| Key to ratings for remeron: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 4 | Severe Depression. | Slept soundly, no waking and not being able to get back to sleep.(A good thing for me) Initially slept 12 hours or more at a time and very groggy on waking.(Would wake,doze,wake,doze - hard to get up) Dry mouth for a couple of weeks WEIGHT GAIN. It was slow and I didn't notice it at first, but when I went to wear something a bit clingy...YUK!!!Where did that weight come from??? | I only put 2 and 2 together about the weight gain, after it had become quite noticeable. When I looked back at when I began taking Remeron and the weight gain beginning, it was a 'perfect match'. My appetite and eating habits hadn't changed, but my weight had. That's when I decided to look up 'Ask a Patient' to see what others have experienced. (A friend had told me about the site, and I think it's wonderful!!!Thank you) When I initially read about the possible side effects of the drug,which was given to me when I first started taking it, it included absolutely everything imaginable,so it wasn't any help. ALSO I've never experienced weight gain on any other medication that has listed it as a side effect. This is a first. Happy with the overall effect of the drug though, just not too fussed about the extra weight. | F | 52 | 4 months | 11/17/2009 | 2 | anxiety and depression | dizzy, drunk like, insomnia, animal appetite, eating massive amounts of food, serious weight gain. | It did stop my irritabilty but just cant seem to pick myself up. | F | 33 | 60 days | 11/16/2009 | 2 | insomnia, anxiety | insomnia | How long does it take for the Remeron to help with sleep? I have been taking 15 mg for a few days, and my sleep seems so much worse. | F | 36 | 11/12/2009 | 3 | severe depression | dry mouth, sleepy | only been on it about almost 3 weeks and it has lifted mymood and gotton me somewhat out of my funk i migh need a little stronger dose. | F | 58 | 3 weeks | 11/6/2009 | 3 | depression | average | M | 41 | 14 days | 10/22/2009 | 5 | Severe Depression and Anxiety | Late evening munchies, excitation when I tried to increase to 45mg | I posted in June and wanted to update. I guess I've been on 30mg for the past four months. A few weeks ago I tried to increase my dosage to 45mg. I was taking 30mg at night and 15mg in the morning. For the first few days I felt great (I'm wondering if it may have been placebo) but after three days I was unable to get to sleep when I took my dose before bed. So now I'm back to 30mg and things are still ok. The one thing I've noticed that separates this drug from the dozen or so others I've tried is that you don't feel apathetic. I still have bad days and I still have bouts of anxiety sometimes. I have less suicidal ideations and am able to get my work done more effectively. I know that many people pass on this drug because of all the accounts of weight gain. Unlike some of the other psych meds, remeron doesn't make you gain weight. It just makes you hungry. Just by knowing this I was able to keep my weight gain to under 10 pounds. I recently started taking 5-htp in the am which works like an appetite suppressant. WARNING: You shouldn't take 5-htp if you are on any other SSRI or med that effects serotonin. Anyway I'll continue to update every few months. | M | 32 | 4 months | 10/12/2009 | 4 | depression, anxiety | depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleepiness, dizziness | I stopped taking Remeron 1 1/2 year ago after 9 months of treatment. I tried a lot of other medicine which made me feel worst. Remeron seemed to work for me. I didn't feel anxious and depressed and I could live a normal life. My doctor told me that I needed to stay on medicine for a least 1 year, but because I felt good I thought I could handle a normal life on my own without any medicine's help. I was wrong. There were some events in my life that dragged me down. I was depressed every day and very, very anxious all the time. I started taking 15 mg of Remeron 7 days ago and today I will increase to 30mg. I've been feeling depressed, anxious, tired, and I feel like sleeping and eating all the time. I know that I will gain weight (it happened before) but I need it, because I lost a lot for the past month. There are a lot of side effects but I hope that soon I will feel better. I know for sure that it takes a while to feel the improvement. Sometimes it's very hard to give the medicine time to work and you think that instead of helping you it makes you feel worst. Everybody is different and reacts differently to this kind of drugs. I've learned that it's very important to give the medicine time to work. I wish everybody good luck. | F | 41 | 7 days | 10/12/2009 | 3 | PTSD | Everyone please be sure to check your cholesterol if you are on this drug. Mine skyrocketed (from 139 to 287!). This is a potential side effect of Remeron. I also gained weight steadily. BUT the drug worked like a miracle for my symptoms. I slept the best ever in my life. My libido was slightly improved, and I finally felt comfortable in my skin with much less anxiety. | It was too bad about my cholesterol because I had to go off it. | F | 49 | 3 months | 10/12/2009 | 5 | anxiety, depression | weight gain | the only antidepressant that helps!!! but have to take 7,5mg because otherwise i'm constantly hungry; even after months of taking 15mg gained 70 pounds | F | 24 | 3 years | 10/5/2009 | 4 | Insomnia, Postpartum Anxiety | Weight gain, dry mouth, helpful sleep aid. I had a baby about 4 months ago & have experienced terrible Postpartum Anxiety & insomnia. The Drs put me on Klonopin, Seroquel, Xanax, Ambien & Risperidol. Remeron is the only medication (15 mg) that helped my insomnia but I am noticing rapid weight gain. That is discouraging but I am thankful to have some good sleep under my belt. May try to ween off as I dislike the weight gain & feeling hungry all the time & never feeling "full". | While I hate the weight gain, I am thankful for this medication. I take 15 mg before bedtime & I have slept every night but one (for the past month). I was on some super serious sleep/anxiety meds & they either didn't work or left me destroyed the next morning - unlike Remeron. I am a little slow to get out of bed but once I do I feel 100%. | F | 37 | 30 days | 9/28/2009 | 4 | depression | i have been tired for 2 weeks. i am trying to decide if this is a side effect. | plz list your experience esp. if you were tired. thx | M | 72 | 25 days | 9/11/2009 | 4 | Major Depression | Weight gain of 30 lbs, hunger, constant fatigue | I had to keep increasing my dosage because the med would lose it's effectiveness over time. I gained 30 lbs on this stuff and became an exhausted sloth. I put up with the side effects because it helped greatly with my depression. I have to credit Remeron for helping me get through that time, and I have not been depressed since stopping the medication. | F | 30 | 2 years | 9/8/2009 | 3 | Depression/anxiety | Some weight gain (about 20lb in a few years), very strange dreams initially, but these wore off in a few days/weeks. Felt pretty spaced out the first few days. | The depression improved a lot for the first few weeks, but then it seemed to stop working. Makes you very sleepy right after taking it, which can be either a blessing or curse (having suffered from insomnia for a long time, it was a blessing for me). | M | 29 | 3 years | 9/8/2009 | 5 | Severe anxiety, panic and depressio | Initally tired and ate a lot (it was needed). A bit zoned out for a week (that has now settled right down). Vivid dreams at times. | I wrote about my son in July when he had been on it for 2 weeks. The update is that this medication has helped my son come back to me. Before the medication he had stopped leaving the house, was panicked all the time, thought he was going to have an anuerism, felt constantly sick, wouldn't go to sleep and was suicicdal more than once. He now goes out more, has started dancing and piltes again is talking to his friends and does not feel he is going to be sick or have an aneurism. He ate a bit initally but now it has settled down (he needed it he is over 6 foot and weighed 64kgs before now 78kgs and looking like he should). I wanted to update this to reassure anyone who might be apprehensive, it really has been a life saver for my boy. All the best. | M | 16 | 2 months | 9/5/2009 | 3 | Insomnia | Eventual partial loss of medications effectiveness. | I posted a rating on 2-21-09. I am posting an update to that rating. I got the what seemed to be the best sleep of my life for 2 months and then it stopped working as effectively for me as it did originally. I got the best sleep of my life for 2 months and then I started waking up earlier and it took me longer to get to sleep. However, I am still on Remeron because the sleep that I am able to get is enough to give me a clear head the next day. I do wish I would return to a normal sleeping pattern. My wife drifts off to sleep within 5 minutes of her head hitting the pillow. I hope to be able to do that again one day. | M | 47 | 160 days | 9/5/2009 | 2 | insomnia | fatigue, depersonalization, depression, heart racing, no motivation, state of being awake/asleep | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. This is the first a/d I have taken. It was prescribed for insomnia (15 mg) which resulted from a short course of prednisone. After taking this for 2 months, I have been tapering for 7 months at very small amounts in hopes of rebound insomnia not resulting. I pray that I will feel back to my normal cheerful self when getting off this medicine and pray these lethargic emotions are not permanent. It seems these types of medicine do more harm than good. | F | 42 | 9 months | 9/3/2009 | 5 | Depression, GAD | Remeron made me sleep for 48 hours straight through when I started out at 15 mg. Thankfully my doctor anticipated this and gave me a note for work. For the next two weeks I continued to take 15mg. at bedtime and it knocked me out right away. This was great as I was having trouble sleeping. I had difficulties getting up in the morning, and for the first month at 15mg. I would get really sleepy at work around 3PM. This side effect eventually went away. I increased to 30mg as I was tolerating the drug well. At 30mg, the drug still put me to sleep. After a month at 30mg, I really started to notice an increase in my overall happiness! The things that used to make me cry no longer did!! I'm feeling very upbeat and thinking of asking to increase the dosage to 45mg. | This drug worked great for me!!! I didn't have any of the weight gain issues that plague most people on this medication. It's been 2.5 months and no weight gain. I've been on all of the SSRI's and all they ever did is decrease my sex drive. Remeron is amazing! I'm happy, I still have my sex drive, and I'm not gaining weight! I really think that every anti-depressant effects everybody differently. Thankfully I've found the one that works for me after 8 years of every other pill on the market! | M | 26 | 2.5 months | 8/30/2009 | 4 | for weight gain and sleep | The only side effect I had was very, very bad headaches. Every