Drug Ratings for REMERONAverage Rating: 3.0 (766 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | Depression and anxiety | Extreme muscle weakness, lethargic, sore muscles, brain fog, digestive issues | F | 47 | 1 months 45 mg | 5/16/2013 | 1 | Depression | It made me sleep all the time and unable to wake up. I got irritated and annoyed about everything the first 3 weeks. It made me have no filter in what I would say to everyone. I felt numb to any kind of other emotions such as happiness. I then got angry and felt destructive .. I ended up breaking over $6000 worth of my belongings being on this medication and almost arrested. I had contacted my doctor before the outburst and they told me to go to a walk in clinic, I also called after the outburst and got the same answer .. I felt extremely alone at that point and refused to continue taking it. After taking it, I finally felt guilt for the outburst and honestly mortified ! I do not recommend anyone taking this. It can cause some serious side effects so, unless you are being observed by a doctor and monitored 24/7, don't take it. I was never violent or angry my entire life, except on this drug, and now, after taking it I am fine ...? | F | 23 | 2 months 30mg | 5/3/2013 | 1 | sleep and anti-depressant | Helped me sleep when I needed help. Then, the withdrawal | This drug works if you are in the throes of a serious catastrophe. It enhances your antidepressant and helps you sleep soundly and fights anxiety (mind you, I took 1/2 of usually prescribed starting dose). Trying to get off it? PURE HELL. Sweats, tremors, suicidal thoughts, extremely high anxiety, all known side effects of withdrawal but from 7.5 MILLIGRAMS? If you need it, take it. But don't just STOP, wean yourself off very carefully. I'll never take it again. | F | 64 | 0 days 7.5 1X D | 4/29/2013 History | 2 | add and dystimia | I felt I couldn't get up the next day. It was so bad I almost fell out of bed so I ended up quit taking it. I was even drowsy at work. | F | 35 | 2 days 5mg | 4/25/2013 | 5 | insomnia | Drowsiness, but that's what's intended. An hour or so after taking this med, I will want to eat lots of sour candy. You will literally eat sugar out of the bag. I do not think this has caused me any weight gain, as this effect does NOT carry over into the morning/next day. For me, it's an inducer of a mandatory midnight treat, but that's all. I am skinny by nature, and have remained so on this drug. | Give this med a chance, it's disguised as a really nasty side-effect-laden drug at first, but give it at least a week to get past it's initial nastiness to judge if it's right for you. I felt like an absolute apathetic zombie the first two days I took this med (just 15 mg at the time). It was all smooth sailing after that though. Excellent sleep med after trazodone pooped out. It takes about an hour to hit me. I still need to take an SSRI for anxiety -- the remeron alone wasn't enough. An SSRI + Remeron may be a good combination for treatment-resistant depression. Does not cause sexual dysfunction like other AD's (specifically the SSRI/SNRI class of drugs). Buproprion is the alternative (may actually be sexually enhancing). Buproprion is the antithesis of remeron in terms of sedation/stimulation though. | M | 22 | 5 years 45 mg 1X D | 4/14/2013 | 1 | Anxiety, chronic worry | Insomnia: I would fall asleep deeply for three hours, then wake up and toss and turn, awake off and on for the rest of the night. Weird, vivid dreams, some frightening, some fun. NUMBNESS/APATHY: I felt calm and not anxious at all, but I also felt totally numb. My boyfriend and I were having sex, and although I responded physically, I was so detached from him emotionally that I couldn't go through with it. We had to stop and talk out my numbness. ANGER and HOSTILITY toward my boyfriend. I was just angry and pissed at him all week, started fights and was unreasonable. Felt like I suddenly wanted to break up with him because all of his faults were intolerable and our relationship issues were not worth working through. | This drug really calmed me down and made me much less anxious. But, that was only because I felt NOTHING. I literally felt numb, and when I wasn't feeling numb, I was feeling self-righteous anger. I stopped taking it and immediately felt back to my normal self -- including anxiety, but I'd rather be anxious than a raging, destructive bitch. | F | 43 | 3 days 3.75 mg 1X D | 3/29/2013 | 5 | Anxiety/Insomnia | 1st year slight weight gain (10lbs.), lost it in year 2. No side effects anymore. | My body must have gotten used to it over time because this drug continues to help my sleep and concentration. I have taken brand tablet, brand soltab, & every generic available. I stopped for about 6 