Posted by valjean14 on May 23, 2006, at 14:56:58
In reply to Re: Finally, posted by musky on May 9, 2006, at 0:08:35
I was prescribed Remeron in October 2004 -- originally the 30mg dosage and then eventually being bumped to 45mg for nearly a year (!). In April 2005, I started on the 30mg of Prozac and things were just fine and the two drugs seemed to complement each other well.
Shortly after last Christmas, I grew very tired of feeling groggy and tired until noon on this ridiculous routine. I spoke with my doc and we agreed to slowly come off the Remeron with a three-month schedule. (I've been down to 30mg since November 2005).
My doc cautioned me that there would be some withdrawal symptoms including fever, nausea, chills, anxiety and insomnia. What he failed to tell me is that there is a percentage of people who are at risk of going into shock because the body is still trying to deal with sensing more adrenalin. This is what happened to me last night in my own home -- thankfully, my fiancee was there and called 9-1-1 after I went unconscious albeit very briefly. Paramedics were there minutes later and it took me a while to remember what happened.
As an asthma sufferer also, I am taking symbicort and it does increase the heart rate. This, combined with 15mg of mirtazapine every two days and my body told me loud and clear that it was not having any of it.
So now I am at a crossroads -- I'm feeling the constant tightness in the chest, I can feel my heart beating, I can't stop tapping my foot or drumming my fingers and I cannot put into words how scared I am of coming off of this drug. I almost have to keep myself occupied at all time in order to keep from hyperventilating.
As I sit here and write this (after reading everything written here) I'm ready to go back on the mirtazapine full-time. I'm almost on month into withdrawal and from what I now understand, it could be many more months. Neither me or my fiancee are ready to deal with this when we've got important life decisions coming up in less than one year--wedding, moving to a new province and buying a new home, switching jobs, etc.
Are the withdrawal symptoms worth the end result in this case?
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