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I am really interested to hear of other Sleepio users experiences with Mirtazapine good or bad?
I was put on this to help with sleep back in June and to honest it's hit and miss with it! I've tried to come off it twice but ended up with horrendous low mood, insomnia and nausea and anxiety so took it again. If anyone is on it currently how are you finding it whilst doing Sleepio or if anyone has graduated from Sleepio and then withdrawn from it I'd be very keen to hear from you too please.
I was put on this to help with sleep back in June and to honest it's hit and miss with it! I've tried to come off it twice but ended up with horrendous low mood, insomnia and nausea and anxiety so took it again. If anyone is on it currently how are you finding it whilst doing Sleepio or if anyone has graduated from Sleepio and then withdrawn from it I'd be very keen to hear from you too please.
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- Graduatewhen I started sleepy oh, I was taking 1 mg of Ativan at bedtime, and another 1 mg in the middle of the night when I would wake up to go to the bathroom. Working with my doctor, I very slowly tapered down on these pills. I cut the pills in quarters, and started taking a quarter less at each time. After about six months, I was taking no pills at all at bedtime, and a quarter of a milligram in the middle of the night. Using the various techniques in Sleepio has helped me to sleep better without needing the pills. I hope you find the same success. But please, do work with your doctor.
- GraduateI tried Mirtazapine as a sleep aid. The first time I had been warned they were strong so I took a quarter tablet and slept soundly through the night but could not shake the effects of the medication off until late the next day. Next time I shaved off a piece the size of a grain of salt. I slept well with no effects hanging on after I awoke. I used the the med this way for a while but stopped taking it when I read about rebound insomnia people experience when they stop it.
- Session 3Don't touch the stuff, it is evil. I literally got hooked within 3 weeks of starting it as initially it worked a treat, so well I thought on my days off I would be a sleep hog and just keep taking them whenever I felt like having a sleep. I specifically asked my doctor to help with something non-addictive and he gave me this stuff. It is addictive, it is habit forming, and it is like all things addictive hard to stop without some sort of withdrawals. I have joined Sleepio, another online wellness platform for other issues, and have an appointment with my GP next week where I am going to give him a spray for doing this to me. As soon as I started feeling depressed I knew something was wrong and the nice sleep sensation didn't last long and was what influenced me to overuses it. I did some reading and soon found to my horror that if I had known even some of the side effects or stories in user reviews I would have screwed the prescription up. I now have to wean myself off something and have the associated withdrawals when there was no need for it. I believe I would have been better of with melatonin or something less powerful and less mind altering with the dreams, less harsh with the need to increase dosage so soon, and for generally making me feel like shite.
- GraduateI used Mirtazapine as they told me it was non-addictive. While it is true your body doesn't get addicted to it like a benzo, you can still become dependent on it. I used 7.5mg for four days and on the fourth day, it quit working. So my doctor told me to up the dose to 15mg. I did so for two days and both following days I felt like a walking zombie. I had to quit taking them as I couldn't do my job.
- Session 3I take Mirtazapine 45mg for anxiety and depression I don't think it ever helped me with sleep, (the higher the dose the less it helps with sleep). I want to come off it but my GP has been reluctant to swap to something else and I know i'd have to taper off – reading the withdrawal side-affects I am very worried about doing so, but it doesn't appear to working for my anxiety/depression.
- GraduateYes I wish I hadn’t taken it when prescribed for work induced stress/anxiety issues about 4years ago. It did seem to work but even though I reduced gradually as told a year ago I had severe withdrawal symptoms especially insomnia. Only then I looked up on line and found mine were classic symptoms that no one had told me about. I started Sleepio in March and now feel I’m more in control. That and mindfulness seems to be working though still a bit up and down which I guess is to be expected and at the start it is very tough but hang in, it does improve.
- Session 3Going to start tapering off Mirtazpine tonight over the next 4 weeks, if anyone has any advise I'd be very grateful.
- GraduateSince you’re taking it for anxiety and not insomnia, I’m not sure my experience is relevant, but here goes. I was on Ativan for insomnia for over 10 years. After a couple months in sleepio, I talked to my doctor about tapering off. He suggested cutting the pills in half, but I wasn’t brave enough. I cut them in quarters. I started taking a quarter less, for a few weeks or longer until I was brave enough to make the next reduction. It took at least 6 months to get off of them. After each reduction, I’d have a few nights or more of disrupted sleep, and then I’d settle down.
If you use this for anxiety and depression, and not insomnia, I don’t know if you will get any better sleep after reducing or eliminating your pills. And if it’s not working for anxiety and depression, then I would think your doctor would want you to try something else. Maybe you need to push the envelope. - GraduateI was treated for postnatL depression and issue with sleep, I could literally stay awake all the time, when the baby slept like a log! I think at the time it was the right decision for me to take it, it helped me relax and sleep. I believe if you take yourself off it, then make sure your you do so gradually I did suffer with rebound insomnia for another 2 weeks which was grim, but yes I felt I was using the tablets as a way to sleep as I had no other method to use which would work, But in hindsight right decision at the time, I don’t regret this, just glad I found Sleepio.