months, didn't die, but missed it. I recommend using Wiki to read about how it works. It is no worse than ssri side effects or withdrawal effects. I don't drink and every year my liver/blood is fine. 15mg a night always works & 1 last thing, brand IS stronger otherwise Teva & Greenstone are good generics. Sandoz & Auerobindo not as good IMO. | M | 37 | 12 years 15mg 1X D | 3/8/2013 | 4 | Insomnia | It knocked me out but had a difficult time waking up. Had a very hard time getting motivated to do anything the next day. Will try half tonight. | F | 51 | 1 days 30 mg | 2/24/2013 | 3 | Major depression | Tingling in feet | This medication was a lifesaver for me about14years ago. It worked for 7 years, and then pooped out!! I had to have my blood tested once a month, because many people had died on this med! | F | 40 | 7 years 100 mg 1X D | 2/16/2013 | 1 | Sleeping Aid | I am tapering off benzos and can't sleep so Dr. suggested this for sleep. Yes, it works, but horrible hangover feeling. Hostility and depressed. Just don't care - about anything and that isn't "me". | Hate this stuff and not taking it tonight. I am going to call my doctor and have a little chat with him. | F | 57 | 7 days 15mg 1X D | 1/29/2013 | 4 | Insomnia | Extreme sedation. Tired weak and clumsy the next day. | F | 24 | 7 days 15 mg | 1/15/2013 | 4 | Insomnia | Dry mouth, weight gain, nightmares. | Has helped my insomnia tremendously. | F | 50 | 1 years 7.5mg 1X D | 1/4/2013 | 1 | Depression | Dangerous drug, terrible side effects(very dry and peeling skin around the eyes, hemorrhoids, kidney problem). | STAY AWAY OF THIS DRUG! | F | 36 | 60 days 30mg 1X D | 1/4/2013 | 5 | Depression | Sedation | Best drug ever for my depression with anxiety. | M | 28 | 14 days 30 MG 1X D | 12/17/2012 | 3 | Depression | Constipation and sleepiness (I like this side effect) on 15 mg; Voracious appetite and zapped of energy on 30 mg. | I started on 15 mg of Remeron 3 weeks ago. I slept amazingly well the first night. The next day on Remeron I had this "euphoric" feeling, as though all my cylinders were firing, and I was myself - happy and free. Best.day.ever. It only lasted that day. :( I did not expect it to last and I dont' know why I had those feelings . I am not sure it is helping with my depression at 15 mg. I incresed it to 30 mg 4 days ago and it zonked me out sleep wize. It also felt drained of energy, as if I could not move all day. I took 30 mg for 2 nights and went back down to 15. I wasn't going to succumb myself to that one more day. I am not sure this med is for me, but I love it for sleep! | F | 52 | 3 weeks 15 mg/30 m 1X D | 12/7/2012 | 5 | Anxiety/PTSD/Insomnia | I know a lot of people have said this gives them nightmares ect, but in reality, they ate actually reaching REM sleep. After having insomnia, I was put on a maintenance dose, and found that the first month I did have nightmares and dreams. But this was because I was actually sleeping. It takes a while to really get the full effect. No drug is a wonder drug. Everyone's body is different. I stopped having really crazy dreams after about 3 weeks. Weight gain- well I have gained 10 lbs in a year. It does slow down your metabolism, but with proper diet and exercise, you should be fine. I am in the military and in the healthcare field,.so I was pretty well informed about the side effects. This drug, like any other is not one to be judged in a week or two. Like other antidepressants, it takes 2-6 weeks to really get your body adjusted. My advice, if it still doesn't really work after 2 months, then try something else. But give it at least that amount of time. It's worth the try. | F | 32 | 1 years 15mg | 10/22/2012 | 4 | Anxiety and Depression | Extreme sleepiness- solved after reducing dosage to 30 mg, as long as I didn't have to be up too early. Dry mouth. Oh well., I can live with that CRAZY vivid , hallucinogenic, dreams the first week, then went away. Weight gain- wight has been piling up since I started. | So, first thing: I am grateful this med is out there and was prescribed to me. It really save my life since I was unable to work, anxiety ridden, suicidal, unable to sleep or eat , exhausted and nauseous and throwing up every morning. I was also reluctant to go back to prozac and it numbed me emotionally. With this drug I got my sleep and appetite back, and the depression lifted enough that I could function- while at the same time being able to experience a normal range of emotion from sadness to joy. During this year I did have a few depressive episodes but adjusting the med helped ( I went back and forth between 15 and 45 mg with my psychiatrist's indications). It's amazing to sleep again, to eat again and not to wake up as if you're on plane that's crashing. Was able to