MIRTAZAPINE Reviews (MIRTAZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.4 (45 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MIRTAZAPINE with similar:
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RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MIRTAZAPINE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
1 | Insomnia, Generalized Anxiety | Prescribed this for chronic insomnia (6 mths+) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Within 45 mins of first taking this, I felt like I had been hit with a dart from an elephant tranquilizer gun. Extremely fast onset of overwhelming sleepiness. Could not get to bed quick enough. Fell asleep while talking to my husband - usually takes me an hour to get to sleep! I would imagine it would be dangerous to take these before driving or in a situation where you could not immediately get to a safe place to sleep. Slept 8 hours, according to my sleep tracker, which is more sleep that I had got at once in over half a year! Here the benefits ended. Felt hungover and extremely groggy the next morning, as though I had not slept at all instead of 8 hours. My close-up vision was blurred upon awakening and focus remained slightly off all day. Felt simultaneously drunk, hungover and high right through to the end of the next day - trouble concentrating on anything and had to focus really hard just to find the right words to talk. It also made my dry mouth (from possible Sjogrens) worse. I was drinking big glasses of water all day and still felt thirsty. I also immediately noticed that sweet foods tasted extremely good, better than normal, so this taste enhancement could easily lead to gaining weight if you already have trouble with self-control around sugar! | Will not be taking this a second night, as I need to be able to focus at work. Even the few hours of broken sleep I get without Mirtazaline make me feel better than I have felt all day. Might try taking a half pill (7 MG) next time I have a free weekend with no commitments and see if the next-day sedation and side effects are less. | F | 43 | 0 days 15 1X day | 7/3/2021 | 1 | Insomnia | Worse than anything! I felt tired but could not seem to actually lay down and sleep. I was roaming around the house and ate a huge bowl of ice cream that I had left over in the fridge from Christmas. I never sleep eat. That made me feel like I was going to throw up this morning I didn't even get out of bed for a few hours because my stomach felt horrible. | I feel shaky, I have a headache, I will not put this drug into my system again. I feel spaced out today too | F | 56 | 1 days 15 1X day | 6/19/2014 | 1 | Insomnia, depression, anxiety | Could not wake up next morning. Return to night terrors. Hallucinations. Incredible anxiety. | Tried waking after 8 hrs. Absolutely unable to get out of bed. After 12 hours, experiencing horrible hallucinations, I was able to fully waken, but full of anxiety and jittery all day. Will not take this again. Insomnia is better than the nightmares this caused. | F | 67 | 1 days 15 | 7/11/2019 | 1 | Tremors shakiness | Horrible. I took only 1/2 pill of 15mg prescribed. Yes I slept 12 hrs non stop. The next day I couldnt get up from bed, completely dry throat nose and mouth, extremely drowsy dizzy and weak. Constipated and super aggressive. Didnt help with my neurological disorders only helped me to sleep by paying a high price with side effects the next day. | F | 47 | 1 days 7.5 1X day | 11/13/2020 | 4 | Insomnia, Depression | Drowsiness, daytime drowsiness, extreme mindfulness 🙌 | I have insomnia episodes around once a month that can last up to a week. I've tried everything. xanax, ambien, trazadone,gabapentin. This time for my doctor visit I wanted something that isn't addictive, can possibly help me with my depression. Day 1 was not too bad, but very heavy drowsiness the next day. It kicks in within an hour for me and sets me sound asleep. Day two now, I am not as drowsy as yesterday. It gives me such a good feel of wellbeing which really helps my constant worrying and racing thoughts. I do smoke marijuana to help with anxiety at night and these two go together splendidly. | M | 26 | 2 days 15MG | 4/8/2020 | 1 | sleep aid | Excessive grogginess into the next day and beyond. | F | 82 | 3 days 15mg 1X day | 5/3/2013 | 1 | Anxiety and sleep | Dizziness, swelling, grogginess, weakness in my muscles, and lack of expression. | I have tried to get off of this medicine however it causes palpitations and stomach issues. | F | 53 | 3 days 15 mg 1X day | 8/2/2020 | 5 | Sleep anxiety | Suffered on SSRI's. These are amazing and provided instant relief. | M | 47 | 4 days 15 1X day | 1/17/2021 | 1 | Supposed anxiety | Breathing, shortness of breath, acing joints,high blood pressure, bad dreams, dosile. | Nerve pain | M | 52 | 5 days 15 1X day | 9/19/2020 | 1 | depression | panic attacks | generic