User Reviews for mirtazapine oral

Was on this for depression, but all it was good for was weight gain and a good night sleep. Did nothing to improve my mental wellbeing. Stopped taking after 6mnths with no withdrawal symptoms at all. Seems to me its just a sleeping tablet.

It took me 5 months to take this tablet due to all the reviews, I really did not want to take it but I got to the point where I hadnt left the house for 6 weeks due to insomnia, exhaustion and anxiety, my mood was low to all this too. The doctor told me take 15mg to start and the up the dose to 30mg if you need to. To me, where I was so wary about taking it, I thought I would take half the tablet, this knocked me out for the whole weekend. I mean I was the calmest I had been in a long time but I was too sedated. So after night two of trying the 7.5mg I thought I would try cutting that in half, so 3.75mg, this seemed to work much better for me, I dont take it past. 7.30 in the eve to be able to wake up completely fine in the morning, I am getting about 9 hours sleep which I have mot had in years. This is helping with my overall mood. My anxiety has definitely eased, but I have to say it got slightly worse for the second week I told it, which I know is normal with anti d’s but it was nothing I could not handle with a bit of CBD for a few days. Im a month in now, staying on the 3.75gm and I have noticed an improvement in everything. I even managed to drive to a friend today which I had not been able to do in a long while. My advise would be the doctors insisted I take the 15gm and up to that now, but you have to do what feels right for you, and right now a quarter of a pill is right for me. Hope this helps…Read More Read Less

This med is not for me. The doctor prescribed it to help me relax and sleep. The first dose of 30mg at bedtime put me out in 20 mins after taking it, and I was out cold for 12 hours, then I spent the next 24-36 hours in a severe dizziness/ stupor/ zombie-like state. I’ll say that the effects lasted over 48 hours. After Reading the side effects I noticed that severe dizziness is listed, but I can’t handle being a zombie for 2 days.

My mother (57) suffered major depression,a few years before she had been admitted into a mental health unit but did recover in that instance. She was seeing 2 psychiatrists & was prescribed Avanza,I lived local to her & every day my step father would ring me to go around because she wouldn't get out of bed.I feel guilty because I would encourage her to take them even though she told me she didn't like the way they made her feel.A few days later she tried to take her own life & was airlifted to hospital where she was put on life support,the following day we had to make the painful decision to turn the machines off after being told there was no possible way she was going to survive (2004).Her death hit me hard & I (37 at the time)was sent to see a psychiatrist also who prescribed me Avanza too.This medication scared me,I was suicidal while I was on it & it was only then that I understood why she didn't want to take it.I stood on my balcony & if it hadn't been for my partner at the time grabbing me & dragging me inside,I would have jumped.This medication is dangerous & those prescribing it need to understand how damaging the side effects are for some people.I have had others tell me they have had the same suicidal thoughts on this medication.Read More Read Less

Mirtazapine prescribed to me for anxiety and insomnia- to be honest the bad side effects outweighed the benefits - I gained 10 kg am know treating high blood pressure all because of this drug. It is advised as a appatite enhancer. On a scale of 1 to 10 mirtazapine you wrecked my health for the sake of a good sleep

I was really happy with this medicine. It made it super easy to get to sleep and stay asleep. However after six years I started having unrelated issues and the meds ability to give me an insatiable appetite made it hard for me to manage my other issues. I had to stop taking and the withdrawal has been pretty intense. Be careful with Remeron, it has helped me tremendously but the side effects caused me to stop using it and I was not prepared for those side effects when I no longer took the medicine. Read More Read Less

I started using mirtazapine because I stopped eating and sleeping for two weeks and it fixed me instantly I felt 1000 times better. I got my appetite back and I could fall asleep instantly honestly no downsides during the first year. I have no anxiety at all. But now I’m gaining a lot of weight so I’m going to try lexapro as well if anyone has any advice let me know!

So I was taken 15mg off mitazphine for over 2 years and they worked perfectly and 5 weeks ago I started experiencing really bad dizzyness and off balance so I went to the hospital didn't get any answers for why it may be happening beacuse I had tests done and everything was fine so took me 3 weeks to get a appointment to see my doctor at my GP and he said the mitazphine may have stopped working for some reason so this has been going on for over 5 weeks now I felt so ill and depressed a lied in bed most of the time outbreaks of crying a felt weak and tired and couldn't stand as I felt like a was gonna pass out and I still have the dizzyness and my head feels strange a keep forgetting things easily I can't function properly I haven't left the house beacuse makes my dizzyness worse is anyone else experiencing this off the mitazphine the doctor is reducing my dose to take me off them but am scared incase it makes me feel worse than what I already do the dizzyness will not go away I am still eating properly haven't lost my appetite and I feel tired all of the time how long could this last for Read More Read Less