resume yoga practice and that has also helped immensely. My main issue is I've piled up weight, and that is crashing my self-esteem, so my psychiatrist has reccommended wellbutrin. Feeling bummed I can't be off meds, but trying to take baby steps back to a place where I won't need them again. | F | 48 | 1 years 45 mg 1X D | 10/7/2012 | 3 | depression | Increased triglycerides to 550.....A VERY dangerous level.....you can get pancreatitis if you are not careful with triglicerides and that is deadly. | went off it in a month gradually and after a month (2 months since i started tapering off) I checked my triglycerides and they had gone back down to 250...............a great sign. Hope soon to have my triglycerides return to normal around 150. This drug worked initially, made me feel great for about a month.............then i would get nausea (as my triglycerides must have skyrocketed and poisoned my blood serum) occasionally. | M | 37 | 1 years 30 1X D | 10/4/2012 | 3 | sore scratchy throat | please email me if you have had a sore throat from this med. I told the doc about it and he waves it off | F | 46 | 7 days 15mg 1X D | 9/12/2012 | 5 | depression with anxiety and insomni | Finally able to fall and stay asleep. | Before taking remeron I was taking seroquel and trazodone. They did not help me sleep any PERIOD. I take Soltab at bedtime and rest a good 8 hous and do not wake. It has caused my life to become normal for once. It will make you drowsy at first in the mornings but soon goes away after about a month. I now wake refreshed and not so hungover as many meds have made me. I had not slept good in over two years due to problems from PTSD from being a retired veteran where I witnessed to black side of war. I would have nightmares when I would briefly doze off and would have the same nightmares like I was still trapped behind enemy lines. My wife is now able to sleep since I do not get up all hors of the night looking for and intruder in the yard. I shot my neighbors dog thinking it was an insurgent trying to case out my home. I spent 30 days in jail and didn'y sleep a wink and now I use a pellet gun to shoot the dogs since now I know they are only trying to see what why I am out in the yard at wee hours of the night screaming to my platoon to "take cover", 'ememy spotted 5 o'clock.... My psychotris says I should scald the dogs with hot bleach water and give them antifreeze on bread to tide them over until reinforcements can arrive. Soltab has save my life and my platoon and the neighborhood dogs if they stay out of the bait stations since they are so poor, they sometime go for the sntifreeze even though I have marked the sites with skulls and crossbones signs, but | M | 43 | 6 years 30 mg 1X D | 8/29/2012 | 1 | sleeplessness | vomiting, lack of sleep, shaking | this is the WORST medication i have ever taken i took it twice and i've been sick for a week. | M | 15 | 2 days 30 1X D | 8/25/2012 | 4 | depression/anxiety | Weight gain! 16 pounds in 5-6 weeks.Makes my sugar levels go crazy if exercise. It does help with my depression/anxiety. | M | 22 | 6 weeks 30mg | 8/9/2012 | 5 | Severe major depression/anxiety | Dizzy first couple of days. Slight increase in sugar cravings but controllable. My 16 year old daughter was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts, severe major depression and anxiety. She was given 15mg remeron at bedtime and 20 mg Celexa in mornings. All I can say is wow! She was like a different person in 2 days. I didn't expect such quick results as therapeutic dosage has not been reached with Celexa. She sleeps well and deep. Has energy, no anxiety. She is craving sweets some, but is able to control the eating. No weight gain so far. She says she feels like she is living her life for the first time ever. I have never seen her so relaxed and happy. For all the negative comments...I would say its worth a try because for some people this is a miracle drug. | F | 16 | 2 weeks 15mg | 8/5/2012 | 2 | Long term resistant depression | Weird sleep disturbances (yelling in my sleep). Lethargy, increased need for sleep. Constipation. May have contributed to weight gain over a few months. | I had high hopes for this one but it never seemed to have any antidepressant effect on me at all. I felt like a slug, could have slept fourteen hours a day and had a terrible time getting up and motivated to start the day. I even took it in combination with Effexor, the much vaunted "rocket fuel" combo without much success. For me it was good for sleep and nothing else, depite going up to a higher dose where it was supposed to be activating. | M | 44 | 3 months 60 1X D | 7/25/2012 | 5 | Anxiety/depression and Post-Partum | Weight Gain- but after 2 births in 2 years- I had other reasons for being