Hi, I'm Emsy

I took mirtazapine for 3 weeks in July 2025 before deciding it wasn’t for me. I halved the dose as the GP suggested for 2 weeks but found I had WD symptoms! I was then told to taper by 1mg increments every 5 days or so but found that too much so I dropped every 2 weeks instead. I then found the taper and WD community and realised I was going pretty fast but as I’d only been on it such a short time I thought I’d be ok. The lower I was getting the better I was feeling and everything felt like it was going well. When I got to 3mg I started dropping by 0.5mg and when I got to 1.5mg I dropped 0.3mg to 1.2mg. That’s when it all went pear shaped and I wasn't functioning well if at all. I held the dose and weathered WD for 4 months with the odd window here and there before having a lovely 10 week window from the middle of March 2026 where I was getting back out and putting life on track again. I was thinking of restarting the taper but decided to wait another month to be safe but by early June I was back in a wave although not as bad and was functioning reasonably well. Then I had some gastric issues and was given omeprazole. After 8 days on it and feeling really off I discovered PPIs can affect the blood levels of antidepressants and so I stopped it. This crashed me into another bad wave which has now lasted 3 months with the odd dirty window here and there. I’m still holding at 1.2mg so 11 month hold with a 10 week window in between.