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Jan 22 2021
 

5:00 didn't sleep, ate bananas, avocado
5:00 trauma, anxiety, depression
7:10 still awake, trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness
9:00 (?) fell asleep
09:50 Woke up
10:20 (?) fell asleep
woke up several times
18:30 woke up
19:30 trauma, depression, cognitive impairment, anxiety, low inner restlessness
21:20 same
21:25 ate bananas
22:50 ate bean soup, kale, pumpkin
23:35 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:40 trauma, depression, anxiety, low inner restlessness

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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On 1/16/2021 at 6:13 PM, malu said:

The akathisia and inner restlessness got better since when I started the med,

 

Started what med, at what time?

 

Are you turning out the lights at 10 p.m., when it's dark? Are you using the computer late at night? Do you always have dinner so late?

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On 1/22/2021 at 11:56 PM, Altostrata said:

 

Started what med, at what time?

 

Are you turning out the lights at 10 p.m., when it's dark? Are you using the computer late at night? Do you always have dinner so late?

 

Mirtazapime, since December 19 2020. I'm using the phone but I really can't sleep at night because I slept during the day. Since my sleep schedule changed I'm eating late. I also don't feel so hungry.
 

Jan 23 2021
 

3:20 ate bananas, mango
7:50 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety, depression, low inner restlessness
10:00 (?) fell asleep
Woke up several times
16:15 woke up
16:50 trauma, anxiety, depression, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
17:15 ate bananas
17:50 drank juice
19:00 ate toast
19:50 ate eggs
20:10 ate rice, beans, cabbage, broccoli
20:30 trauma, anxiety, depression, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
23:15 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:55 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression, joint rigidity
 

Jan 24 2021
 

4:45 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
5:00 anxiety increased
5:35 ate rice, mashed potatoes
5:50 ate eggs, toasts
7:00 (?) fell asleep
14:25 woke up
14:45 (?) fell asleep
woke up several times
17:40 woke up
18:30 ate banana
19:05 depressed, high cortisol, anxiety, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
21:00 took a shower, ate a banana
21:50 ate rice, beans, boiled yam
23:55 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:55 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
 

Jan 25 2021

 

2:00 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
3:50 same, cortisol seems high
4:45 tried to do yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUyq_1hqo4
4:45 less tension in the body, less trauma response
5:10 low inner restlessness, I can feel the cortisol anxiety, insomnia
5:30 ate vegetables soup
5:35 lower trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety
6:00 ate eggs on toast
6:30 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness
10:00 (?) fell asleep
woke up a few times
18:10 woke up
18:30 trauma, depression, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
19:00 drank juice
20:00 trauma, depression, anxiety
22:10 ate rice, beans, broccoli
23:20 took 1.75 of Mirtazapine
23:30 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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How long have you been taking mirtazapine close to midnight?

 

Is not being so hungry an improvement?

 

 

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22 hours ago, Altostrata said:

How long have you been taking mirtazapine close to midnight?

 

Is not being so hungry an improvement?

 

 


It's been a week. I don't know because it wasn't so much hunger. I'm eating less.

Jan 26 2021

1:00 trauma, depression, anxiety
(?) fell asleep
woke up several times
17:00 woke up
17:20 trauma, depression, anxiety, inner restlesness
17:30 trauma is terrible
18:00 (more or less) ate bananas
19:30 (?) ate rice, beans, broccoli
21:30 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety, depression
23:20 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:30 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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Jan 27 2021
 

00:00 trauma, depression, anxiety
3:00 ate bananas, avocado, mango, toast, eggs
5:46 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
7:30 same
8:45 same
9:35 ate eggs, toasts
11:00 still awake, feeling a little sleepy, trauma, anxiety, depression
14:30 insomnia, anxiety, trauma, depression
15:30 (?) dell asleep
20:30 woke up
20:30 very depressed, trauma, a kind of hungover from the insomnia anxiety
23:10 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:20 ate egg, vegetables soup
23:25 trauma, depression, anxiety
 

Jan 28 2021
 

(?) fell asleep
14:30 woke up
15:00 trauma, depression, anxiety, joint rigidity
17:40 ate rice, beans, vegetables
23:10 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
23:15 took 1.75 of Mirtazapine
23:20 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
 