overweight. I did drop about 15 pounds when I stopped the med. The first few days I was so sleepy I wanted to stop the med. But I was told to wait it out a few days- and glad I did. | After losing my baby at birth- and then developing medical complications a few weeks later and ending up in the hospital- I became severely anxious and depressed. I began anti-depressants for the first time in my life because I was having severe panic attacks and my mental health was deteriorating fast. My symptoms of depression were loss of appetite, just wanting to sleep, loss of interest in life, didn't want anyone to visit me, anxiety so bad I was crawling out of my skin. After beginning the med- It took about 2-3 days of severe tiredness and wanting to do nothing but sleep. On the 3rd day- I was discharged from the hospital- and my friend bought me a drink from Planet smoothie and ate a piece of pizza. I was so grateful to desire food again. Before that i was just eating peanut butter and drinking gingerale and could barely stomach that. It did have an effect such as "having the munchies" but for me this was good at the time. I noticed an improvement of mood, and a desire to get out of bed and face the world. It also helped my IBS symptoms (stomach). When I delivered my second baby a year later - alive thankfully (went off the meds during pregnancy), I went into post partum depression pretty fast. Within a week- I asked for Remeron again and within 24 hours (after a long night sleep and my mom caring for the baby) I felt so much better and felt like my old self- able to eat again and care for my baby. This was a miracle drug and worth the side effects. I did g | F | 40 | 1 years 1X D | 7/19/2012 | 2 | am taking it for depression | I've been having nightmares everynight since I began taking the script remeron. I also awaken approximately every 3 hours. Coincidence or are nightmares a result of the new script?????? I don't believe I've been taking it long enough to have a definite opinion on grading it 1-5. | F | 60 | 4 weeks 15 | 6/20/2012 | 3 | Anxiety/Depression | Weight gain like crazy from the start and increased nightmares (which were horrible before). Loosing seconds in memory or dizziness. | The first day I was so groggy, I couldn't function. Has helped a bit...but not much. | F | 20 | 14 days 15MG 1X D | 6/13/2012 | 5 | Anxiety and depression | Started with 30mg. Heard it was bad for weight gain, so I was VERY careful the first couple of years. The weight gain did catch up to me, however. Never found it made me tired (at night). I thought this drug was a miracle for my depression and anxiety. I took it at night, slept through the entire next day, and woke up a new man. Also, no negative effects on libido. Alas, after 11 years, and up to 45 mg, it just isn't working for me any more, so I need to find a new anti-D. | Whenever I missed a dose (not often, but...) or changed doses, I would have to start again on a Friday because I could sleep thru a Saturday. Again, though, the following day, I was good as new. I came to this site to find out if anyone has been having memory problems with long term use of Remeron (brand). If anyone has, or has some interesting info to offer, I'd like to hear about it. As I said, I do have to find a new med, but an 11 year run with no libidinal problems, I think, is damn good. | M | 53 | 11 years 30 MG 1X D | 5/28/2012 | 1 | Insomnia | Frightening, vivid, psychedelic dreams | The sleep was so deep I knew I was dreaming, yet could not wake up. It was terrifying. | F | 37 | 3 days 15mg 1X D | 5/23/2012 | 5 | Bipolar disoder | Knocks him out, and increased appetite. | This medicine has helped my fiance so much I had to share. He was on zyprexa but when it went generic it was just to expensive to buy. He would throw up multiple times a day from his stress level. This medicine stopped the throwing up completely. He was at 122 at 5'11. In the last month hes gained 15lbs. Maybe thats not good for everyone but for someone who couldn't eat and would throw up like he was from the stress he felt its been an amazing blessing. He no longer has psychosis symptoms either. Everyone in his family says they have never seen him so healthy, even on the zyprexa people thought something didn't seem right but now everyone would describe him as normal. This has been a miracle medicine and I hope it continues to work so well. | M | 27 | 30 days 30 1X D | 5/17/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, depressiom and insomnia | First week increase anxiety and depression to the point that I wamted to stop taking it. My dr convince me to hang on and wait one more week. On day ten everithing changed. My anxiety stopped and my depression lifted. What a change!!! I starting sleeping great