Mirtazapine: Strange Back Pain (Page 2)

Hello, I am taking 30mg daily before going to bed (male, 43 yo). I have started with a very low dosage of 7.5mg and over the course of about 1.5 months I reached the current level. I experienced clear drowsiness (which is a good as I was having trouble sleeping) and dry mouth from the beginning. While the effect of drowsiness right after taking the pill persists, the dry mouth seems to be mostly reduced (80% from the top at the beginning).

The reason why I'm writing is a strange back pain that started about 6-7 weeks ago. Here is why I find it strange and why I would like to hear from others if they experienced it like this:

1. I wake up every morning with acute back pain over all my back (bottom to below the neck)
2. Due to the pain I can hardly move in bed when I wake up. Often it's painful to just breath and I can find no good position.
3. I noticed a recurrent more painful area along the spine, but, like I said, pain is really everywhere in the back.
4. After I manage to get up, pushing through the pain, the pain fades in a matter of a few minutes as I start moving.
5. I don't experience pain during the day.
6. I did not change my sleeping habits, my mattress, my pillows etc.

Only a few minutes of pain in the morning would seem acceptable, if it wasn't for the acuteness of it. My guess (and it's really only just that, a guess) is that for some reason Mirtazapine is making me contract the back muscles through the night and then I somehow struggle to take control of my back muscles.

Would anyone let me know if they experienced similar back problems? Thanks!

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Hey just have to say that ave read the posts mainly due to me thinking the Mirtaz. Is turning me into a cripple with back pain hip pain I can hardly get walk from A to B now and such a rapid decline it’s scary


I just thought on checking if the Mirtaz had anything to do with it.
Yesterday I could hardly keep posture together in a cue in my local shop in struggled back to the house a 100 feet away I’m so glad I read all of the reports on this I’m now going to cold turkey off this stuff to see if my back hips and legs return to normal will keep you all posted so I have stopped as of today 15/12/25. Man see if it’s this Mirtaz !! Will keep you all posted

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