MIRTAZAPINE Reviews (MIRTAZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.4 (48 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MIRTAZAPINE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIRTAZAPINE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Anxiety and depression/ low mood | Weight gain... a lot! Increased appetite, sleep paralysis every night, extreme vivid dream, clumsiness, awful tiredness and ability to function. | This drug slightly helped my anxiety but made my overall mood worse. It made me have worse thoughts, made me feel like I'd not slept even though I had. I also gained a considerable amount of weight in these three weeks as I was constantly hungry. Also experienced heart palpitations, shortness of breath, nausea/ upset stomach, general clumsiness even so my boss noticed I was like a zombie! I have come off these straight away and hoping these symptoms subside soon.I have been off them two days and I have loads more energy. | F | 22 | 22 days 15mg 1X day | 1/13/2017 | 5 | treatment resistant depression | I suffered all my life with treatment resistant depression. I was already taking Parnate 90mg a day and the addition of mirtazapine worked wonders for me. I have never been happier | M | 57 | 4 years 60 1X day | 11/16/2016 | 3 | Panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia | Weight gain, tiredness,prolonged sleep, lack of energy, food cravings (especially carbs), restlessness immediately after taking the pill, strange sensation in the throat | I took the Sandoz brand for 30 days, which was prescribed to me for insomnia and anxiety/panic attacks. While it helped get my sleep back and provided reliex from anxiety and panic attacks, it seemed to have worsened my depression. I had no energy, was unable to exercise, had trouble waking up in the morning going to class, was constantly tired and sleepy. I had gained a few kilos during and felt pretty depressed about food cravings and inability to exercise. After a month, I decided to terminate the therapy .The withdrawal symptoms were pretty bad..I had also quit smoking at the same time so I can't say for sure if they were drug or nicotine withdrawal related, or both. I completely lost appetite for a month, had no desire to eat and could go an entire day without food without feeling hungry. Kept waking up at night having strange sensations and unable to breath properly at times..this lasted about 2 weeks.It has been 5 months since I discontinued taking Mirtazapine and haven't had any major panic attack episodes and have been sleeping well and exercising regurarly, however I still suffer from anxiety and depression . | F | 34 | 30 days 15MG 1X day | 4/29/2015 | 5 | depression | Sleepiness weight gain I | F | 25 | 2 years 15 mg | 10/4/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | Worse than anything! I felt tired but could not seem to actually lay down and sleep. I was roaming around the house and ate a huge bowl of ice cream that I had left over in the fridge from Christmas. I never sleep eat. That made me feel like I was going to throw up this morning I didn't even get out of bed for a few hours because my stomach felt horrible. | I feel shaky, I have a headache, I will not put this drug into my system again. I feel spaced out today too… | F | 56 | 1 days 15 1X day | 6/19/2014 | 3 | Depression | Weight gain was biggest side effect with Mirtazapine for me. When I started taking it I weighed around 180 lbs. Now I am at 220 lbs. which is way to much weight for me. | I read a lot of stories about coming off of Mirtazapine, but I needed to get off of it because I read there is an interaction between Mirtazapine and Clonidine. Even though Clonidine is a B/P med these two together can make your B/P real high. I wanted to come off the Mirtazapine for that reason and for all the weight I gained. Since I quit the Mirtazapine cold turkey I started taking 0.2 mg. of Clonidine twice a day instead of 0.1 twice a day. It has been over a week now and I haven't noticed any withdrawal symptoms at all from the Mirtazapine. I take one Clonidine in the morning and the other one just before I go to bed. I also take Lunesta so I don't know if there would be any insomnia without taking it or not. I feel a lot better and I been eating mostly protein foods to get this weight off which worked before but not while on the Mirtazapine. The Mirtazapine makes you gain weight no matter how you eat or how little you eat. I am so glad to get of the Mirtazapine because it makes you not be able to feel your emotions. I was scared after reading a lot about all the withdrawal symptoms of Mirtazapine. Clonidine is also used for ADHD which I don't have. If you can take Clonidine without your B/P going too low this is a good way to get off of Mirtazapine. Hope this helps somebody trying to get off of Mirtazapine. | M | 63 | 6 years 30 mg 1X day | 12/17/2013 | 1 | sleep aid | Excessive grogginess into the next day and beyond. | F | 82 | 3 days 15mg 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | depression | panic attacks | generic is crap | F | 22 | 10 days 45 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 |