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I take mirtazipine 15mg for insomnia. i almost always fall asleep and wake up in the same position with my knees bent and achy legs. what causes this?
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Deep phase sleep : With out a sleep study , would be difficult to be specific but , it is perhaps due to you getting in stage 3, 4 sleep phase too quickly and not remaining in rem sleep
Answered 1/13/2015
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