Jan 29 2021
 

1:20 (?) ate bananas, rice, beans
2:45 trauma, anxiety, increased inner restlessness, depression
5:20 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
6:55 drank lemon balm tea
7:55 ate bananas
12:30 (?) fell asleep
21:30 (?) woke up
22:30 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression, joint rigidity
23:15 drank passion fruit juice
23:20 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
 

Jan 30 2021
 

1:00 (?) fell asleep
6:25 woke up
6:35 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression, joint rigidity
14:30 ate rice, beans, pumpkin, eggs
15:20 drank juice
15:25 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
17:45 (?) fell asleep
22:35 woke up
22:50 big trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment, joint rigidity
23:30 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:40 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression, cognitiva impairment, high cortisol
 

Jan 31 2021
 

2:50 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression
4:00 (?) ate eggs and toast
6:00 trauma, anxiety, high cortisol, depression
9:15 ate rice, cabbage, omelettes
13:00 (?) fell asleep
21:40 woke up
22:30 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
23:00 ate banana, drank juice
23:20 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:50 took shower
23:50 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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I'm basically always alert, I have a lot of nightmares. I didn't put it in the notes, but I have nightmares frequently and wake up and continue to be alert and in a state of trauma. I dream about having a car accident, or being stabbed, things like that.

 

In spite of that I'm thinking a lot about when I'll decrease the Mirtazapine dosage, because sooner or later I'll do it.

 

My sleep schedule is very messed up, as you can see. Some days I sleep more but don't I wake up feeling like a I had a good rest. I wake up anxious as I already mentioned.

 

I'm in a state of trauma all the time, also still not accepting the present, feeling desperate about going back to the past before I destroyed my body, my nervous system, thinking about dying. It's very draining and exhausting. I just want to have a functional life, to have rest, to have peace, and to be healthy.

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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malu, are you sleeping in 2 periods in 24 hours? Some at night and some in the afternoon?

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6 hours ago, Altostrata said:

malu, are you sleeping in 2 periods in 24 hours? Some at night and some in the afternoon?

 

Sometimes. Today I fell asleep at 15:45 and woke up at 23:25. The day I finally managed to sleep in the morning I also slept in the evening again.

Feb 1 2021

1:00 ate toasts
2:45 ate rice, beans, kale, eggs, toast
6:45 ate bananas
7:40 trauma, fragile nerves, anxiety
11: 30 ate bananas, avocado
15:25 trauma, anxiety, depression
15:45 fell asleep
23:25 woke up
23:40 trauma, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity, fragile nerves
23:50 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
23:55 trauma, anxiety, depression, low inner restlessness

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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Are you a vegetarian? Are you getting vitamin B12 from supplements?

 

Can you turn off the lights and get into bed after you take mirtazapine, try to move your sleep to the night? You may have to skip an afternoon nap to get sleepy enough at night.

This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner.

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8 minutes ago, Altostrata said:

Are you a vegetarian? Are you getting vitamin B12 from supplements?

 

Can you turn off the lights and get into bed after you take mirtazapine, try to move your sleep to the night? You may have to skip an afternoon nap to get sleepy enough at night.


Yes, I'm vegetarian, I eat eggs (not milk). No.
I can try, but today I just woke up.

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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You can get B12 from eggs, but your B12 might be low, which may cause neurological symptoms. What you can do is get sublingual methylcobalamin tablets and take a tiny chip every day, gradually increasing the size of the chip.

This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner.

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Maybe I should decrease the Mirtazapine dosage? I though of doing it and start drinking lemon balm tea again.

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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Today I took the Mirtazapine too late. I decreased 0.05mg, very little, I took 1.70mg today. I want to taper it off. I don't know yet how much I can taper it.

