Mental Health Is this a withdrawal symptom from mirtazapine tapering or what?

[Fairy of the Flowers]

I'm finding it hard to type messages and keep needing to go over what I've wrote and ammend loads of typos, it's like my brains jumbling up the words, and I'm not pressing correct keys when I know where all the keys are on my phone, but it could be my keyboard on my phone remembers all the typos but I don't think it is, although that's not helping

But I can not figure out how to reset the keyboard and no option in language and input? Anyone know?

Its possibly the fact I am almost off my mirtazapine, on 3.2mg now as of few days ago, it's like, my brain a more can't type for shit, took an hour to email last night and night before

Anyone had this before coming off antidepressant because I ain't, or coming off other drugs, I'm very hyper too and staying up late, waking up early

 

[Fairy of the Flowers]

I've not took benzos for a while and the search filter on here is shit

Its like fibro fog from fibromyalgia, I have fibromyalgia bit not had fibro brain fog before, well not like this, just forgetful etc but this is fucking strange, it's still happening now

Only time it happened I'd took dogdy nitrazapam that turned out to be tramadol mixed with nitrazapam, couldn't type at all then, but this is similar

 

[JessFR]

I've been prescribed mirtazapine but I never took it frequently enough to become dependant so I can't say for sure.

But given how mirtazapine effects the brain it doesn't seem hard to believe that may be the cause.

Withdrawal often causes the reverse effects the drug causes and mirtazapine has profound sedating and hypnotic properties so that you're sleeping less also seems like a sign that it's related.

A quick Google also shows others stating they've had similar symptoms to you, and from my recollection mirtazapine has noticeable effects even at a dose of a fraction of a pill 30mg so I don't believe you couldn't be experiencing withdrawal.

I would suggest perhaps taking a tiny amount to help ease the process of tapering.

It doesn't seem like there's much danger from the withdrawal provided its not making you suicidal, so you can probably try toughing it out if you wanna just have it over with, of course if you want more certainty you could also consult with your doctor.

Good luck.

 

[Fairy of the Flowers]

Withdrawal often causes the reverse effects the drug causes and mirtazapine has profound sedating and hypnotic properties so that you're sleeping less also seems like a sign that it's related

I thought that's why I'm hyper, but the skatterbrained thing and the not being able to type properly is odd, I took another Zapain and it's helped my fibromyalgia pain and the withdrawal feeling of urgh and meh from dropping the dose mirtazapine, that's strange eh lol, and I'm typing a much better now too

from my recollection mirtazapine has noticeable effects even at a dose of a fraction of a pill 30mg so I don't believe you couldn't be experiencing withdrawal

Yes you are 100% correct I was on a mirtazapine group on Facebook and people struggling very bad coming off it even at 1mg a month decrease, and even slower, then they have a trouble even the last mg, and get mirtazapine liquid in some circumstances, as its so hard spitting 15mg it to small pieces, was I was a bit angry waking up to find someone saying this low dose won't cause problems, when someone don't know they shouldn't comment and you do know so thankyou so much it's what I needed to hear, and have confirmed I'm my head

The reports are scary but I'm not thinking of the last 2mg 4 days right now, it's the brain fog I've not heard off that is scaring me, everything else I've put down to withdrawal even at 5mg to the 3.2 mg

I would suggest perhaps taking a tiny amount to help ease the process of tapering

I've only got 4 tiny specks left, I think most are 3.2mg but ones about 2mg looking at size compared to other pieces

Doctor won't let me have anymore, she stopped me cold turkey 2 months ago ish or so she thought, I had some left and doing a taper myself since getting serotonin syndrome on 30mg, I went strait down to 15mg added few benzos in to taper along side it, thing is I've stopped mirtazapine before using benzos but not tapering the mirtazapine and my depression slapped me in the face so I knew I needed to taper

Thanks again

 

[JessFR]

In that case I also suggest seeing about finding another doctor. Your existing one sounds..... Hmm, what's a polite word for incompetent?

 

[Fairy of the Flowers]

My doctors surgery had 25,000 complaints the other month, in fact it was the week after she threatened to stop treating me if I don't listen to her, then she cut me off my mirtazapine and said no more antidepressants as I have bad side effects on all of them, won't give me anything for fibromyalgia,

I asked to speak to another doctor at the same surgery and he won't talk to me as said I'm to complex and need to speak to the doctor that knows me, charming!

So I had to speak to her as was in pain with my bad stomach acid chest thing Gerd apparently that I used to get from K if done it for a few days running, now I gave K up for a while I still got it, rude lol

She said I can't have naproxen or ibuprofen anymore, it's obviously the ibuprofen I'm taking for fibromyalgia and my love of spicy sauces lol, got some Zapain off my mate that helps but its not a regular thing, should last till pain clinic calls me again though