Bleaney
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I've been on Mirtazapine for literally years now, it's been so long I can't remember when I started. It had been helping me for sleep for a long time, but it hasn't been helping much, if at all, recently.
I read or heard somewhere that sometimes increasing the dose too much can make Mirtazapine less beneficial for sleep.
This has gone against what I would have expected, and so this has meant that over the years and due to tolerance my dose has increased in steps from 15mg to 45mg where I have been for a while.. I think this is too much, especially as it doesn't seem to be doing anything for anything.
It's hard to say if it has ever helped my mood, but it was also supposed to good for anxiety. I don't think it's ever come close to doing anything at all for my anxiety, but it has helped my mood indirectly by helping me sleep at night.
At the moment the plan is to reduce my dose by 5% every couple of weeks, just going by the weight of the pill, and cutting bits off until I get the desired total weight. I'm a couple of weeks into this and it's not making any difference. I'll probably keep going with the gradual taper and see how low I can get the dose. Maybe even quit completely. There's no point taking it, if it's not doing anything.
Is there anybody here who has been using Mirtazapine mainly for sleep? Did you find that it eventually stopped working?
Did you find a particular dose that worked best, and that going above that dose made sleep more difficult?
I read or heard somewhere that sometimes increasing the dose too much can make Mirtazapine less beneficial for sleep.
This has gone against what I would have expected, and so this has meant that over the years and due to tolerance my dose has increased in steps from 15mg to 45mg where I have been for a while.. I think this is too much, especially as it doesn't seem to be doing anything for anything.
It's hard to say if it has ever helped my mood, but it was also supposed to good for anxiety. I don't think it's ever come close to doing anything at all for my anxiety, but it has helped my mood indirectly by helping me sleep at night.
At the moment the plan is to reduce my dose by 5% every couple of weeks, just going by the weight of the pill, and cutting bits off until I get the desired total weight. I'm a couple of weeks into this and it's not making any difference. I'll probably keep going with the gradual taper and see how low I can get the dose. Maybe even quit completely. There's no point taking it, if it's not doing anything.
Is there anybody here who has been using Mirtazapine mainly for sleep? Did you find that it eventually stopped working?
Did you find a particular dose that worked best, and that going above that dose made sleep more difficult?