My primary care doctor took me off Zolpidem for my severe insomnia, after 10+ years. He prescribed Mirtazapine - to help with my insomnia - as well as my anxiety/depression. At 7.5 mg, he was confident that the weight gain, increased appetite & hunger pangs side effects would be minimal. I started the drug on 6/1/23 & at my steady weight of 125 lbs. Within a week, with no change in my eating habits, I gained at least 5 - 10 lbs & felt constantly hungry. It distracted me from my work, kept me up all night (thus defeating the purpose of better sleep) and the weight gain was rapid. The change in my body type/shape was glaring. I reached out to my Primary Care doctor on 7/20/23 & described all of the above, told him I could no longer take it, and my options were for me to choose an OTC alternative or for him to prescribe something else. As I take 2 other meds for anxiety/depression, my main focus was insomnia. He prescribed Ramelteon yesterday (which is also what my older brother had suggested). For the reasons I state above, stay away from Mirtazapine if you can, and seek out something else.Read More Read Less

I have been on 7.5 mg Mirtazapine about year with good results. Lately I am having more anxiety after being sick several times and not being able to eat and losing weight. The prescription was written originally for 15 mg but we cut it half. Now I’m going back and to take 15 as written. Hopefully there will be no problem.. I failed to mention that I’m elderly. Hope this will help me.

I was prescribed this as an adjunct tx in addition to Cymbalta and ropinorole, with very good results, following suicidal ideation after my son's death. I am still grieving, but in a much better place mentally.

Good in that it helps me sleep, however, I am caucious of the wieght gain. Masks underlying anxiety problems.

I began taking Remeron an combination with Celexa for anxiety. Taking the Remeron at night took the edge off the Celexa speedy feeling. After a year I stopped taking the Celexa and took only small 5mg dose of Remeron at night. Now many years later I take the small dose of Remeron a couple times a week. It keeps the excessive anxiety away and is a great sleep aid. I am told that Remeron has the interesting property that at smaller doses it causes more drowsiness. I once gave my 25 year old son 5mg and he just about slept continually for 3 days.Read More Read Less

Took to sleep better and that in turn helped my depression and manage stress better

Prescribed for insomnia. Did not work at all without adding other drugs or supplements to it. Only took for 1 month and tried to quit and it caused 6 straight nights of not one minute of sleep insomnia. Nothing worked to help me, even prescription sleeping pills did not work. I had to start taking it again to get any sleep and then it took me 13 months of 10% a month reductions to get off of it. Horrible drug and should not be on the market.

I've been on a few different anti-depressants and this by FAR is the one that actually works. Other medications wouldn't allow me to feel any emotion. I was very much a shell of a person unable to feel anything at all. This drug allows me to feel my emotions and keeps me clear-headed. Are there days that suck? Yes, but I've noticed those correlate with my period. I've also never slept better! It knocks me out in about 30 minutes and I never wake up groggy or out of it. I would also note that I started meditating and became very mindful of the narrative in my head, rewriting that narrative from negative to positive until it became my nature I'm sure you've heard of Lucky Girl Syndrome. Life is a fun ride sometimes, y'all. We just have to see it. Good luck! Read More Read Less

***MIRACLE ALERT*** I’ve been saying this for 2 years, and no side effects. Without Mirtazapine I would be dead. Surely on the inside, but likely 6 feet under done in by my own hand. Stop reading reviews and TELL your doctor you want it...it could save your life too!

12 years on various medications for severe depression and anxiety. I could not sleep and wanted to die. The first morning after starting mirtazapine, I immediately felt better. I slept like a baby for 10 hours! Been on it for 2 years now, and I sleep for 7-8 hours every night. My depression is gone. My anxiety is gone. I feel 20 years younger. I love myself and others more than I have at any point in my life. It truly is a miracle drug!!!

I only took for a week now have no feeling in my finger completely numb it’s now been two weeks do not recommend

I've been taking half a 15mg tablet every night for a year now and it works well for me. I've always tried to avoid medication but events piled up on me and I got into a continued negative frame of mind, getting upset very easily. My doctor first prescribed Sertraline which I took for maybe four days, it was quite honestly one of the worst extended periods of mental anguish in my life. It gave me a panic attack that just didn't go away. Everyone it seems reacts differently. Mirtazapine however has a couple of major benefits for me, situations where I may get extremely wound up or upset (say with my children or ex-partner) I can now generally walk away from. Yes, it is possibly dulling my emotions. The other major benefit is sleep, anxiety was keeping me awake night after night, with a snowball effect on my ability to think positively. Mirtazapine sends me to sleep without me having to worry about it. On the down side I think I was became drowsy mid afternoon for a good few months and consuming alcohol (which it advises against) seemed to double the alcohols effect. Thankfully I think I've got over that... BTW the doctor prescribed 15mg but I halved the dose, breaking each pill in two, preferring to keep pharmaceutical intake to a minimum. Read More Read Less