Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Thanks for your support anxiousjomo, in my case after increasing escitalopram from 5 to 10mg I started with insomnia which had never happened to me before, they put me 7.5, mg of mirtazapine to help me sleep and until now it has worked.
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Good! I know a number of people on here have used Mirt to help with this problem - and it can be very effective. It is most sedating at lower doses like 7.5mg, so it should help.
for most people the help with sleep last a long time - but I have a weird a-typical response to histamine (over the counter histamine based sleep things don't work for me), so it did not help that much, and stopped working after a month or two.
But, even were that to happen to you, which is very unlikely!, you would be over the initial start up problems anyway so the insomnia should have gone.
Good luck!
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Your psychiatrist what did he tell you about your resistance to the histamine effect of the mirtazapine?
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Not much - but I did lots of research myself. The fact is it just never helped that much with sleep - even right at the start I was only getting 6hrs maximum, so never had the long sleeps that many others had. Guess I am just not wired in the right way. But if it is working well for you, there is no reason it should not carry on doing so
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Thank you for information about Mirtazapine. I am taking 15mg at night. Only started them last Monday. Have noticed my mood is a little better after a short time on them. Today I have walked to the village and back again by myself for the first time in a long while. I have three months supply given to me by the memory clinic at a local Hospital. I have been diagnosed with mild cognitive Impairment.
Old age I suspect. Still got all my marbles though:Dx
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Great to hear Magic! And good luck! Mirt can work quickly, and well, for many - I hope it helps! And congratulations on your achievement of walking to the village and back by yourself - may your walks continue
Take care
J
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Have you noticed any correlation between a high anxiety level and your insomnia?
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Chris - yes! Anxiety is the main cause of the insomnia - whether it is more generalized anxiety or specific anxiety about not sleeping.
Re: Mirtazapine side effects
Have you ever experienced anger issues with mirtazapine?