- Session 3My gp has advised I taper off them over the next 4 weeks, I have dropped to 30mg this week, next week will be 15mg. I have noticed I am more anxious, more worry, sleep reduced, but Im taking sleeping tablets so that helps me get some sleep. I am currently signed off work with Anxiety and Depression so I am trying to fix myself, whilst waiting for help from the NHS.
- GraduateRemeron is the worst thing that ever happened to me. Yes, it can work for insomnia, but trying to get off of it is a complete nightmare, and the rebound insomnia can last months. I'd be very weary of what your GP prescribes or even tells you about insomnia. They tend to know nothing.With Mirt, give it a whole lot of time, eat healthy, try to maintain a positive mindframe when coming off. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I do feel the Sleepio program is what I personally need, as my sleep schedule completely sucks and I'm all over the place with laying in bed for way too long. Good luck everyone, and again, be weary of prescription sleep aides.
- Session 3Dropped down to 15mg this week and definitely feeling the effects, my mind doesn't know whats going on, feeling foggy head for most the day and very lethargic. Couldn't get out of bed, couldn't sleep last night.
- Session 1I have been averaging 3 hours sleep a night for 2 months despite trying Amitriptyline and herbal remedies nothing has worked (lots of alcohol often helps but leaves me feeling awful the next day obviously
- GraduateI just graduated from the sleepio program and have had a lot of success improving my sleep efficiency, however, I still have some improvement to make. I still utilize herbs, melatonin, L-tryptophan and magnesium to sleep. I’m going to begin decreasing these supports but I am wondering if everyone here is sleeping naturally without the aid of any over-the-counter aids.
- GraduateDoes anyone else take trazodone? It's an antidepressant that makes you sleepy and that my doctor prescribed as an alternative to a sleep medication because it's not addictive. His advice was to take it as/when I needed it so my rule of thumb is that if I'm awake and feeling that I won't get to sleep I'll take it (anywhere from half an hour to three hours). It works, sort of, but I don't feel rested and I can't take it on an empty stomach. Additionally it gives me dragon breath the next day. If I have dinner 3 hrs before bed as recommended I'd have to take the trazodone at the latest by 10 but I don't go to bed until at least 11:30. So I'm falling into the midnight or later snack pattern, which is also not recommended. Themes lab for keynote 5 1 3. Any thoughts? Thanks.
- Session 5I used to take quetiapine (Seroquel) for depression/anxiety and sleep. I'm in the US and I don't know what this medication is called elsewhere in the world, but please, if it's offered to you as a sleep aid (or even depression/anxiety aid), say NO. It's an atypical antipsychotic generally prescribed for schizophrenia. It's NOT meant to be a sleep aid. Not only can it cause metabolic syndrome and horrendous weight gain, it will hook your brain and cause you to not be able to sleep without it, and it's a nightmare to come off of. I was near a breakdown coming off that trash because I couldn't sleep, and I wasn't even on the highest dose that some people take(100mg vs. upwards of 400mg!).
I'm begging you, if confronted with this medication, stay far away. It's just not worth it, to your waistline or your sanity. - Graduatedon't take that pill it is killer after taking mirtazapine I started haven severe anxiety and depression and effected my sleep I can't sleep even 2 hours and after stopping it, it already did its jobs making me severe anxiety disorder and panic attack and depression I am 63 and mirtazapine made me crazy
never ever touch that horrible pill - Session 2From what I hear, everyone responds to medication differently. I had a terrible flare-up if insomnia a few months ago. I got a second opinion from a different doctor. This doctor switched me from ambien to mirtazapine (15 mg) and treated a vitamin D deficiency at the same time. My sleep improved tremendously. I went from < 5 hours per night to around 6-7 hours/night most nights. I'll still have a bad night now and then, but not nearly the issue I had before. I haven't slept this well in about 20 years.
Because the medication change and vitamin D deficiency treatment happened at the same time, I can't be sure which made the most difference. I've heard a vitamin D deficiency can lead to insomnia (sleeping < 5 hours/night), so that may have contributed. - Session 1Mirtazapine, at low doses especially e.g. 7.5mg or 15mg, is very sedating – it has strong antihistamine effects, hence the sedation.
- GraduateHi all – mirtazapine is actually one of the best anti depressants out there ( BMJ – Cipriani report) as it works very differently from SSRI antidepressants. But of course everyone reacts differently. The key is finding the lowest dose that works for you and then the slow ( over 5/6 months) plan to come off it and then withdrawals will be minimal. It’s not addictive, addiction means ever increasing doses to get the same effect, and for some people who react badly to SSRI it’s a godsend. I speak from personal experience and so long as you take it as prescribed and come off very slowly then it’s fine. GPs never allow enough time to come off and that is when your brain cannot adjust fast enough. There is a very good plan available on line. Mirtazapine is great for anxiety and sleep in low dosage (7.5mg or less) Just remember , we are all individual, so what works for one might not for another, but I’ve found that keeping to one low dose medication and using sleepio plus a multi vitamin with vit D3 in winter along with light therapy ( lumie light 30mins at 7.15am) seems to work.btw I should say my issues seem to be on winter onset ie SAD. Good luck all.