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Mirtazapine and insatiable appetite

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Mirthunger · 27/09/2024 16:51

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im on day 5 of mirtazapine. Flat 3 nights(taken before bed) I slept really well. Last night I couldn’t fall asleep and had restless legs. Around midnight, I raided the biscuits and drank almost a pint of milk. Today, I just can’t stop eating! I’ve made a casserole-enough for 4 people(planned to freeze some) and it’s almost all gone! I also ate lots of bread and butter with it too
im currently a petite size 10/12 but really don’t like the idea of putting weight on! If I carry on like this though I’m going to need to be rolled down the driveway to work!
any advice or experience of this?
thanks

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Mirthunger · 27/09/2024 17:00

Scutterbug · 27/09/2024 16:58

I had to come off it, it made me so hungry and I piled on weight. Even if I ate a big dinner, I’d be starving again mid evening!

i Just ate a disgustingly huge dinner, but I’m already thinking about ice cream. It’s not good

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Goldenmemories · 27/09/2024 17:00

The absolutely joyful unbroken 8 hours' sleep for the first time in my adult life is worth paying the price of monstrous sugar cravings for. I regulate my eating tightly and have a BMI of 21 but I do exercise a lot, at least 20k steps a day and lift weights twice a week.

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Mirthunger · 27/09/2024 16:59

Oh god. This isn’t what I wanted to hear. I’m mid 40s. I’m tempted to stop taking it. I feel more spaced out than I ever have. I already take citalopram. I’m depressed and anxious, but I’d rather not add obese to my list of issues!

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Gymmum82 · 27/09/2024 16:59

It’s literally an appetite stimulant. You just have to try not to raid the cupboards

Scutterbug · 27/09/2024 16:58

I had to come off it, it made me so hungry and I piled on weight. Even if I ate a big dinner, I’d be starving again mid evening!

Bluevelvetsofa · 27/09/2024 16:58

I’m afraid I put on loads of weight on Mirtazapine. I’d lost lots, so it was fine to start with, but rapidly became a problem I’m afraid.

Crazyvasey · 27/09/2024 16:58

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GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 27/09/2024 16:57

Yes, it's a known side effect. When I went on it the GP warned me that it would be very easy to gain stones of weight and to be careful what I ate.
I did put on stones, I've lost them and gained them and lost them and gained them. Eating high protein low carb / not limiting the amount I eat, just what it is, has helped to a degree but the constant craving for carbs, especially sweet carbs is unreal.