some times with vivid dreams that became rare after a month. Please give the medicine a chamce. Dont stop it until at East two weeks of taking it. The bad effects will go away. Yes yo do gain weight but if you control your cravings and excersise you can keep it under control I gained 7 pounds un four months but I like them since I was under weight. i has since bought an scale to monitor my weight and have not gained any more pounds. My quality of sleep is great. Three weeks ago I started lowering my dosis to 15 mg and so far I have no withdrawal. maybe my sleep is not as great but still good. At 30mg your feeling are a little num so you dont over react to every day thinks. Also, it allowed me to make difficult destions becau | F | 50 | 6 months 30 mg 1X D | 5/17/2012 | 1 | Sleep aid | AWFUL | I took 1/2 a 15 mg pill at night for sleep after a terrible personal tragedy. I stopped taking it when the psychiatrist told me it was why I GAINED 15 POUNDS. I stopped five days ago. I have had the chills (no fever) since the third day off this drug. I now see this is a side effect of WITHDRAWAL. Very dry mouth while taking it and I sleep just fine without it STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG. The more you take, the more dangerous it is to get off it. | F | 65 | 14 months 7.5 1X D | 5/12/2012 | 2 | insomnia | terrible dry mouth and really sleeping worse than before. Not helping my insomnia at all. | M | 63 | 6 days 30mg 1X D | 5/11/2012 | 5 | Major Depression and Insomnia | Weight Gain (I needed to gain what was lost anyways). Increased appetite especially sweets. Like a sweet feind almost Dreams everyday regular though. Grogginess in the AM. Very good sleeping pattern now. | F | 38 | 4 weeks 30mg | 5/9/2012 | 3 | depression and sleep | Restless Legs, less sleep, I wake up a few times then can go back to sleep | Taken before bed, you get sleepy about 30 min after taking | F | 55 | 3 months 30 1X D | 4/28/2012 | 5 | Insomnia & Anxiety | 1st year gained about 10 pounds and had all of the other minor side effects. Augmented an ssri (prozac) with it for awhile. It's effective for ssri side effects (sweating, insomnia, also.) | My body must have gotten used to it over time because this drug continues to help my sleep and concentration. I have taken brand tablet, brand soltab, & every generic available. I stopped for about 6 months and did not die but I missed it. I recommend using Wiki to read about how it works. It is no worse than ssri side effects or withdrawal effects. I don't drink and every year my liver is fine. 15mg a night always works & 1 last thing, brand IS stronger otherwise Teva & Greenstone are good generics. Sandoz & Auerobindo not as good. | M | 37 | 12 years 15mg 1X D | 4/26/2012 | 4 | Depression/ Anxiety/ Sleep | Weight gain right out the gate/ but it's great cause I had trouble eating and keeping it down because of my high anxiety levels. But my choice in foods is not good/ lots of soda and junk food. But overall this has been the best medicine I've been on and I've been on almost everything. Less serious side effects with remeron. I'm very pleased! | M | 24 | 8 months 30 mg | 4/26/2012 | 5 | PTSD, and nightmares | Weight gain, no dreams | I started it because I couldn't sleep I was having nightmares constantly. My past(Iraq) was comig back to huant me two or three times a week. I actually lost 50 pounds in three months, my doctor thought I was dieing, I've gotten back 35 of it so far, though not as in good of shape as I was. I feel better my wife says I act better I have motavation to live and go, where I didn't before. One downside is if I miss one dose the nightmares will keep me up all night, random one at that. Also I don't dream at all anymore. I used to have fantastic dreams and even lucid dreams. Now I take my pill and go into a coma for six hours. But I'm ready for the world when I get up. I went a four day period with none because my doctor refused to fill it until I saw him. It was four days of hell. I do not recommend quiting cold turkey, EVER. | M | 30 | 90 days 30 mg 1X D | 4/25/2012 | 1 | Depression | F | 1.875 1X D | 3/30/2012 History | 5 | MDD/Anxiety | Weight gain. Constipation. | Very effective. I gained about 20 lbs. in first six weeks. Started on Atkins to counterract this. Constiaption: A lot of water, green veggies help. Occasional laxative. I sleep great. Some morning grogginess but nothing a cup of coffee can't cure. No sex problems. Feel free to correspond. | M | 52 | 2 months 45mg 1X D | 3/29/2012 | 4 | Anxiety, Depression | Insatiable hunger, great sleep, frequent dreams of food, improved mood, expanding waistline, no orgasm delay, increase interest in sex and pornographic material, increased interest in shopping, decreased interest in being