Mirtazepine and joint pain ? and stopping working .

Doikers · 01-05-2009, 07:42 PM

I've recntly started taking Mirtezapine at a higher dose ( 30mg ) and have been getting joint pain in my right hand/wrist ,has anyone else had this side effect?, also the Mirtazepine seems to have stopped working afer my depression picked up for about 4 weeks I'm back down again , really low . But I'm hoping its just a blip and it will pick up again soon ( Tommorow Please ) so don't want to go off it just yet .

I'm also on Duloxetine , Olanzapine , Buspirone , Diazepam for Depression and all and wondered if that could be relevant .

Hope this makes sense .
Doikers .

sherlock holmes · 01-05-2009, 08:47 PM

Mirtazapine unfortunately has a habit of stopping working suddenly.

I was on 15mg and for nine months it worked wonders, and one day just stopped. It was upped to 30mg then 45mg and still nothing. I had to come off it in the end.

Dont know about the joint pain though.

Sneckie · 01-05-2009, 10:22 PM

HI

I had joint pains through my duloxetine ,

jill

discovery_journey · 02-05-2009, 05:11 AM

I was on 45mg. I had inexplicable joint pain in my right hip. I had it investigated but everything came back fine. Never occurred to me it could have been the Mirtaz. I'm not on it anymore (couldn't cope with the weight gain) though.

one_step_closer · 02-05-2009, 04:25 PM

I didn't experience any joint pain when I was on Mirtazapine, and I don't remember it working well for me at all. It would be a good idea to talk to the person who prescribed it. Take care.

Doikers · 02-05-2009, 05:33 PM

Thanks for the feedback :)

Snow Leopard · 02-05-2009, 05:44 PM

Hi I've been on mirtazapine for three years it has worked really well. I tried coming off it thinking it was doing nothing but had to go back on it because it obviously was making a big difference. I had pain initially but it wore off. I'm scared to come off it now because I think my mood will drop too low. There is another drug which is similar but I can't remember the name of it the GP would know it begins with an s. Sorry that was probably not much help!