day as I awoke, I would have a headache, but not just any headache, it was HORRIBLE!! I didn't take one last night, the doc put me on 15mg at bedtime, I hope it isn't the Remeron because it has helped me by increasing my appetite. I weigh about 98 lbs, I'm 31 and have 2 kids. My problem is that I can't gain weight or keep it. My metabolism is very high. The Remeron has worked for me other than the headaches. I am going to call my doctor about it today and see what he says. I hope he can help with the headaches, cuz I really don't want to stop taking the Remeron. I really, really want to gain some weight!!! So, my advice to you is to try it, everyone has different reactions to things, you'll never know if you don't try it! | It has helped me sleep, I do have more vivid dreams but I can't really remember them. My appetite has increased; I started taking the medicine one week ago. It is a fast acting drug, that's for sure! | F | 31 | 7 days | 8/20/2009 | 2 | Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia | Face numbness, tingeling, bloating, sleepy, sensativity to sound, dry skin, swelling of face and hands, ringing of ears, easily startled, short term memory difficulties, visual problems, dry mouth, increase in appitite, increase in dreams, weakness, and fatigue. | Started on 15 mg at bedtime been on Remeron for 2 wks now. Side effects numbness of face, dry skin, tingeling of my feet, legs, and hands. Acne, fluid in my face. Vision disturbances, my stomach became distended and bloated making it incomfortable. I looked like I was 4 months PG. Tinutitis, and dry mouth which I seem to get with any of the anxiety, or anitdepressant meds. Short term memory loss. Awesome dreams makes me want to sleep more which is no problem with taking this med. Want to eat more. Limbs weak my legs feel very heavy and have difficulty at times moving them. The pros to me on this med is eating because I'm underweight you do want to eat more carbs, sweats but all you have to do is keep healthy snacks at home. Also remeron has halped with my insomnia as I was only sleeping 3 to 5 hrs a night. I found I could sleep to much so I would make myself get up when I awoke the first time and not let myself go back to sleep. Cons they outweigh the pros. I have to determine whether its worth taking. I plan to stay on Remeron for 1 to 2 months then getting off if side effects do not improve. It is tempting to stay on Remeron to gain weight and get sleep. It has been startling to read all the negative side effects with Remeron. Its seems there are more than any drug I have taken before. I'm not into taking drugs so I will not take anything for side effects as you can end up taking to many drugs with no real benefits. I pray that someday there will be big breakthr | F | 52 | 2 weeks | 8/19/2009 | 5 | severe depression | at low dose - 30 mg I was almost unable to get up out of my chair - hated it. Psych increased dose to 60 mg and got much better effect - at low dose it hits 100% of your histimine receptors - like benadryl does, at higher dose you get the boast - see wikipedia article on remeron. Sleep good, vivid dreams - but I like it. Remeron is considered a psychidelic and it increases libido. It does meak me hunger - eating too much ice cream and cookies. I also feel somewhat weak and somewhat tired but that may be due to other meds I am taking for extreme hypertension, and also recovering from 3 weeks in the hospital recntly | Remeron has been a life saver for me - I tried zolot, lexapro and paxil and hated them - they made me on edge, could not eat and wanted to drink alcohol to relax. My psych MD told me that Remeron is in a diffrent class then the others I had taken. I used to wrry and be in fear constantly. I can now, n remeron, look at my life and deal with it, not in total fear and worry | M | 52 | 35 days | 8/9/2009 | 2 | ptsd, depr, personality dis, anxiet | drowsiness throughout the day, weight gain, swelling of the hands and feet, feeling like a zombie, auditory problems (all of a sudden problems hearing) feeling like i have no emotions except for anger, problems concentrating | I was put on remeron for a laundry list of problems and now am feeling like its causing even more. I am not depressed anymore really but the zombie like feeling is frustrating. I have a 5 yr old daughter and am starting to feel like I cant take care of her. The swelling of the hands and feet is worrisome, I will be contacting my dr. about that. I am open to suggestions about the other stuff | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 8/9/2009 | 4 | Panic Disorder | 30mg: sleepiness for 1st week, small appetite increase. 45mg: slightly higher anxiety baseline, occasional RLS. | Tried several SSRIs, but could not tolerate them at all. Even small doses heightened my anxiety level causing daily panic attacks. Remeron greatly diminished anxiety levels. At 30 mg I would have maybe 2 minor panic attacks a week. Greatly helped with GI tract symptoms. Previous panic attacks were accompanied severe stomach cramps and nausea, including immediate bowel movements and vomiting. Have been on 45mg for 2 weeks now, not sure it has helped my anxiety. Feel like it has raised my anxiety baseline. No panic, but overall higher level of daily anxiety with the higher dose. Has anyone else experienced this? Occasional RLS at night, but no more than an annoyance. Overall, remeron has greatly helped my panic disorder. When I do experience increased anxiety it does not progress to full-blown panic. Have not experienced full-blown panic attack w/GI symptoms since I