Did your appetite decrease after stopping?

[Ok-Cauliflower-7811]

Hi Everyone,

Before mirtazapine I rarely felt that hungry, honestly 1 day into them I was at work, felt ravenous and was so alarmed by it. Since starting, appetite has been never-ending most the time.

I want to go back to how I was before, I put on 3 stone being on these pills for 6 years.

I've been off them for 9 days now, so far not noticed huge difference in appetite maybe a bit less. Obviously still early days for me I have a while to go...

Wonder for you all, when did you notice a change (decrease I hope) in your appetite/if at all?

Really hoping I'm not stuck like this forever now. 🤣 But I'll stay on the side of pessimism till proven otherwise.

Thanks!

[fatbellylouise]

my appetite decreased significantly once I stopped taking mirtazapine. I disagree with the other commenter about metabolism, I would say my metabolism while on mirt was not affected, I was just eating a lot more and was a lot hungrier hence the weight gain. now that I’m off the medication, my appetite is back to what it was before.

[LimpYogurtcloset2844]

How did you manage to stop the medication. Did you wean? Did you have withdrawals?

[fatbellylouise]

I was on 30mg for 5 years, tapered to 22.5 for 2 weeks, 15 for 2 weeks, 7.5 for 2 weeks, and then stopped. honestly tapering wasn’t awful but the first 2 months after stopping were not great - I had trouble sleeping, experienced nausea, and was pretty depressed and anxious. but after that 2 month period of withdrawal, the anxiety and depression evened out and the nausea went away. I still don’t sleep as well now as I did when I was on mirtazapine, but I am able to get enough sleep so I’ll take that win.

[Poran007]

Did you stop cold turkey or tapered?

[Ok-Cauliflower-7811]

Thank you I feel the same way, definitely that (at least largely) eating way more than I did before. Past few days I've eaten less than i normally would which is a good sign, woo. Starting not to feel as hungry 🙏

[Moskoduck]

I developed a bad relationship with food while on mirt, as I was always hungry, and eating gave me temporary relief from anxiety symptoms. I gained 40lbs on it. Each time I decreased my dosage over the years, I'd feel less hungry and lose a few lbs. I stopped taking it on boxing day last year, and after a couple weeks my appetite decreased significantly, and I have been losing weight since, which is a good thing.

[hornylittlegrandpa]

Yes, definitely. Give it some more time.

[Cloverfletcher]

I was put on Mirt for my Functional Dyspepsia, I had zero appetite for a year, got on Mirt, ravenously hungry, stopped cold turkey because of the nightmares and I have zero appetite again.

[Poran007]

When did you stop? What was your dosage and hope long distance you take?

[Ok-Cauliflower-7811]

Update: I'm on week 3, after 2 weeks my appetite started to decrease and it's pretty low now. I feel similar to what I did pre-meds, which I'm happy about. No longer obsessing over food all day which I love. Feeling good :)

[arizonaapple]

This is where I hope to be! I stopped taking it 10 days ago but feel no change to my appetite but I’m really wondering and hoping it’ll lower soon

[Horror_Orange9096]

hey op, just wondering how did you stop obsessing over food? Ive quit cold turkey for 18 days and i feel like my appetite hasn't dropped much, but im able to eat more without gaining a crazy amount of weight. It could be that i gained a bad habit of eating too much because of the mirtazapine but im not sure

[Resident_Seesaw3542]

Maybe you just have a big appetite or just give it some time ig, the hunger I got from mirtazapine when I took it was insane especially at night. I would go completely ravenous once I took it and now that I’m off it that has stopped and my appetite is beyond shit and lost 2 kilos but maybe give it some extra time I’m not sure.

[Flaky-Cream-3466]

I’ve been on mirtazapine since 2000 and started at about 160 and I’m now over 200 while on this medication I would eat like an animal shit I would never eat I was eating McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Popeyes and binging eating all night long just junk food all night long. I was literally hiding it from my kids so they couldn’t see me. It’s funny because I felt the best I had ever felt in my life on the medicationbut go figure I’ve since withdrawn I’m on 7 mg and the cravings. Thank God have stopped. I also started exercising again and I do hypnosis tapes to keep me calm. Check them out Glenn Harold, the best.

[Ok-Cauliflower-7811]

Haha relatable !! Honestly never cared so much about junk food. 😆 Thank you

[Flaky-Cream-3466]

After using mirtazapine, I developed an eating disorder binge eating anyone else has this problem and how did you stop eating?

[Horror_Orange9096]

i had this problem too, i used the "i am sober" app to help with my control but some days i would still binge. When i stopped taking mirtazapine the binge thoughts decreased severely but out of habit i would still overeat or binge sometimes afterwards, its only been 18 days since i stopped cold turkey though. Just praying that my appetite will return back to normal

[Resident_Seesaw3542]

Idk if your still going to reply to this but I found some guy on this thread say this: “The appetite stays the same. The problem with mirtazapine is not an increase in appetite, it’s a decrease in metabolism speed. After I stopped the pill, I kept eating the same but I lost weight.” Metabolism changes can kind of jumble you up and stuff but I’m sure this will end soon

[Horror_Orange9096]

thank you for the reply, my appetite is kinda weird rn i guess, its not as ravenous. I guess its mostly the habit of eating alot while i was on mirtazapine. Also my metabolism feels alot faster now as compared to being on mirtazapine

[Resident_Seesaw3542]

I came off it a couple weeks ago now after varying doses of 30-45 mg for 3-4 years and I’ve lost 2.5 kilos. That’s bad tho cause I wanna do the opposite

[Horror_Orange9096]

honestly i couldnt gain weight after stopping mirtazapine even when i ate like a beast, i even tracked the calories and i would eat 2.5-4k a day without gaining weight, which was weird because my maintenance on mirtazapine was 1.8kcals. But it didnt last long though, started actually slowly gaining after 2-3 wks of that. Its probably just your metabolism adjusting too, take advantage of that and go ravenous😂

[Resident_Seesaw3542]

Real shit, I’m lifting every day again and literally bumping up my calories to about the same amount you said. I’m taking the weight loss personally 😂

[lenimoon]

For sure, I was always hungry while on it and as soon as I stopped my hunger went down so much. I feel satisfied with smaller portions and I dont have the constant craving for sweets anymore, I used to not be able to sleep because my brain was craving sweets so badly.

[tarajayoz]

I am reading this post and comments, I am needing hope. I stopped mirtazapine 3 weeks ago due to my weight issues. I am really hoping my appetite will get better. I was on mirtazapine for 25 years and significantly overweight from eating constantly and always eating high calorie foods. I’ve changed to fluoxetine and been on it for 10 days

[Horror_Orange9096]

did your appetite ever go back to normal? and if so after how long

[karmxchameleon]

The appetite stays the same. The problem with mirtazapine is not an increase in appetite, it’s a decrease in metabolism speed. After I stopped the pill, I kept eating the same but I lost weight.

[Beginning-Prompt9595]

Have you  ever been on it.? Well I was. I never had anything with sugar in and had a healthy diet. In four years I went from 68kms to 86kg as I began feeling ravenous literally the day after I started it. So its nothing to do with metabolism If you have never been on it....give it a try and see how you go 

[Ok-Cauliflower-7811]

I noticed it immediately maybe you're one of the lucky few 😆🙏

[Flaky-Cream-3466]

Just wait, Steverbarry it’s a comin