I tried 15mgof Mirtazapine last year but stopped it after 2 weeks as I was eating all the time and felt really tired but couldn't sleep. My Dr said the other GP who prescribed it me should have gone straight in at 15mg as that low a dose has the worst side effects and doesn't help anxiety and depression so she suggested 30mg which I reluctantly agreed to try.
I have taken 2 so far. My sleep before this was terrible, I would go to sleep but wake up loads with obsessive thoughts and couldn't go back to sleep. Was averaging around 5 hours of interuppted sleep a night. The last 2 nights I have slept around 10 hours which is great but I now can't out of bed as I am so tired. Got up at 10.30am this morning and have been really tired all day. That is the only side effect so far.
I am worried about the weight gain thing though, I am 5ft 9 and am supposed to weigh anything from 9st 12 to 12st 2. I have been on a diet and am now at my ideal weight of 10st 6. I really don't want to put weight on as this would depress me. Is it purely the overeating that makes you put weight on or is it the tablet itself? If it's the tablet and not what I eat then I will have to stop taking it because i I put weight on after working so hard at maintaining it for well over a year I would be gutted. I am going on my first ever holiday in June to New York and am really wanting to stay trim for then. Can anyone offer any advice on the weight gain and if it is purely what you eat on it?