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Mirtazipine drowsiness

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Scaredsleeper · 28/07/2017 16:28

So following my thread about having night terrors that were starting to affect family and neighbours, I was started on 15mg of mirtazipine, took the first one Tuesday night. I have slept dreamless (no reports of nocturnal screaming!) And solid every night however the sedative effect is making itself known until 4/5 pm the following day. It is amazing to have no panic or feel overwhelmed by anything and to sleep all night without waking.
Does anyone have any experience of mirtazipine and how long I can expect to feel drowsy and out of it much of the next day? At the moment it's manageable and a blessed relief to just feel nothing but calm after feeling so anxious all the time but the side effect of feeling so drowsy is going to cause me a problem after more than a week or so.
Any experience anyone?

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Ashers40 · 28/07/2017 23:27

It will get better, it might take a week or two. I am just restarting with Mirtazapine after coming off it a while ago. I'm starting on 7.5mg for a week and then upping it to 15mg. The tiredness on 7.5mg has been fine other than day 1 really. Stick with it, but just watch your appetite.

NolongerAnxiousCarer · 28/07/2017 23:36

I also found it eased off after a few weeks, though I still struggle with mornings.

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