"was put on these 2 x 30 mg mirtazapine over 10 years ago, for major depression, depression went but dr&#039;s keep prescribing 2 a day, so i asked if i could stop, which was met with &quot;why&quot;  and recommendations not to reduce any medications!! but after convincing my gp that taking high dose psych drugs didn&#039;t make sense to me when the initial complaint/condition had vanished, could she help me reduce and come off totally. to her credit she did a great job, and after 12 months slow reduction i am off, have also stopped 4 x 5mg valium daily, all with no side effects. the moral to this story is dr&#039;s are the distribution arm of big pharma, and kept blissfully ignorant to good health care, it&#039;s up to &quot;you&quot; to take back responsibility for our own health"