in the house, decreased interest in keeping clutter at bay. My psychiatrist prescribed 15mg nightly, but I find I have too much trouble waking up if I take more than a quarter of that. Sometimes I bite off a bit more than the 3.75mg and wake up in a stupor, ugh. | Oh my lawwwwwd! I pretty much have the munchies ALL the time nowadays, but it's much worse in the evening. My job is relatively physical, but I have nevertheless gained 5 pounds in a month. Sheeeeat. I just want to stand at the fridge with a spatula. Even my dreams involve food! I have dreamt about devouring such tasties as a whole red-velvet cake with creme cheese frosting, a pan of brownies, a box of chocolate cheerios, a mountain of deep-fried stuffed won-tons, pull-apart cheesy bread... HFS! I wake up in the morning desirous of fries and gravy. Yum YUM! As for the therapeutic effect, I always slept pretty good, but now I sleep great. I am bolder. I feel less remorse. I like to drive faster. I broke up with my boyfriend last week and I didn't feel a thing. I merely popped a wheelie and raced on over to Dairy Queen. :-/ | F | 42 | 1 months 3.75mg 1X D | 3/23/2012 | 3 | extreme anxiety | Cons: HUGE weight gain that I can't lose. Constant craving for sweets (I never liked sweets.) Unbearable sense of "overheated" that is completely disabling for minutes at a time. Don't know if it ever helped my anxiety (and new depression), certainly not good now. Pros: Improved sleep most nights. Fewer digestive disturbances (diarrhea and stomach pain). | I have been stable at 135 pounds all of my life until I took this drug. The first night (!!!) I took it, I dreamed about Cocoa Puffs cereal all night, and awoke ravenous. I was too doped to drive, tipping over when I tried to move, but even in that state I begged my husband to drive to the grocery for me. I wolfed down half a box of sugary cereal as soon as he got home. The doped feeling went away within 2 days, but now I am always hungry, and constantly craving sweets. (I never went for sweets before.) I am now at 148 pounds, and freaked out that I can't lose any of this weight. This overweight person in the mirror is me! I can't lose it, I even tried to reduce the dosage on my own to make it easier to lose weight, but MISTAKE. Out of nowhere, can you say DEPRESSION??? Has anyone else had a side effect of getting overheated to the point you can't function temporarily? The doctor dismisses this as a side effect, just "hot flashes", but I know the drug is doing it. | F | 50 | 4 times 15 mg. 1X D | 3/12/2012 | 5 | poor sleep, anxiety | very groggy in the AM initially. | I began taking 15 MG Remeron about 4 weeks ago. Before, I was waking up every night after 4-5 hours of sleep, sometimes less, and not being able to get back to sleep. The first week of taking the 15mg, there was the hangover effect in the morning and into the next day. I went down to 7.5MG until the end of the first week and moved back up to 15MG. I had been dealing with the sleep problems for much of the past 10 years. After the first week, the hangover effect went away. After the second week, my sleep continued to improve to the point where I sleep throughout the night virtually every night and when I do wake, I am able to get back to sleep. It's only been 4 weeks, but I can easily say that this drug has greatly helped my sleep and anxiety associated with the sleeplessness. I am sleeping better then I have since I was a kid. | M | 45 | 4 weeks 15mg 1X D | 2/24/2012 | 1 | moderate depression | I took this Friday night before bed as my doctor prescribed. I was warned it may cause sleepiness, but my side effect were much more extreme. I took it around 11pm Friday night and was able to read just fine for an hour before falling asleep. I typically wake at least once in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I woke at 6am to use the bathroom and made it there, stumbling and was on my way back when I started feeling horribly nauseous and dizzy. I woke my husband hyperventilating. I made it back to the bathroom, thought I would throw up but had diarrhea. All the while my vision was going spotted black, my face was numb and I could hardly move my arms or legs. I stumbled back to bed and my poor husband had to flush the toilet. It was embarrassing how disoriented and helpless I was. I feel like I could barely get words out to speak to him and was very panicked. Moderate depression I can deal with in therapy, these side effects are NOT WORTH IT! The next day I slept | F | 26 | 1 days 30mg 1X D | 1/29/2012 | 2 | Insomnia | I also noticed problems with a "foggy" memory and poor concentration. | All of my side effects were gone within one day of stopping this medication! | F | 32 | 2 years 15mg 1X D | 1/26/2012 History | 5 | BiPolar