have been on it. Also on 1mg of lorazepam used as needed for immediate panic relief. Only use 2-3 a month since Remeron. | F | 22 | 5 weeks | 8/5/2009 | 1 | depression | Really lethargic, muscle fatigue, joint pain, weight gain. | As I understand it, if you are an insomniac, this is the pill for you but as for depression, I see it as just trading one simptom(dep) for another. | M | 35 | 3 months | 8/4/2009 | 5 | Insomnia and anxiety | 10 pound weight gain within a month, memory loss for the period between taking and falling asleep, for the first few years I would get confused if I was forced to stay awake more than a few minutes. I had some trouble getting up in the morning at first but got over this within weeks. When changing time zones, it is not effective for the first couple of days. | It took care of long-term insomnia when standard treatments failed. For the first few years, I had only a few minutes before I was asleep but now I can stay awake if I have to, I think and act very slowly when forced to stay awake but I can function. I absolutely cannot drive after taking. I have about a 2 hour window around my normal bedtime when it is effective and if I take it early then I wake in 6 hours and if I am late then I get very poor quality of sleep and don't think very clearly in the morning. I had extreme mode reactions to every other anti-anxiety medication I tried but no problem with this one. This drug has given me my life back but I am completely addicted; I get zero sleep without it but then I was only getting about 3 hours a night before I started taking it. | M | 50 | 9 years | 7/30/2009 | 1 | deppression,bi-polar | horrible!!made me more miserable than ever, irritable, rage.crying constantly, exhuasted all day long!!! hate it!dr should be shot! | said it all already | F | 34 | 40 days | 7/29/2009 | 5 | Severe Depression | Significant weight gain | I am reposting after over 3 months of taking it (I posted back in April) The side effects are gone, but the weight gain lingers. I started eating healthier and less, and that stopped the weight gain, but now I just can't lose it. Overall, I gained 20 lbs in less than a month. HOWEVER, it is the best antidepressant I've ever had (I've had prozac, celexa, wellbutrin, zoloft and a few others)- I sleep great, I feel great, and now that my dosage is up all other side effects are gone - I no longer get jumpy or want to eat everything. It's made me a less picky eater and I crave healthy food now, plus my sex drive is actually higher, and I can drink alcohol again (after 6 years of wellbutrin, it's great!) | F | 26 | 3 months | 7/28/2009 | 4 | Obsessive Compulsive Dissorder | Sometime ache like I have the Flu, moderate weight gain, fatigue and sometimes stomache problems. | Best medication I have been on, my head is not in a fog like other medications. I would highly recommend this. Also helps me sleep at night. Stay away from Effexor the withdrawls are brutal, just my opinion. Lexapro and Celexa where okay but not to effective. | M | 44 | 180 days | 7/21/2009 | 5 | Severe anxiety, panic & depression | You will feel zonked out for a number of days. My son was very tired and zoned out for 3 days intially. He complained of a burning smell in his nose. He eats quite a bit now (for some this may be a worry) but I think it's worth feeling well. | My son was in a dark, dark place. This drug has helped him stop feeling like he was constantly sick and helped his irritable bowel. It also stopped him thinking he was having an anneurism and calmed his panic disorder right down. He has gained weight and looks better, he is sleeping much, much better. I'm hoping he can leave the house next when the full effects kick in - it's looking promising. He has tried several SSRI's and Valium to no avail. I believe my son is beginning to enjoy aspects of his life now and will be able to go back to school & dance and for that I'm grateful. We can breathe again. I was nervous originally about this medication. If your child is prescribed this don't be put off it has been helpful for my teenager. Good luck to you all. | M | 16 | 2 weeks | 7/20/2009 | 3 | severe depression and ocd | 10 pound weight gain; always craving food; rage; restless leg syndrome | I gained ten pounds after a month and even though I ran everyday and competed in 10ks I could not lose it. After 4 months of taking it I got uncontrollable restless legs which made me so miserable I had to quit. That was on 45mg. | F | 15 | 4 months | 7/19/2009 | 1 | Sleep issues, misdiagnosed bipolar | depression, extreme exhaustion, dizziness, weakness, EXTREME uncontrollable rage, sometimes to the point of physical violence, suicidal/homicidal thoughts, anxiety, ... | These pills are absolutely AWFUL. When I was on Remeron, I felt like an absolute zombie, and I had awful fits of uncontrollable rage and depression. I once tried to kill myself on these horrible drugs. It eventually got so bad that I ended up being put in a mental hospital for a week. I stopped taking all pills a week after that, because I realized that if pills are capable of doing this to me, I probably don't belong taking them. Ever since I quit these pills, I never forgave my psychiatrists. | M | 21 | 4 months | 7/16/2009 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia | Weight gain, short-term memory loss, decreased attention, hypertension, daytime drowsiness (all diminished after starting low-carb diet), increased restless legs (though diagnosed prior to starting Remeron, take Requip now, which alleviated), dizziness, decreased libido, recently became agitated | 30 mg. Tried about 10-15 different meds (mostly SSRI's, Seroquel, Lithium) before Remeron. Many made symptoms worse & some made me manic, which I never was before. This is the ONLY med that worked for anxiety, depression & insomnia. Benefits clearly outweigh side-effects, most of which have subsided or are at least bearable. Tried increasing to 45 recently due to return of some anxiety, but became agitated. Needed to gain about 10 lbs. but gained 30+. CONSTANTLY craved sugar/carbs. Once I ate carbs, I kept craving more & more. Low-carb lifestyle (Atkins) & exercise worked wonders! Lost ALL unwanted weight. Completely controls carb-cravings & all the "good" fat I eat (fish, flax-seed, olive oil, etc.) helps with mood & focus. I don't eat greasy or high saturated fat foods, I eat healthy carbs & fats. My BP & cholesterol are perfect now. I have more energy & think clearly. On the rare occasion I crave sugar, I chew sugar-free gum or eat fruit. I now weigh 125 lbs. @ 5'6 & feel great. Not a single panic attack in 10 yrs.! Occasionally get mildly anxious or depressed but can get out of it quickly. No self-injurious behaviors or suicidal thoughts in 10 yrs. either. Requip helps with restless legs. | F | 41 | 10 years | 7/13/2009 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | Well I started taking this drug a cpl years ago at the 7.5 dose and all I wanted to do was sleep and eat. I gained 10 pds in 2 weeks so I quit it and within another 2 weeks I had lost that weight. I have decided to give it another try as I have been told that the higher doses do not give you as sedative effect the lower dose does. So far this is proving true. After 5 days on 15 I upped to 30 ....I haven't noticed the appetite as much as i did on the lower dose....the dreams I am having thought are very vivid and realistic and almost kinda scary...I hope these go away ...w | M | 31 | 6 days | 7/11/2009 | 4 | depression | weight gain, less empathetic, loss of affect | really liked this drug at first. It helped me stay asleep, was able to enjoy food and there was no loss of libido.The depression abated somewhat too. My girlfriend told me that I became mean on the drug, so I stopped taking it. | M | 44 | 10 months | 7/5/2009 | 1 | Bipolar (depression) | Fatigue. | Useless. I took it a few years ago during a suicidal depression. The most it did was to put a sort of blanket over my feelings of sadness without lifting my mood. I felt flat, which was almost worse. It also took ages to work. I finally told my doctor I could not stand it any more so he changed me to something else. | F | 41 | 4 weeks | 7/3/2009 | 4 | Anxiety, depression, insomnia | Some antihistamine side affects for the first few days after taking it such as increased hunger, and a bit spaced out. Kind of felt like I had taken some gravol the night before. Some vivid dreams. | At first the sedative action worked very well. I have noticed since going up to 30mg that I have a more difficult time getting asleep, but once I'm there I sleep through the night. I also take a small dose of seroquel (25mg), and trazadone (50mg). This drug was a life saver for me. I had tried every SSRI with no effect, I went to to the atypical anti psychotics which only made me a blubbering idiot and my depression worse. I don't feel great, but I'm at least coping. Considering that there are events going on in my life which could cause anyone distress, I'm impressed. The whole weight gain thing is simply increased appetite. It only took me realizing that I wasn't really hungry to break this side effect. Also, I had lost 15lbs as a result of this depression. By far the best AD I have ever been on. | M | 33 | 12 days | 6/24/2009 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia | Fatigue throughout the day that subsided over the first few weeks. Vivid dreams initially. They were actually kind of fun. No problems with increased appetite or weight gain. | Really helped with Insomnia. I haven't slept this good in 10 years. Regarding weight gain as many have posted. Clinical trials indicate 10% of patients will gain weight. That means 9 out of 10 people won't! I'm hoping to be one of them. Eating healthy and exercising. | F | 40 | 1 months | 6/6/2009 | 4 | Insomnia, depression and anxiety | Very drowsy the first 3 days | I suffered from severe insomnia and depression. Stilnox made me moody and aggressive, while benzodiazepines, esp Alzam gave me very light sleep, early waking. Reneron addressed both insomnia and depression by allowing me to fall asleep within 1 hour and stopped the early waking. However, I'm concerned about a heightened state of alertness to very sudden stresses. | M | 37 | 5 days | 6/4/2009 | 3 | nausea, anxiety and insomnia | at first you are very tired but after a week it goes away. It does increase your appetite and you will gain weight. It is a great sleeping pill and to cure nausea. but unfortunately once you reach your goal weight, it keeps on adding up. | I do feel good on this drug, but don't like the extra weight coming with it. Going to try to get off of it,but afraid severe nausea and sleeplessness will return again. I am in a catch 22 here. damned if I do and damned if I don't take it. | F | 49 | 17 months | 6/3/2009 | 5 | Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia | Take 15 mg. at bedtime. A little tired the first few days but that went away. No side effects. | This drug has worked wonders for my depression, anxiety and insomnia. I haven't slept and felt this good in years. I have not experienced problems with hunger and weight gain as many others have posted. Because I feel better, I am actually more active and have a more positive outlook and hope to lose weight. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 5/27/2009 | 1 | anxiety, panic disorder, OCD | disassociation, agoraphobia, inability to process information and to do simple every day tasks without thinking too hard; short term memory loss; irritability; disorientation; worsening of OCD and that's only a few! | didn't work for me at all. After being on it for only 6 days, getting off it was a nightmare. Lost sleep for days, the thinking couldn't clarify for weeks! I tried it twice, the first time i was combining it with some other drug and thought that it could be interaction. But when i tried it the second time on its own, the side effects were exactly the same only worse. | F | 32 | 6 days | 5/22/2009 | 2 | anxiety,depression, insomnia | I have gained over 25 pounds in 3 months and I find this not good at all.It has helped with sleeping and depression. I still ahve some anxiety. The weight gain/constant hunger is bull and I would rather be depressed and not sleeping.Looking for alternatives to this drug. | mirtazipine has been good in some ways,but the weight gain is so bad.Would be a very good drug for anyone strugling with weight loss. | F | 47 | 5/18/2009 | 1 | anxiety/depression | very vivid, strange dreams with comptete and total recall in the morning | I woke up one morning and was able to write 6 pages front and back about my extremely vivid dream, I was taking 15mg before bed. This was a few years ago. I don't take it anymore, because of the dreams. Although I was recently accidently presciribed this instead of Rozerem. The next day the doctor called in the Rozerem. So now I have thirty 30mg pills that I think I will keep if I ever want to experience those crazy dreams again. I still remember the dreams from years ago like they happened last night. So be warned. | M | 25 | 30 days | 5/17/2009 | 5 | chronic Insomnia/ anxiety, | none | this medication saved my life. I quit taking alprazolam after I had used it for over than 5 years then developed a chronic Insomnia and anxiety. tried every sleeping aid, sleeping bills and reached to a condition where I stayed awake for almost 3 weeks , lost my job, was so close to beath. my family doctor recommended it and told me that it should work at least to overcome the withdrawal symotom of alprazolam. it works like a magic. thanks god. | M | 49 | 1 days | 5/15/2009 | 4 | Insomnia/ anxiety | Initial drowsiness, increased appetite | I was presecribed this after suffering anxiety and insomnia after the birth of my child. Did wonders for the anxiety and insomnia and has certainly helped me be a better mom for the last 20 months. I have been tapering off it for the last 6 months and am now on week 3 without remeron. No major withdrawal problems, just feeling a little more emotional/ sensitive and having very interrupted sleep. Anyone have experience of this when coming off remeron? | F | 36 | 20 months | 5/14/2009 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Sleepiness at first. You will need 12 solid hours to get adjusted to this med. Weight gain. | Remeron is great for the "physical" symptoms of depression. It will stop anxiety in its tracks. No more trembling, sweaty palms, heart racing...the "pain of depression." Because of the NE action, after a while, you may start getting a bad temper on it...agitation Add a little Valium to it then, and you'll have a great combo. If energy is a problem - Cytomel is the answer, but start low, and go slow - 5 mcg's at a time. | M | 40 | 6 months | 5/9/2009 | 1 | anxiety | my anxiety increased - chest pains - feel if im having heart attack --panick attacks!! can remeron cause this side effects ?? | 43 | 3 months | 5/6/2009 | 5 | Nausea/Anxiety | Increased appetite and drowsiness. | I love Remeron. I have unexplained nausea that may or may not be psychiatric in nature (I'm going back to the GI in a few weeks to get it sorted out) and without Remeron I would not eat. It's a fabulous antiemetic and I don't know why it isn't marketed as such more often (It's a 5HT-3 antagonist). For anyone with decreased appetite or GI issues, it's truly amazing. Plus, it lacks the sexual side effects common with SSRIs. | F | 21 | 8 months | 5/2/2009 | 1 | to help with Ativan withdrawal | Staring at the 30mg dose helps with sedation, like most users you will want to eat more junk food, like chocolates. I sometimes wake up out of control and feel I,m not coming back to reality, I have to take extra ativan to calm me down! and it made me afraid of the dark! and suicidal! The saddest thing is the Doctors don,t totaly believe me! that its the Remeron. | M | 59 | 90 days | 5/2/2009 | 5 | insomnia | The number one side effect for me was drowsiness! I think I slept 20 hours the first night I took it. I also experienced weird dreams and had a hard time thinking clearly. I remember being confused and disoriented when I was awake. This only lasted the first week...but, I was finally able to sleep so I didn't care. | I was put on 15 mg. of remeron a year ago to help with insomnia. I have been taking paxil for over 8 years for depression but when menopause hit, I could not function because insomnia was taking over my life. I tryed every sleep aid made available to me and nothing worked. My doctor recomended remeron and said that if this drug doesn't help me sleep...nothing will. I felt very drugged the first week and very confused. I feel great now and sleep like a baby. The paxil and remeron combination works for me. | F | 46 | 1 