Sanchopanza: Want to stop 15 mg Mirtazapine

[Sanchopanza]

Hi. I've had problems with drugs most of my life and withdrawn from things like heroin and methadone as well as finding out that benzodiazepine withdrawal beats opiate withdrawal anytime. I"m also taking 50 mg of trazodone, 3mg of clonazepam, and 0.4mg of clonidine daily, as well as this 15 mg mirtazapine.

 

Now that I've conquered the opiates (more like learned to live without them), I want to be totally drug free. I'm going to mention that I'm also struggling with a sleep disorder that the DSM categorizes as Circadian rhythm disorders: Delayed sleep phase type, which basically means that my night owl tendencies have gotten out of control and I'm sort of stuck sleeping from 10am to 6pm. This isn't something I want, but it's something that I"m trying to cope with and explore treatments for.

 

So, I won't write a novella here. Suffice it to  say that I'm looking for advice about and shared experiences of withdrawing from mirtazapine.

 

I also have a degree in clinical psychology and have also had a great deal of experience with drugs and drug withdrawal, so I hope that maybe I can help someone else here.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Petunia
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[Petunia]

Welcome Sanchopanza,

 

I've heard many people say its harder to come off prescription drugs like benzos and antidepressants than it is to stop heroin. I've never taken any illegal drugs, but can't imagine anything could be as difficult as what I've gone through trying to recover from antidepressants. It's great you came here to find out how to come off your prescription drugs safely, yes, they can be much harder to stop, but once you know how to do it, the process will cause only minor or no discomfort, it can take a while though.

 

I will list some topics relevant to your situation:

 

Taking multiple psych drugs? Which drug to taper first?

 

Preparing to taper
Taking care of yourself so you are prepared to taper.

 

Why taper by 10% of my dosage?  (The general philosophy of gradual tapering)

 

Please put ALL the drugs you take in the drugs.com Drug Interactions Checker at: Drug Interactions Checker

 

You may post the results here in your thread.

 

Tips for tapering off Remeron (mirtazapine)

 

 

We ask members to put their drug and withdrawal history in the signature section. It appears below each of your posts and helps us to help you. Here are instructions for how to do it:

 

Please put your withdrawal history in your signature

 

If you google 'survivingantidepressants.org mirtazapine' you will find our member topics related to mirtazapine experiences.

 

You can use this thread as your ongoing journal to track progress, write about symptoms, ask questions and communicate with the community, add to it whenever you want. Its a good idea to bookmark it or follow it, so its easy to find again.

 

Petunia.