So began, slowly but surely, the dry-cut tapers (that didn't really get serious until December 2012) that has me now down to 7
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Also, the Mirtazapine must have played a part in my blood pressure/heart rate, as I am having, since stopping the pills, trouble stablizing my BP/HR on the same medicine/dose that I was using prior to stopping
For the anxiety - try to deal with it by just sitting and relaxing a bit
Same like you i took Mirtazapine for only two months and then i needed 1
On the bad days do not overdo yourself
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Patients who stop their antidepressants are at risk for the antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, especially if they abruptly stop the drug, taper it too quickly, or switch to a new antidepressant with a different pharmacodynamic profile [ 1-5 ]
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I was on 30mg for 5 months and tapered to 15 for 2 weeks followed by 7
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