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Aussie Girl · 02-17-2014, 05:20 AM

Update on mirtazapine orodispersable tablets for sleep....

They taste like lemon sherbet dissolving on your tongue (definitely need to be hidden from little kids). Very potent. The med is available in 15mg and 30mg tablets. I take 7.5mg (1/2 of 15mg tablets) and it sends me to sleep in less than 15 minutes. I wake up sometimes in the night, but still drowsy and calm and fall back to sleep.

Hard to get up a 6 in the morning, and there is a certain calmness through the day. After effects are reducing on subsequent days. A quarter tablet didn't quite work. I'm trying to cut the rather crumbly tablets in to thirds which may be the ideal dose for me.

Overall, seems to be a good choice as supposed not to be as addictive as a benzodiazepine (like lorazepam). Good if you don't have to be up early and would be good if you also had some anxiety symptoms. I felt a little flat, but peaceful rather than depressed. I just didn't feel as hyperactive as I usually do, which might be a good thing.

Aussie Girl

02-17-2014, 05:20 AM	#17
Aussie Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 260	Re: Sleep and cancer Update on mirtazapine orodispersable tablets for sleep.... They taste like lemon sherbet dissolving on your tongue (definitely need to be hidden from little kids). Very potent. The med is available in 15mg and 30mg tablets. I take 7.5mg (1/2 of 15mg tablets) and it sends me to sleep in less than 15 minutes. I wake up sometimes in the night, but still drowsy and calm and fall back to sleep. Hard to get up a 6 in the morning, and there is a certain calmness through the day. After effects are reducing on subsequent days. A quarter tablet didn't quite work. I'm trying to cut the rather crumbly tablets in to thirds which may be the ideal dose for me. Overall, seems to be a good choice as supposed not to be as addictive as a benzodiazepine (like lorazepam). Good if you don't have to be up early and would be good if you also had some anxiety symptoms. I felt a little flat, but peaceful rather than depressed. I just didn't feel as hyperactive as I usually do, which might be a good thing. Aussie Girl __________________ 31mm Infiltrating duct carcinoma Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+, Neg Sentinel nodes x 5 49mm field of DCIS 17 June '13: Screen detected impalpable mass, Mammogram neg, US. 25 June '13: Diagnosed after multiple biopsies and MRIs 28 June '13: Left lumpectomey 4 July '13: Left Mastectomy 12 August '13: Commenced TCH chemo Mid December '13 : TCH finished. Herceptin continuing three weekly. 4 August 2014- Herceptin infusions finished. END OF THERAPY - YAY!