depression ,panic disorder | increased appetite and good sleep. Occasional nightmare also but that comes with the territory | Took this med. for years and it worked fine for me. It helped me sleep. It has heavy antihistamine effects as well. | F | 52 | 10 years 15MG 1X D | 1/20/2012 | 1 | depression | 8 months and loss of feeling for anything fell doped flu like | M | 43 | 15mg 1X D | 1/18/2012 | 5 | anxiety/insomnia | I started taking 15 MG for Insomnia and Anxiety after the death of my Mom.3 months later I lost my Grandson and couldn't cope. Mine was upped to 30MG. I have been taking this ever since. Had some very vivid dreams in the beginning and flu like symptoms, Gained a few pounds but think now it was due to not being as mobile as I was used to. | I now take it ever night 30 min. before bed time along with 10MG endocet and soma. I sleep very well all night, wake up very well rested and I'm able to work again.Give any medication time to work like its supposed to. There are no over night cures! | F | 45 | 1 years 30MG 1X D | 1/15/2012 | 2 | Anxiety & depression | Morning stupor that was so bad that I often slept for 12+ hours. It has caused a ravenous appetite and I have gained over a stone in weight. Dreaming is vivid but fortunately few nightmares. | My mood has stayed 'flat' throughout and I have still been experiencing uncomfortable levels of anxiety. My doctor has stopped my dose entirely so that I can go back to Sertraline in a weeks time. I am two days into withdrawl and the morning stupor is still present but no other withdrawl symptoms as yet (fingers crossed). | M | 57 | 1 years 30mg &15mg 1X D | 1/13/2012 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety | initially the sleeping and weight gain ( which I needed). But after a couple year my whole body seemed to go haywire with no reasonable explanation. Numbness and tingling in my legs and ars, panic attacks, pain in my muscles, aching all the time, loss of desire to get out of the house because I hurt so much.... I could go on and on | I have triend to get off of the drug but my body goes crazy, cant sleep, rapid heart beat, nightmares. I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, something I had never heard of. My life has been reduced to a void. This is good for short term use but please dont end up like me, sometimes I think I would be better off dead, because it's killing me slowly and painfully anyway | F | 38 | 10 years 45 mg 1X D | 1/11/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | Weight gain - all other side effects have gone away. | I have now been on Remeron for approximately 4 months. I have had a little more weight gain, but have not gained anymore than 15 lbs total over the past 6 months. I am no longer drowsy when I get up, which has been great. I was also on Lorazepam 0.5mg two times per day, but have dropped down to 0.5mg one time per day only M-F and sometimes not at all during the day. My doctor is ok with me only taking it as needed. I was glad to go from taking a total of 21 pills each week to only taking 12. Remeron has done wonders for me. | F | 28 | 4 months 45mg 1X D | 1/5/2012 | 3 | anxiety/insomnia | weight gain, EXTREMELY vivid dreams (pleasant for myself, DO NOT take this if you're prone to nightmares, emotional numbness, groggy, possible breathlessness and tightness around head. | was supposed to take this for anxiety and insomnia, nil effects on anxiety, worked wonders for insomnia, half an hour after taking and im fast asleep, produces extremely vivid dreams every night, i take it before bed each night, can feel the effects almost immediately, do not take with anything else that causes drowsiness. after i take it if i close my eyes it almost feels as though my eyes are actually open because of the vivid imagery that goes on, almost like hallucinations, mostly pleasant, this will subside by the time you wake up in the morning. very groggy on this medication, cannot feel happy or sad, simply numb. but havent tried any other meds for anxiety that don't have this effect. just recently started feeling a tightness around my head, not sure yet if remeron is causing it though. | F | 19 | 4 months 30mg 1X D | 1/2/2012 | 5 | Panic/Anxiety | Restless legs but isn't terribly annoying. | These outrageous reviews by people who claim they are having such a horrible time adjusting to this med while simultaneously stating they are withdrawing form other meds at the same time is quite comical. Which med is causing you problems? Answer, you don't know and just want to complain about this most benign of all the antidepressant meds. Remeron has been the easiest of anti depressant meds for me to take and I've been on a bunch of SSRI/NRI type meds. The only side effects I get are good quality