years | 4/29/2009 | 4 | Depression | Increased appetite, weight gain, vivid dreams, sleepiness after taking, slight jolt when even mildly startled - like a tiny shiver throughout my whole body, even if only seeing something from the corner of my eye that I didn't expect. | The first day was the worst - I started it on a weekend because I knew about the sleepiness, but that Sunday I slept about 18 hours! Then I woke up thinking "Donuts!!" The next few days I ate about everything I saw and must have gained at least 5 pounds that week. At first it worsened my depression, but after the first week everything's improved, I can concentrate more, depression is gone, etc. My appetite has gone down, but it seems like I don't know when I'm full anymore until I get sick. I just need to control my portions. | F | 26 | 15 days | 4/28/2009 | 4 | Anxiety | Initial weight gain by about 7 pounds in 3 weeks. Feeling a little more drowsy in the morning and occaisional sweet cravings. | When I first started this medication, I was really concerned about the weight gain. I didn't have some of the unstoppable appetite but I noticed that I was eating slightly larger portions. In a short period of time I gained about 7 pounds. I talked to someone else who has taken this medication for years and he said that weight watchers helped him to loose the weight, so I did that and followed it closely and I lost 16 pounds so I am 9 pounds lighter then before. I feel like all the other antidepressants like Paxil and Lexapro are great for anxiety but make me more tired during the day and have sexual side effects that make staying on them long term too much. I feel good on Remeron at 22.5 and the hunger is managable and is not as bad as I thought it would be. Overall, I feel much less intense and less triggered...less vigilent...all of my issues are not gone but they feel more managable. | M | 33 | 6 months | 4/21/2009 | 2 | depression | extreme sedation, increased appetite | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 4/21/2009 | 5 | Depression | Increased hunger but NO weight gain, a little sleepy an hour after taking it but not excessive, more "active" dreams but not overwhelming, NO sexual side effects. | I understand the biggest complaint / side effect about this drug is rapid weight gain - I haven't experienced this at all. I've only been taking Remeron for a couple of weeks so it's a bit early to understand its overall effect on me - but so far, so good. Side effects are barely noticable and I am noticing a difference in mood. Perhaps it's a placebo effect but it's a positive one - so I will continue and hope to continue this positive course. Don't give up. Meds may or may not be the answer for you. Personally, I believe they are an effective tool - and for people with severe, unmanageable depression - a very important tool. I have worked with Lexapro, Wellbutrin, Trazodone, Xanax (for anxiety) and several others. Remeron appears to be a very useful tool for me - thus the high rating. | M | 30 | 2 weeks | 4/19/2009 | 1 | Depression | Worsening Depression,fogginess, extreme hunger, drugged feeling, movie like dreams, sedated beyond belief. | Perhaps I did not give it long enough to judge its true effectiveness, but the week I did take it, my depression was worse then ever(what is the point of these anti-depressants!) Constantly in a drug induced haze, eating non stop and feeling incredibly uncomfortable sums up that week from hell. Slept for 15 hours out of the 24 and when I was awake, may as well have been asleep as I was non-functional.Think long and hard before taking this medication. | M | 38 | 7 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | insomnia, dpression | I am addicted to this crap. Major body aches fatigue, flu like symptoms, blurry vison | I have been taking remeron for 4 years and tried to get off the last 3. My body is hooked on this stuff, and I have taken a year to taper from 7 mgs to 3.75mgs and can't go any lower or I can barely work from the chest and neck pain, body aches, chills and fatigue. I regret the day I ever took it. Please reconsider putting this in your body, or taking longer than a couple of months, I wish I was addicted to heroin, at least the wihdrawal goes away quicker. I feel I am screwed for life! | M | 44 | 4 years | 4/16/2009 | 5 | anxiety disorder, insomnia | I initially started with 15 mg at bedtime. From the first night it allowed me to get a full nights sleep. But initially I experienced the standard side effects; did not want to get out of bed in the morning, was drowsy, constant hunger. | I incresed the dosage to 22.5 mg at bedtime, then switched to 15 at bedtime, and 7.5 in the morning. My appetite has returned to normal (I didn't actually gain any wieght) I sleep well at nignt, get up feeling rested, and do not suffer drowsiness during the day, even with the 7.5 mg I take in the morning. When my ansiety started (prett severe) I started with xanax, but didn't get much relief. I switched to diazepam, and worked much better, but contrary to what many docs tell you, I definitely developed tolerance to the anxialytic and sedative effects, and didn't want to keep excalating the dosage. I tried Buspar, and 1) it took a full 6 weeks to have any effect, and 2) even at 60 mg/day, gave me only a few hours of relief after each dose. It was not very helpful with the sleep problem. I tried geodon. It gave me sleep, but I was "drunk: for 2-3 hours after I wake up. So the next step was Remeron. Once I got acclimated to it, there have been no side effects, it is a wonderful sleep aid, and