 

Feb 2 2021
 

2:00 trauma, inner restlessness
2:30 (?) fell asleep
8:10 (?) woke up
very bad sleep, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
8:55 ate eggs on toast
9:20 ate omelets, banana
9:30 trauma, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment
13:45 drank lemon balm tea
14:00 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression, joint rigidity
16:00 (?) ate rice, beans, vegetables
19:30 fell asleep
 

Feb 3 2021
 

00:30 woke up
00:55 trauma, anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment, joint rigidity
1:05 took 1.7mg of Mirtazapine
1:40 trauma, anxiety, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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I think I'm going to use 1.5 mg of Mirtazapine, it's roughly 10% less than 1.75mg. Anyone?

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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Today I took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine as I said. I'm a bit afraid of it.

Feb 3 2021
 

00:30 woke up
00:55 trauma, anxiety, depression cognitive impairment, joint rigidity
1:05 took 1.7mg of Mirtazapine
1:40 trauma, anxiety, depression
4:40 fell asleep
6:40 woke up
12:00 (?) ate rice, pumpkin, broccoli, potato, eggs
(?) fell asleep
 

Feb 4 2021
 

00:25 woke up
2:25 ate banana
2:30 took 1.6mg of Mirtazapine
3:00 fell asleep
6:00 woke up
8:10 ate eggs on toast, drank juice
10:25 trauma, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
15:15 ate vegetable dish
15:30 fell asleep
21:00 woke up
22:15 ate banana
 

Feb 5 2021
 

00:15 ate rice, beans, vegetables
00:40 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
5:35 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety

6:00 (?) ate bananas
6:25 trauma, insomnia, anxiety, high cortisol, inner restlessness, cognitive impairment (can't think straight, foggy mind)

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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  • 2 weeks later...

It's been a week since I decreased the dosage from 1.75mg to 1.5mg of Mirtazapine. I also started taking Natifa (estradiol), it didn't make any bad changes. Overall I'm still feeling very traumatized and horrible like I was doing before. I missed some doses of Natifa, but I'm taking it in the morning and in the evening. It's one of the safest forms of estradiol.


Feb 5 2021


00:15 ate rice, beans, vegetables
00:40 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
5:35 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety
6:25 trauma, insomnia, anxiety, high cortisol, inner restlessness, cognitive impairment (can't think straight, foggy mind)
9:00 (?) ate omelets, drank juice
12:25 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety, depression
14:30 ate mango


Feb 6 2021
 

2:25 woke up
2:45 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
(?) ate bananas
6:25 didn't sleep, trauma, anxiety, feeling fragile nerves
7:30 ate rice, beans, vegetables
8:15 low inner restlessness,  trauma
12:00 ate bananas
12:25 trauma
16:00 trauma, anxiety
17:15 fell asleep


Feb 7 2021


1:20 woke up
1:20 depression, trauma
Forgot the med
5:25 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
8:25 trauma, neuropathy, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
8:40 fell asleep
10:30 woke up
10:35 trauma, lack of rest, depression
14:00 (?) ate rice, beans, vegetables
(?) fell asleep
19:45 woke up
21:40 ate mango
22:00 fell asleep


Feb 8 2021


4:45 woke up
6:07 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
10:25 ate eggs on toast
12:35 ate banana
12:35 trauma, depression, anxiety
17:00 ate rice, beans, potato
18:00 depression, trauma
22:00 2mg of Natifa
23:55 still awake


Feb 9 2021


1:10 fell asleep
10:20 woke up
10:55 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
11:00 took 2mg of Natifa
11:30 ate eggs, toast
17:30 ate rice, beans, vegetables
21:20 drank juice
21:25 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness
23:50 drank lemon balm tea


Feb 10 2021


1:15 fell asleep
10:00 (?) woke up

(?) took 2mg of Natifa
12:00 trauma, depression, joint rigidity
15:23 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
16:30 ate rice, beans, cabbage
17:00 fell asleep


Feb 11 2021


2:00 woke up
3:00 (?) fell asleep
6:30 (?) woke up
7:00 trauma, anxiety, cognitive impairment, joint rigidity
8:40 ate omelets
8:50 took 2mg of Natifa
14:00 ate rice, beans, cassava
19:10 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
19:40 fell asleep


Feb 12 2021


7:40 (?) woke up
8:30 trauma, depression, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity

(?) took 2mg of Natifa
11:10 ate mango
13:40 ate avocados and bananas
15:00 (?) ate rice, beans, vegetables
19:00 trauma, depression
20:25 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine


Feb 13 2021


00:30 fell asleep
7:50 woke up
8:35 took 2mg of Natifa
10:15 trauma, depression, anxiety, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
11:50 ate eggs, toasts
12:40 trauma, depression, anxiety
16:25 ate rice, beans, vegetables
20:05 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
20:35 trauma, depression, anxiety
20:40 took 2mg of Natifa

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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  • 2 weeks later...

