Mirtazipine weight gain?

[AngeH]

Hi everyone, thanks for your replies. I have been back to the doctors today after being fed up of feeling so tired all the time and permanently hungry. I have put on so much weight over the last 2 weeks it's just ridiculous and I know that if it continues , no matter how much it helps my mood it would ultimately be worse. So the doc has now straight swapped me to Venfelaxine ( although this week I am also on 5mg of citalopram before coming off it completely). Does anyone have any experience of this? Having read the side effects I am a little concerned by the possibility of becoming aggressive!
thanks in advance

[Paula]

I’ve been on venlafaxine for years. It’s a brilliant drug, normally well tolerated by most people and can be very effective. Ange, the pharma companies have to cover all their bases re side effects so include everything and most of the time they don’t happen so don’t worry over that, please.

The only thing you need to be aware of is the withdrawal (discontinuation) symptoms are tough to deal with and withdrawal can start really quickly after missing even one dose. It’s not an issue as long as you make sure you take your meds daily and at around the same time of day.