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It's no secret that pharmaceutical companies influence the medication prescribed by doctors by giving them financial incentives, " BIG PHARMA" funds 90 per cent of research! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/many-antidepressant-studies-found-tainted-by-pharma-company-influence/...

Slow is the way to go, and it sounds like you have a good plan in place to aid the process. You have done remarkedly well to get down to 12.5mg, like you said there is no rush, slow and steady wins the race ;)

Mirtazapine does have sedating effects for a vast majority of people and doctors will often prescribe it for this reason. Some people have put on in excess of 10 kilos in a four week period with this drug, it is well known for causing weight gain and is often ceased for this very reason...

When drug companies lose their patent they usually come out with another drug which is nearly the same drug. Pfizer did this, when they lost the patent on Effexor, they launched Pristiq which is actually the main metabolite of Effexor, venlafaxine hydrochloride. Pristiq was marketed for major...

Gabapentin is turning out to be the same horror story, this is not surprising as they are both gabapentinoids. I was informed pregabalin was the lesser of the two evils years ago but from what I have read and heard both drugs can cause horror stories just like Benzodiazepines.

Unfortunately brain zaps can hang around long after the medication leaves the body, many people can experience brain zaps for years. Yes years!! I have had brain zaps continuously for over 8 months now, roughly 8 an hour. The saying that time heals is no less true in this case. Brain zaps...

What you are experiencing are some pretty common side effects actually for antidepressants, Anorgasmia, also happens frequently, but doctors often fail to explain this as a side effect to both men and women. Weight gain, usually a given especially from Mirtazapine and most anti-psychotics...