I spent a while without posting, I almost lost the habit of taking notes, but here there is an update.
 

Feb 14 2021

1:30 fell asleep
9:00 (?) woke up
10:30 took 2mg of Natifa
13:35 ate bananas
15:50 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
20:45 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
21:20 fell asleep

 

Feb 15 2021

 

7:45 woke up
10:00 (?) drank juice
12:00 trauma, low inner restlessness, depression
13:00 (?) ate rice, beans, vegetables, eggs
15:00 (?) ate bananas, avocados
17:30 ate vegetables soup
19:30 ate toasts
19:45 trauma, depression, anxiety
21:15 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
22:15 trauma, depression, neuropathy
23:15 (?) fell asleep

 

Feb 16 2021

 

8:30 woke up
8:30 took 2mg of Natifa
9:40 ate bananas
10:50 trauma, depression, feeling the fragile nerves
11:15 ate apple
14:20 ate eggs, toasts
15:35 drank lemon balm tea
16:40 drank lemon balm tea, ate banana
21:10 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
21:10 trauma, depression, anxiety, neuropathy
22:00 (?) fell asleep

 

Feb 17 2021

 

7:00 (?) woke up
7:30 ate a banana
8:30 trauma, depression, anxiety, joint rigidity
(?) took 2mg of Natifa
13:45 ate potato and pumpkin
19:15 ate rice, beans, vegetables, eggs, drank juice
19:50 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness, depression
21:50 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
23:40 drank lemon balm tea
23:45 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression
23:45 took 2mg of Natifa

 

Feb 18 2021

 

00:30 (?) fell asleep
8:00 (?) woke up
18 de Fev de 2021 16:16
(?) fell asleep
16:00 woke up
16:30 trauma, depression, neuropathy, joint rigidity
17:55 ate bananas, rice, beans, cabbage, broccoli, carrot
20:00 took 2mg of Natifa
21:00 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine

 

Feb 19 2021

 

00:50 ate vegetable soup, toast, eggs
7:25 still didn't sleep
7:25 feeling horrible, I think the Natifa is making bad side effects like anger, etc, related to a increase of testosterone
(?) ate bananas
13:15 very agitated, didn't sleep
Still awake, only ate bananas
I'll stop the Natifa
ate rice, beans, vegetables, eggs
19:30 ate rice, beans, vegetables, eggs
20:00 fell asleep

 

Feb 20 2021

 

2:30 woke up
2:50 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
3:00 fell asleep
10:00 (?) woke up
10:15 ate bananas
13:34 feeling very drained, depressed, hungover from Natifa bad effects
14:00 ate vegetable and fruit, drank juice
18:30 drank lemon balm tea

 

Feb 21 2021

 

2:20 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
6:00 (?) fell asleep
7:00 (?) fell asleep
16:00 woke up
16:10 ate bananas
Dom, 19:05
18:00 (?) ate toast, drank juice
Seg, 02:41
20:00 ate pasta

 

Feb 22 2021

 

2:40 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
(?) fell asleep
11:00 (?) woke up
(?) ate bananas
16:30 anxiety, agitation, trauma
17:00 (?) drank lemon balm tea
18:00 ate toasts
21:30 ate rice, beans, eggs

 

Feb 23 2021

 

2:45 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
4:00 (?) fell asleep
14:00 (?) woke up
[didn't take notes]
19:00 ate beans, vegetables, toast
[didn't take notes]
(Didn't take the med)

 

Feb 24 2021

 

3:00 fell asleep
[didn't take notes]
16:55 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
17:00 agitation, trauma, depression

 

Feb 25 2021

 

