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I used Mirtazapine for a number of months after losing my father to cancer and a couple other loved ones, as well as going into perimenopause.  I was just so glad to, sadly, knock myself out at this point and sleep that it was a relief to sleep in whatever way I could.  I didn’t use as high a dose as some do as it was strong for me.  The first day I had to really push myself to get up at noon haaa!! never stay in that late.  Then I switched to 1/2 a pill.  Because I was also going through grief, as well as anxiety, it helped with those symptoms too.  I found I really needed to know I had a block of time to sleep as if you only had 5 or 6 hours in bed and rushed off, it would be hard to get going.  I also don’t really like to take drugs if you can avoid it and these meds can be terrible hard to get off of.  I found I was feeling lazy and unmotivated in the day so I decided it was time to come off them.  I always try good sleep hygiene but perimenopause really made it hard so I had a combination of things to keep anxiety up, otherwise, it may have been easier to get off them.  I am in a better spot now that I have gotten perimenopause under control, sleep is also better.  I don’t know where you are with your sleep but if there are other ways to avoid taking meds like someone specializing in sleep or digging into your deeper issues/root cause?

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