Mirtazapine side effects?

[FreyaD]

Hi all,

I've been on Mirtazapine since about Feb 12 but recently I've been having shooting pains in my head, not a headache, but like pins being stabbed in my head (usually in the evenings or after driving long distances) and after about 8pm I lose most co-ordination and it feels like I'm drunk. I have trouble walking and would quite possibly fall over, but there luckily always seems to be a wall! Does anyone have side effects like these? They aren't listed as side effects so i was wondering if it might be something else?

My muscles have also become very twitchy recently, but that is listed as a possible side effect.

Thanks,
Freya

[KateG]

Hi Freya

I had twitchy legs with it too, and I felt drunk most of the time. I'd ask your GP about the shooting pains though, that's not good

Kate x

[willows]

Hi Freya

I have been on mirtazapine for 7 weeks now and I take mine any time between 10pm and midnight because I work shifts and I can't take it until I get home because within 1/2 an hour of taking it I to loose my co-ordination and, as you say, feel like I am drunk. Not had any shootings pains though. Might be worth checking it out with your GP.

Willows

[FreyaD]

Thank you :)
I lose my co ordination before I have taken my medication and I only take it just before I'm going to bed. I think it's just tiredness taking over my body. Not sure if the shooting pains are also tired related
Freya

[Got]

Muscle problems in legs have been reported in patients on high dosages.

[mamalou]

I tried Mirtazapine twice in the last year and I couldn't tolerate it at all. Made me really dizzy and sicky.

[jester]

Hi all,
      Ive been on a coctail including Mirtazipine for around three years now, in varying doses and quantities. I have experienced all the side affects mentioned, but the worst by far it the twitchy restless legs and insomnia. The only thing I have found that helps is to excercise the legs untill their tired, before taking the drug. This does not eliminate the symptoms but in my case does make it bearable enough to get through the night.

Hope this helps somebody.

Please dont try excercising after taking Mirt. I tried this. The result wasnt very pretty.   

[Maddymoo]

Oh god, I've just been given this by the doc. He didn't mention side effects and it came in a blank box with no leaflet. I hope I dont get those effects!

[Sweetpea]

Hopefully you wont maddy, we all react differently to meds.

S x x x x

[Buttercup]

I wouldn't worry too much as my doctor says, if you read the side effects you wouldn't take anything and if common everyday things came with a list of side effects you wouldn't eat/drink them either.
 
think what they could write for milk or tea (caffeine can cause insomnia)

xxx

[Maddymoo]

I'm going to take it just before bed just in case x

[Sweetpea]

Good idea maddy  :).

S x x x x

[Got]

Mirtazipine is more likely to make you sleep than give you insomnia, for this reason it should be taken before bedtime. It can cause you to grow horns like an elk so be careful.


Steve X