Jamie89 : Desperate to get off mirtazapine

[Jamie89]

Hi everyone, 

I was put on mirtazapine Christmas Eve, so 2 months ago. I’m 35 weeks pregnant (28 weeks at the time) and hit a bad spell of anxiety which caused horrible insomnia. Originally was on citalopram but stopped taking that in the beginning because I was determined not to take any medication during this pregnancy which I have done successfully 3 times before this. I was unmedicated and doing great for many weeks before all this started. Anyways, the mirtazapine I have found has not helped me mentally whatsoever and we can’t seem to get the dosage right so I’ve decided to stop taking. We’ve tried 15 mg. Didn’t work for sleep, then 12.5 which worked for a short time. Now 7.5 which worked wonderful for sleep for a solid 2 weeks then completely stopped working . I am really trying to get off of it at this point especially before my baby comes. I’ve been on it at different dosages for 2 months. Any tips on getting off ? Last night I took about 1/4 of it and this is my third night of basically being up all night . Please help with any tips or success stories . Thank you !

Edited February 25, 2021 by Erell

[Erell]

Hello

 

And welcome on SA. 

 

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And I'm sorry for what you're going through, really.

 

Questions : 

 

-> Have you discussed these symptoms with your doctor ? 

We usually recomend our members to do very slow tapers (no more than 10% drops every four weeks).

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I understand that you're trying to get off quickly because of your pregnancy.
With your pregnancy, you really should be getting medical advice. We're not medical professionals here, so we  can only offer the harm-reduction advice of safe tapering of the drug you're currently taking. 

 

-> When did you quit Citalopram ?

 

 

You might find this thread interesting : 
 

tips-to-help-sleep

 

 

Again, welcome.

 

[Altostrata]

Welcome, @Jamie89

 

How long had you been taking 7.5mg mirtazapine? What time of day do you take it? Does it have any effect?

 

How much are you taking now? What was the schedule of your recent reductions down to this point?

 

Pregnancy has a lot of ups and downs in sleep. Is it possible your sleep problems are caused by pregnancy? Have you discussed this with your obstetrician?

 

Do you have any odd symptoms other than sleep problems?