(?) fell asleep
11:00 woke up
12:00 ate bananas and toast
15:00 (?) ate toast, eggs
16:00 (?) ate rice, beans
16:30 (?) drank lemon balm tea
19:45 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
22:15 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness, depression
22:45 drank lemon balm and mint tea

 

Feb 26 2021

 

00:50 ate toasts with eggs
7:30 fell asleep
16:30 woke up
17:00 trauma, anxiety, los inner restlessness, depression, joint rigidity
21:00 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
22:00 trauma, anxiety, depression
00:30 (?) fell asleep

 

Feb 27 2021

 

11:30 (?) woke up
14:30 ate bananas
17:00 ate eggs, toasts
18:00 trauma, low inner restlessness
18:30 (?) drank lemon balm tea with lemon
20:00 (?) ate vegetables soup

 

Feb 28 2021

 

00:30 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
1:30 trauma, anxiety, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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I was feeling increased inner restlessness, trauma and desperation. I increased to 1.75mg and then to 2mg. At first I felt slightly better (but not so much). But I don't know anymore. I still feel inner restlessness trauma and desperation. I wonder if increasing more would help, but I'll not take the risk now. I'm still everyday with this inner restlessness (I didn't take notes on what I was feeling so much this time), this traumatic feeling, that is very horrible.

Feb 28 2021
 

00:30 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
1:30 trauma, anxiety, depression
7:00 (?) fell asleep
15:00 (?) woke up
15:40 (?) ate bananas, avocado
17:50 (?) ate eggs, toasts
18:15 trauma, anxiety
21:30 ate rice, beans, eggs, toast
21:30 trauma, anxiety
 

Mar 1 2021

 

1:50 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
4:00 (?) fell asleep
15:00 (?) woke up
16:00 ate bananas, drank juice
16:10 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness, joint rigidity
18:20 ate eggs, toast, pumpkin, potato
22:00 ate rice, beans
22:40 trauma, anxiety, low inner restlessness

 

Mar 2 2021

 

1:15 took 1.3mg of Mirtazapine
10:00 (?) fell asleep
18:00 (?)
(?) ate bananas, drank lemon balm tea
23:50 ate pumpkin
9:00 ate eggs

 

Mar 3 2021

 

00:10 trauma, anxiety, depression
1:30 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
2:30 fell asleep
15:40 woke up
16:10 ate bananas
16:30 trauma, low inner restlessness, anxiety, depression
18:00 (?) ate rice, beans, eggs, toast
20:00 (?) ate eggs, toasts
23:00 (?) ate bananas
23:40 trauma, anxiety

 

Mar 4 2021

 

1:00 took 1.5mg of Mirtazapine
5:00 (?) fell asleep
15:30 (?) woke up
17:00 ate bananas
19:30 ate rice, beans, potato
20:00 trauma, low inner restlessness
[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 5 2021

 

2:45 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine (increased again)
4:00 (?) fell asleep
15:00 (?) woke up
18:30 (?) ate bean soup
[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 6 2021

 

01:45 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
2:00 trauma, low inner restlessness
10:00 (?) fell asleep
19:00 (?) woke up
19:30 (?) ate bananas
23:30 (?) ate toasts, eggs

 

Mar 7 2021

 

1:30 took 2mg of Mirtazapine (increased)
8:00 (?) fell asleep
17:30 woke up
18:00 ate bananas
20:00 ate toasts, eggs

 

Mar 8 2021

 

[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 9 2021

 

1:30 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
10:00 (?) fell asleep
17:30 (?) woke up
19:45 ate rice, beans, cassava

 

Mar 10 2021

 

00:10 (?) ate omelets
1:40 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
11:00 (?) fell asleep
21:45 woke up
22:00 trauma, low inner restlessness
23:30 ate pasta with eggs

 

Mar 11 2021

 

1:40 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
[didn't take notes]
23:30 ate pasta and omelets

 

Mar 12 2021

 

2:00 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
4:30 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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I don't want to live like this...

 

Mar 12 2021

 

2:00 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
4:30 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
6:00 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety
7:00 (?) fell asleep
18:00 (?) woke up
19:20 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
(?) ate rice, beans, bananas

 

Mar 13 2021

 

1:50 trauma, inner reetlessness, anxiety
2:00 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
2:10 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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Is there a reason that you are a vegetarian/vegan or whatever term is used?

