Posted by Brazilnut on July 6, 2007, at 9:32:38
In reply to Re: Mirtazapine: 10 days, 10 years – a question, posted by Maritza on July 1, 2007, at 23:30:46
Maritza,
Thanks for your kind and comforting reply. It helps to know that others feel similar symptoms, so I am not crazy – or at least not crazy alone!
I´m glad to see that Celexa is helping you. As for me, I tried more than 20 of such meds in the last 10 years, and none was a solution, just another problem.
I quitted, perhaps too fast (3 months), klonopin and trileptal 2 years ago. A few months after I was feeling very bad and went for help to a psychiatrist, specialist on chemical addiction (later I learned his experience was on alcohol and street drugs). He just gave me other medicines that worsened my condition. It took me a whole year to wean off the last, risperidone. I changed to another doc, who denied any long term withdrawal – he said I had only anxiety. He gave me Inderal, a medicine prescribed for controlling blood pressure but also used for anxiety outside the US (perhaps the med you mentioned). I hoped that with time and observing what was happening to me he would believe me, but he just refused to see evidences against his beliefs. So I quitted him a month ago. Now I have only my GP, who also resists to believe in such long and painful withdrawals, but is more open to new evidences, and very competent on the other matters.
I never met a doc who believes in Remeron withdrawals; some concede there are a few cases of short and light symptoms after discontinuation. They just don´t know, because they didn´t learn it in school and never met it – luck people like ourselves are a tiny minority, I guess far less than 1%. And when they find one, they deny it, they don´t want to think about something that challenge their knowledge and their way of doing things. I don´t know how are things where you live, but here in Brazil docs have no time to pay attention to patients or to learn – unless from stuff released by pharm companies. If your case deserves special attention, specific care, forget it. You´ll be treated as the good average patient.
I took mirtazapine for 3 years, 45mg daily, and then started weaning off one year ago, very slowly, finishing it 16 days ago. The last dose was about 0,5mg thrice a day, for 15 days. The first days were not that bad, but in the last 10 days things are getting worse continually. I suspect that Inderal is part of the problem, because I am very sensitive to changes in its dose - any change will trigger a stronger attack next day. I tried to wean off it, just impossible.
Yesterday was the worst day in my life (each month I say this..) Now I don´t know what to do. Stop Inderal at any cost? Just wait until the recovery from mirtazapine starts?
Thanks again for your interest, suggestions and support. I wish your recovery starts soon. God bless you too!
Bob
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