Medication Question - Mirtazapine

[EmTeeEm]

Ignore me and my spelling mistakes.

Started new tabs last week and I'm just feeling constantly tired. They said sedative effect but this is just taking the p*** to be honest. I feel like death, they don't make me sleep just dopey. It's th broken sleep pattern, which perhaps is an improvement from my natural 3/4hours but I'm left drugged all day. Its embarrassing when you can't walk up some stairs without falling or just walking is a problem as everything seems to out of sync and my coordination isawful.I doubt im even making sense right now. I apologise. Profusely. I cry all day normally and its just giving me one mo thing to cry about. Its probably just my paranoia but its hard not to think they put me on this to punish me or something. I'm that out of it I cant think properly. Trying to numb me to the point where I cant think those things or do anything "stupid" or otherwie. I can't do anything. Slow motion. Living in some bubble. Stumbling around.#

Basically the question is, how long will this last? I just want to stop them.

[Lil'MissLaLa]

heya hunni, i had the same prob wen i was on them. i cant say exactly how long it'll last for but as soon as ure body gets used to the new meds it'll calm down. give it a couple of weeks and if its still bugging u maybe speak to ure gp.
much love
Dani
xx

[Bitter_Angel]

What time are you taking your meds?
Maybe try taking them around 7pm and then relax a bit before going to sleep.
The side effects, do usually calm down a bit after a couple of weeks. I assume that you are being monitored by a doctor or psychitrist at the moment. If so, maybe mention the side effects to them so that they can keep an eye on you.

Take care
Kim

[Doesnt_matter]

Hi Kim,
sorry to say that the first two weeks (more or less) on Mirtazapine are bad but after a few days or weeks your body will start to accept it.
After I took Mirtazapine for the first time I slept 20 hours and after even after so much sleep I felt tired and spoke sooo slowly and felt like I was drunken.
But after two days it got bettter.
Well, climbing stairs was still hard for a week or so and I couldn´t run for almost a month. My brain knew how to run but my legs and my feet couldn´t move that fast.

But it really will get better in the most cases, so try to stay strong and give the AD a chance.

By the way, I haven´t gained that much weight, so please don´t be afraid because many people say that you always will gain very much weight. It could happen but it won´t happen in every case.

[EmTeeEm]

Being monitored by my GP and psychiatrist, 4th time lucky with meds. Really don't want to take tonights dose, put it off for so long :/ which probably wasn't a good idea but just went for a walk and staggering around over roads probably wasn't safe. Nevermind, sleepy little village, few cars.

Thanks for the thing about the weight, really bothers me to be hones. the whole thing seems like a massive conspiracy against me to be honest :(

[Emmer]

I had to come off them because I kept that tiredness. It's a crap drug in that way and you might not ever stop feeling tired.

http://www.crazymeds.org/remeron.html

Whenever I get new medication I look on that website and it's pretty good at telling you what kind of things will happen.

[TheSuffererComplex]

Yea, i'm taking the same thing, I almost fell asleep in the middle of a test when I first started taking it. The sleepiness goes away after a while, it's something you get used to.

I know how you feel. When I first started it, I felt like a zombie, and I felt quite emotionally numb at times because of it, and sometimes I still do. It's something you have to get used to, I guess. Ask you doctor or psychiatrist if there is any way to help shrug off the sleepy feeling.

I just have one thing, It may just be because I have ADHD, but he recomended not having a lot of caffeine in my system. It may be diffrent for you, it might be the same, who knows. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[EmTeeEm]

Thanks for the replies, it seems I might be coming off them as my face has become puffy which looks to be one of those "stop taking and see you doctor" side effects? Could be wrong xx