Springs mirtazapine (remeron) withdrawal and klonopin

[Spring]

Hi there,

 

My brief history can be found in my signature. I will introduce myself better when I feel up to.

 

I am on day 34 now of mirtazapine withdrawal. It has been very bad. My main problem now seems to be a (new) paradoxal reaction to the klonopin that I have been using for years. I will start another topic about this.

[mammaP]

Hi Spring, welcome to SA.  Your mirtazepine dosing has never been steady from what I can see, and you 

have a destabilised nervous system as a result.  The nervous system need stability and jumping around

with doses is not enabling it to stabilise.  You did the best you could and what felt right at the time, like the

rest of us and now have withdrawal symptoms.  I think it might be possible that maybe a tiny dose of mirtazepine

might help, just 0.5mg could be enough to help the withdrawal. I think it's possible that when you got down to 

3mg it was withdrawal that you were experiencing from tapering down too fast.  Other staff will be along and may

think differently, but that is what I am thinking based on the info in your signature. Thank you for doing that, it is

very helpful.

 I also suspect that it is withdrawal that is making you sensitive to the klonopin, but I don't know very

much about benzos, you will get advice on that in the benzo section. 

 

Here is a thread about reinstating if that is what you decide to do.  http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/3079-about-reinstating-and-stabilizing-to-stop-withdrawal-symptoms/

[Petunia]

Hi Spring,

 

Welcome from me too.  I'm a bit confused from reading the information in your signature.  When did you stop taking mirtazapine?  It looks like you stopped from 3mg in April 2013 after doing a very fast taper down from 15mg.  But between Dec - April you were taking between 15mg - 60mg.  I don't understand this? 

 

If you stopped taking mirtazapine 34 days ago, from 3mg after tapering down from 15mg since April this year, then I agree with MammaP that a reinstatement may help.

 

What symptoms are you experiencing?

 

It looks like you have been jumping around in dose for a long time,  your nervous system may have become destabilized by this, we recommend a gradual, careful taper, reducing by no more than 10% of your current dose every 4 weeks.

 

Here are the tips for tapering off mirtazapine:  http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/5301-tips-for-tapering-off-remeron-mirtazapine/

 

What reactions are you having to Klonopin?  Please don't make any changes to your Klonopin dose now, your nervous system needs to be allowed to find stability again.  I think that what you are experiencing is withdrawal from mirtazapine.

 

Once you get back to us with a few more details we will be able to offer more suggestions.

 

Petu.