Switch from SSRI to mezapine due to insomnia anyone?

[Tiddles99]

Beed on sertralapam for 5 months with litterally no sleep at all, doc now suggesting switch to metazapine which may help with sleep? Any advise anyone? Im so exhausted 😔😔😔

[_Alex_]

It may help. No reason not to try it.

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Tiddles

Follow your Doctors advice, allow four or five weeks before you assess how you are getting on. Something to consider, when we go to bed to sleep, are you going to bed and getting up at the same time. Sometimes when we go to bed we think we are not sleeping when in affect we are sleeping it not in a lighter way, we think we are not sleeping when we are.

BOB

[Tiddles99 in reply to Hidden]

True, just really feels like my eyes are closed but my head is fully awake!!! They are def making me wired so need to try something else

[hypercat54]

Well you must have had some sleep as no one can go for 5 months without any! I have never heard of the meds you mention but it's definitely worth trying. I hope it helps you.

[Skye001]

Hi, I was prescribed Mirtazapine for depression and anxiety, since taking it I can now sleep. It hasn't done much for the anxiety / depression but just being able to sleep is why I carry on taking it. Give it a go because not sleeping can be really debilitating.

[Tiddles99 in reply to Skye001]

Absolutley!!! Feel wired on a night cant carry on like this! The ssri has worked great for S&A but think sleep is worse for taking it, did u have many side effects when you started?

[Skye001 in reply to Tiddles99]

No, I haven't had side effects but the GP said if I want to come off it, it will have to be gradually, but I'm not in any hurry because I need to sleep. It's awful when you can't sleep I used to walk around my bedroom for a good part of the night because I couldn't relax and keep still. Good luck..

[_Alex_ in reply to Tiddles99]

Expect some major tiredness when you first start taking them.

Also, you can oversleep on the stuff.

It's also known for food cravings / weight gain, in some people.

[NiBa5]

Hello

I took Fluoxetine 40mg (I’m still on it) and Mirtazapine 15mg that is a below therapeutic dose= just for sleep together for 3 months. Now I can sleep without u, I’m trying to come off. I really think Mirtazapine helped me fix my insomnia.