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Dollette

Updated 1y ago

Experiencing Side Effects with Mirtazapine - Need Advice

Just started taking mirtazapine 15mg ( I also take 200mg sertraline ) and I feel extremely weird, dizzy and dissociative. Has anyone been on mirtazapine and had these as a temporary side effect to first starting them? It’s been about 15 hours since I took my last pill and it still feels that way, I’m hoping it subsides when I start taking them more consistently.

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sabbz

1y

I felt that way and ended up increasing the dose. My psychiatrist explained to me that with mirtazipine the lower the dose the more side effects you experience. So lower doses makes you more sleepy. I increased to 30 mg and it was better.
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Dollette

1y

thanks for the feedback! I’ll wait 4 weeks minimum because that’s when they said they’ll start working and if I still feel really weird I’ll def let them know about this! ❤️
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JoelD

1y

Mmm. Call your doctor and tell them you're worried you might be having serotonin syndrome. It can become life threatening very quickly.
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Dollette

1y

I don’t have any other symptoms of SS other than the wooziness which I already had regularly, I feel like it’s just because you’re usually supposed to take them at night because of the tiredness but I tried taking them in the middle of the day to see how it effected my anxiety, (don’t worry I didn’t go anywhere or do anything risky) I will keep an eye on it though, also the sertraline hasn’t been seeming to make any difference after months of taking it which is why my doctor gave me the mirtazapine and I think I’m going to be lowering the sertraline dose and coming off it entirely in time. Thanks for your help! I’ll make sure I mention it to my doctor and look out for SS symptoms.
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CrystalWiccan

1y

Keep in mind any time starting a medication; you will experience side effects and that stuffs normal (normally) because your bodys adjusting. But any time you're worried reach out to your doctor!
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shoe

1y

No the only side effect I have is occasional peeling skin. Which is rare.
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bridge51

1y

No side effects here but some weight gain
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Cols

1y

Hi.. ok. Takes some time …. 7 days or so
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Marjo

1y

Give your new meds 2 weeks. If your not feeling normal, stop medication and see your Doctor. Sometimes it’s trial and error to find the right medicines per patient.
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jaz1980

1y

I take Mirtazapine everyday. I went off it once but found my way back to it again within a year later
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jaz1980

1y

I don't get unwell from Mirtazapine but I wish I could come off it just don't seem to be able to
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TheDreamingKind

10mo

Ah, I get this if I try to stay up after taking the meds. My doctor told me to take them at sleepytime, but also the same time everyday[since I work night shift; for most it would be the same time each night]. I will say, they also told me the symptoms [sleepiness/dizziness] will be less at higher doses. You might just need time to adjust. If you're continuing to have symptoms during waking hours and you've been taking it at sleeptime, that's when I would start to worry. Regardless, you should talk to your doctor about it if it's really bothering you a lot; they can give you clearer answers, switch you to something else, or change the dose depending on their professional opinion [what I've said is just as someone who takes the meds. I'm not in the medical field]
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carla2153

7mo

This is me I started on it Friday slept good woke up like a drunken zombie weird head fuzz brain feeling like it jumps and disoriented

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