CaliforniaKat
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I take Mirtazapine 7.5 mg, and have since June. I put the sequence of events in my journal, but a lot has happened.
I tried to wean off Mirt over about 2 months, and had some pretty ugly withdrawal. I had to reinstate. I've been back on that dose for a little over a week. Sleep is interrupted, and I wake early in the a.m. to panic-like symptoms. Sugar and salt don't put me back to sleep.
I'm also having anxiety and panic attacks during the day, which wasn't happening before I tried to or during my wean. I know, it is complicated.
What is going on? How do I restore my sleep pattern? I eat or drink something before bed. I've tried higher fat and lower fat with sugar, like ice cream or salted and sugared milk. Salty OJ, potato chips fried in coconut oil. Etc.
I really would rather not take the Mirt at all. Sleep sucks either way. And I really just want to sleep.
I currently don't take anything else but thyroid. I know my liver is not storing glycogen well, and I have several symptoms of high estrogen. Have no idea whether cortisol is high or low, and tests are expensive.
Diet is still being tweaked but I do track with cronometer. Get enough cals, nutrition is pretty good. Calcium is always at least 1:1 with phosphorus. I take Epsom salt baths pretty regularly. I use mushrooms or carrot salad daily.
**I have posted some similar threads, so yes this likely overlaps some of those. Sorry for the overlap but I am really getting frustrated**
I tried to wean off Mirt over about 2 months, and had some pretty ugly withdrawal. I had to reinstate. I've been back on that dose for a little over a week. Sleep is interrupted, and I wake early in the a.m. to panic-like symptoms. Sugar and salt don't put me back to sleep.
I'm also having anxiety and panic attacks during the day, which wasn't happening before I tried to or during my wean. I know, it is complicated.
What is going on? How do I restore my sleep pattern? I eat or drink something before bed. I've tried higher fat and lower fat with sugar, like ice cream or salted and sugared milk. Salty OJ, potato chips fried in coconut oil. Etc.
I really would rather not take the Mirt at all. Sleep sucks either way. And I really just want to sleep.
I currently don't take anything else but thyroid. I know my liver is not storing glycogen well, and I have several symptoms of high estrogen. Have no idea whether cortisol is high or low, and tests are expensive.
Diet is still being tweaked but I do track with cronometer. Get enough cals, nutrition is pretty good. Calcium is always at least 1:1 with phosphorus. I take Epsom salt baths pretty regularly. I use mushrooms or carrot salad daily.
**I have posted some similar threads, so yes this likely overlaps some of those. Sorry for the overlap but I am really getting frustrated**