is crap | F | 22 | 10 days 45 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 2 | Anxiety and depression/ low mood | Weight gain... a lot! Increased appetite, sleep paralysis every night, extreme vivid dream, clumsiness, awful tiredness and ability to function. | This drug slightly helped my anxiety but made my overall mood worse. It made me have worse thoughts, made me feel like I'd not slept even though I had. I also gained a considerable amount of weight in these three weeks as I was constantly hungry. Also experienced heart palpitations, shortness of breath, nausea/ upset stomach, general clumsiness even so my boss noticed I was like a zombie! I have come off these straight away and hoping these symptoms subside soon.I have been off them two days and I have loads more energy. | F | 22 | 22 days 15mg 1X day | 1/13/2017 | 3 | Panic attacks, anxiety, insomnia | Weight gain, tiredness,prolonged sleep, lack of energy, food cravings (especially carbs), restlessness immediately after taking the pill, strange sensation in the throat | I took the Sandoz brand for 30 days, which was prescribed to me for insomnia and anxiety/panic attacks. While it helped get my sleep back and provided reliex from anxiety and panic attacks, it seemed to have worsened my depression. I had no energy, was unable to exercise, had trouble waking up in the morning going to class, was constantly tired and sleepy. I had gained a few kilos during and felt pretty depressed about food cravings and inability to exercise. After a month, I decided to terminate the therapy .The withdrawal symptoms were pretty bad..I had also quit smoking at the same time so I can't say for sure if they were drug or nicotine withdrawal related, or both. I completely lost appetite for a month, had no desire to eat and could go an entire day without food without feeling hungry. Kept waking up at night having strange sensations and unable to breath properly at times..this lasted about 2 weeks.It has been 5 months since I discontinued taking Mirtazapine and haven't had any major panic attack episodes and have been sleeping well and exercising regurarly, however I still suffer from anxiety and depression . | F | 34 | 30 days 15MG 1X day | 4/29/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | Dry mouth, dry eyes nose, zombie like, more depressed | Coming off now | F | 57 | 32 days 45mg 1X day | 3/11/2022 | 1 | Anxiety | Dry mouth, dry eyes, tired all the time | Does anyone else take a sleeping tablet with mirtazapine? | F | 57 | 35 days 45mg 1X day | 3/13/2022 | 3 | Tinnitus | Vivid unpleasant dreams weakness in arms feeling Legs felt like I was having bad circulation feelings like a throbbing in the muscles that felt like it was my vains Better off just being you !!!! | Helped with sleep at first then it actually caused insomnia so be warned | M | 38 | 40 days 30 1X day | 1/4/2022 | 1 | insomnia | my 29 year old son who was successful and happy committed suicide by gun shot after he started taking this medicine | big pharma continues profitting from this drug even though they know its great suicide risk factor. Robin Williams was taking this drug too! | M | 29 | 60 days 15mg | 6/5/2021 | 5 | Severe depressive episode | Really has helped me sleep and anxiety. Slight weight gain but well worth it. | F | 47 | 90 days 30 mg 1X day | 10/15/2020 | 2 | Insomnia | It was great for my insomnia. However, I started sleeping through all of my alarms, and I would also spend the first few hours of my day confused and disoriented. I stopped taking it daily when my boss, knowing I would never come hungover to work, expressed concern about a potential health problem when they noticed I suddenly spent most mornings somewhere on planet Neptune. The “brain fogs” and spacing out resolved when stopped taking the drug. | Aside from a change in work performance, I would have hyperrealistic nightmares (e.g finding loved ones dead in their homes) along with hardcore anxiety, which I never had previously. It is weird to describe how mirtazapine made me both exhausted/spacey and and pathologically anxious. These side effects also completely resolved when I stopped taking mirtazapine. I still take it occassionally for insomnia if it's bad enough, but only on slow weekends when I can risk sleeping in and lying around all day. | F | 29 | 90 days 30 | 5/22/2020 | 5 | Tinnitus and anxiety | Not good for the stomach but I take lanzoparole to counter | M | 53 | 100 days 15 1X day | 6/12/2021 | 3 | Tinnitus | Causing severe acid reflux and constipation | M | 53 | 100 days 15 1X day | 9/26/2021 |
MIRTAZAPINE (MIRTAZAPINE): Mirtazapine is used to treat depression. It improves mood and feelings of well-being. Mirtazapine is an antidepressant that works by restoring the balance of natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 2005-08-31 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)