 

Have you had any blood tests done to see if you are lacking in something/anything?

 

I know that there are other members who were vegetarian and started eating meat because they realised they needed it.

 

You might consider including meat in your diet to see if it might make you feel a bit better.  Give it a few months and if it doesn't make any noticeable difference then you could go back to your vegetarian diet.

* NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA *

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:  (6 year taper)      0mg Pristiq  on 13th November 2021

ADs since ~1992:  25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq:  50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity)  Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021   LAST DOSE 0.0025mg

Post 0 updates start here    My tapering program     My Intro (goes to tapering graph)

 VIDEO:   Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management

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8 hours ago, ChessieCat said:

Is there a reason that you are a vegetarian/vegan or whatever term is used?

 

Have you had any blood tests done to see if you are lacking in something/anything?

 

I know that there are other members who were vegetarian and started eating meat because they realised they needed it.

 

You might consider including meat in your diet to see if it might make you feel a bit better.  Give it a few months and if it doesn't make any noticeable difference then you could go back to your vegetarian diet.

 

I was having reactions to cow and chicken meat, like an allergy, so I stopped again and started eating fish, and it happened again, so I stopped. I have allergy to milk.

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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8 hours ago, malu said:

I was having reactions

 

Thanks for explaining.

 

16 hours ago, ChessieCat said:

Have you had any blood tests done to see if you are lacking in something/anything?

 

Please answer this question.  Thank you.

* NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA *

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:  (6 year taper)      0mg Pristiq  on 13th November 2021

ADs since ~1992:  25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq:  50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity)  Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021   LAST DOSE 0.0025mg

Post 0 updates start here    My tapering program     My Intro (goes to tapering graph)

 VIDEO:   Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management

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On 3/13/2021 at 7:24 PM, ChessieCat said:

 

Thanks for explaining.

 

 

Please answer this question.  Thank you.

 

No, I haven't.

I stopped taking notes a while ago.
I'm the same way everyday, same routine and same desperation/trauma/anxiety/inner restlessness.

 

Mar 12 2021

 

2:00 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
4:30 trauma, anxiety, inner restlessness, depression
6:00 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety
7:00 (?) fell asleep
18:00 (?) woke up
19:20 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety, depression, joint rigidity
(?) ate rice, beans, bananas

 

Mar 13 2021

 

1:50 trauma, inner reetlessness, anxiety
2:00 took 2mg of Mirtazapine
2:10 trauma, inner restlessness, anxiety
4:00 ate eggs, toasts

13:30 (?) fell asleep

 

Mar 14 2021

 

1:00 (?) woke up
1:30 ate bananas
4:30 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
5:00 ate eggs, toast, vegetables soup

[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 15 2021

 

[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 16 2021

 

[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 17 2021

 

[didn't take notes]

 

20:40 took 1.75mg of Mirtazapine
20:45 trauma, nausea (after lunch), inner restlessness, depression

[didn't take notes]

 

Mar 18 2021

 

21:30 woke up
22:10 took 1.75mg of mirtazapine

 

Mar 19 2021

 

Trauma

 

[stopped taking notes]

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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I'm taking 1.5mg of Mirtazapine at 15:20.

I'm still the same way.

December 2012 to October 2015: Escitalopram
January 2015 (I think) to October 2015: Nortriptyline (Pamelor)
October 2015 to January 2016: Sertraline (stopped it cold turkey)
April 2016: Aripiprazole (Aristab)
May 2016 to July 2016: Sertraline
July 2016 to January 2017: Pristiq 50 mg
January 2017 to March 2017: tapering off of Pristiq by cutting the pills.

Supplements: used magnesium chloride, b12. Sensitivity to it in my nervous system.
December 2019: Mirtazapine 4.5mg and stopped at almost zero.

Used to take Spironolactone 200 mg and estradiol 4 mg pills regularly until beggining of 2020. Estradiol gel on Sep. and Oct. of 2020 and was having collateral effect in my nervous system. First half of 2020: Symbicort (corticosteroid)

19 December 2020: Mirtazapine 2mg

21 December 2020: Mirtazapine 1.75mg

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