sleep and a lessoning of my anxiety. Take all these reviews even mine with a grain of salt. | M | 35 | 6 months 30 mg 1X D | 12/16/2011 | 2 | Anxiety / Depression | Worked well for insomnia, but little for depression. Also feel very sedateed at times and can no longer drive.. Tried slowly tapering down in 2005 but the withdrawal was too much and stayed on. Now I'm experiencing increasing numbness in both my legs since and am very concerned and will consult a neurologist. I'm otherwise fit, play tennis, yoga, etc. but the numbness is new and I'm very concerned it may cause nerve damage, Have others also experienced numbness in the legs? | May be good for sleep, but I feel often sedated and not here. Also not able to drive which is discouraging. Wish I had more courage to try other antidepressants - maybe now with the numbness issue I will. Love to here others opinions. | F | 53 | 10 years 60mg 1X D | 12/13/2011 | 5 | Major Depression | I started with 15mgs and had some sleepiness during the day for maybe 3 days. After 4 days I upped it to 30mgs and had the same sleepiness for about 3 days. After 4 days on 30mgs I upped it to 45mgs and I experienced some anxiety for about a week but no sleepiness. On the lower doses I did have food cravings but I just did not give in. After being on 45mgs for 3 weeks I could feel the antidepressant effects. My 7 year major depression has finally lifted. | Many of the low ratings are from users who really did not give the drug enough time to do its stuff. Right now its like I am not taking anything as far as side effects go and the depression is gone. Its important to stick with it. The side effects will go away. | M | 56 | 6 weeks 45mgs 1X D | 12/12/2011 | 4 | Depression | None after first week | F | 17 | 1 months 15mg | 12/11/2011 | 5 | severe depression & anxiety | Weight gain, sweet cravings, earaches, painful legs, pins & needles with pain in hand & arm. | F | 39 | 6 weeks 22mg | 12/8/2011 | 5 | depression n night terrors | the only side effect I really had was RLS(restless leg syndrome) n this was only in the first week of starting it.. | It stopped my night terrors completely, and helped my depression dramaticaly..I don't undrstand how most other posts on here have had such problems as they described..I have been on evey drug out there n also take other meds to treat me for psychosis n this drug is the best I have ever had to deal with my disorders..so I think either they didn't really have what they were diagnosed with or they didn't stay on it long enough to benefit from it!!! | M | 34 | 7 years 30 mg 1X D | 11/23/2011 | 1 | Insomnia and Fibromyalgia pain | Major weight gain (32 lbs) due to constant sugar cravings (completely unlike me!), muscle wasting (mystery raised blood CPK levels), chronic fatigue and weakness throughout body, severe burning muscle pain in legs, tremors, numbness and loss of sensation in hands and feet, increased blood pressure. | At first thought the drug was magic, it immediately cured my insomnia with minimal side effects; the chief one being unusual increased appetite, especially for sugary foods. However, roll on a few months & I then went on to experience the worst 18 months of my life. A complete unexplained deterioration in my overall health, with all sorts of strange neurological symptoms, & considerable muscle weakness. Things got so bad that the medics suspected I could be suffering from muscular dystrophy or MS! After some 20 months I was also concerned by large weight gain for an individual who had always been within safe weight range, & in < 2 yrs had become clinically obese. Tests ruled out nasty muscular & neurological diseases. Concerned that drug might be the culprit, agreed to come off it. 2 weeks after stopping the drug the tremors had ceased, & I began to get sensation back in my extremities. After 3 weeks the horrible burning sensation in my legs vanished, & my general fatigue began to disappear. 6 wks on, I feel human again, & now completely rid of all these horrible side-effects. In last 6 wks have shed 21 lbs without trying. The drug was 'sold' to me as a benign medication with minimal side effects. However, for me it unfortunately turned out to be pure poison!! Yes it can be a great treatment for insomnia, & very helpful for severe depression difficulties, but please be aware for some people it can cause very nasty side effects. | M | 39 | 20 months 30mg 1X D | 11/20/2011 History | 1 | Major dpression, PTSD | Aggitated, confused, worse anxiety, feel like a freight train. Eating habits are awful, terrible dreams, I feel ten times more worse then when I started! | I have even had thoughts of suicide. I see my therapist tomorrow. I need to be OFF of this med right away. | F | 40 | 30 days 15 1X D | 11/8/2011 |