keeps my anxiety under control. I had a complete physical afer I had been on Remeron for 4 months, and all my numbers (blood work, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, etc) are normal. I am slo-o-wly withdrawing from teh diazepam. I have occasional nervous spells (but not the severe anxiety I originally suffered) and I think the nervousness is rebound from the diazepam withdrawal. Remeron has been a wonderful treatment for me. | M | 67 | 7 months | 4/5/2009 | 4 | Major depressive episode. | Weight gain - Before taking this medication, I jogged 4 miles per day. My weight at that time was 135 (male, 28 years old). Now, I jog 6 miles per day, do either 130 push-ups or 50 pull ups at night and my weight is 155. Helps dramatically with sleep and anxiety as well. I am on 45 milligrams. I take 30 in the morning and take 15 at night. | Overall, I felt that this medication was helpful and only negative was the weight gain. | M | 28 | 5 months | 4/3/2009 | 5 | Bipolar II | Drowsiness, feeling a bit stoned. | Remeron is the best antidepressant I've tried. It makes me tired but it works. It really rocks. I highly recommend it. | 30 | 1 years | 4/2/2009 | 4 | depression | very vivid dreams, groggy in the morning and a little dizzy at times | great for sleep. I have been on ambien for years, but dont need it all now. Dreams are very vivid and kind of cool | M | 59 | 8 days | 4/2/2009 | 4 | Depression,anxiety,insomnia | Very groggy for 1st few days and increased appitite. Can sometimes find it difficult to wake up in the morning! | The best AD I've tried! after the 1st week most panic attacks subsided and appitite returned! Only on 7.5 mgs a days but it seems to work fine. When starting this drug make sure you have a spare few days to let the grogginess wear off. also take this med an hour before bed to get a good nights sleep! | M | 24 | 3 weeks | 3/31/2009 | 4 | chronic depression | can't really think of any | I was on effexor for depression and it didnt work very well.I have been on remiron now for just over three years and would be lost without it.I take it at night about an hour before i go to bed and it also helps me to get to sleep and stay asleep. | M | 45 | 4 years | 3/17/2009 | 5 | Sleep/CFS | Lack of feelings/emotions/too good of sleep/weight gain | Wow...this is a powerful medicine. I can't get off it without tapering from 15mg to 0mg by 1mg per week. It controls my IBS and CFS perfectly, but it dulls my mood. Once you start, it's not like Paxil, where you can just get off...you will need some help. I have considerable experience with this medicine and have tried to come off 5 times and it has never worked, but that might be for a reason. It controls sleep like non-other, but away the Ambien, and it controls IBS and major pain like symptoms with FMS/CFS. | M | 24 | 2 years | 3/14/2009 | 4 | depression and anxiety | I've gained 13 lbs. I'm 5'6 and went from 112 to 125 lbs, although my weight is usually about 117. I work out 6 days/week and eat an obsessively healthy diet, but I can't get the weight to budge. I take 60 mgs of Remeron and 60 mg Buspar (and am recently off 100 mg of Seroquel). I still have a lot of anxiety, but my depression has mostly lifted, so I would recommend this drug. When I started it, I was very suicidal and had bad experiences with SRIs and ECT. I still have no sex drive, but I don't know if it's Remeron or lingering depression. | I also take 15 mgs of Ambien every night to sleep. Remeron is supposed to make you drowsy, but hasn't for me at any dose, although when I don't take it, I need 20+ mgs of Ambien to sleep. | F | 36 | 6 months | 2/26/2009 | 4 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain, loss in short term memory, increased urination, very difficult to get up in the morning. | I had good and bad with Remeron. I started taking it for my anxiety because all the SSRIs, Prozac, Lexapro, Cymbalta,etc., made me more anxious and jumpy. The first week on Remeron I was in daze but then suddenly my anxiety lifted. After a year on Remeron, I added Lexapro and was able to titrate up to a decent dose without having anxiety. I then stopped taking the Remeron. When I stopped, I immediately lost weight and other Remeron side effects went away. I am now doing fine on the Lexapro but couldn't have managed without first startin on Remeron. | F | 53 | 1 years | 2/24/2009 | 3 | SEVERE ANXIETY | Extreme sleepiness initially and increase in appetite however i didnt put on weight like may do.. | I have take Mirtazepine for about 4 years now and it has worked really well, however i kept having to increase the dose approx every year to get the same effect and am now on 60mg and the effects have yet again worn off and am now faced with the decision of where next ?? | M | 31 | 4 years | 2/23/2009 | 1 | Major Depression | WEIGHT GAIN. I will say I have had some lifting of my depression, however the side-effects are something I CANNOT live with - namely weight gain. I have never gained as much weight as quickly as I have taking this medication. My doctor suggests that by increasing the dosage, my weight will stabilize or decrease. This has not been the case. I will be discontinuing the medication as soon as possible. I am now looking at at least 5 months of weight reduction versus the 4 months it took to gain. If NO other medications work for you and you try this and it lifts your depression, I recommend working closely with your doctor to find some other med to counter act it. | M | 44 | 5 months | 2/22/2009 | 5 | Insomnia | NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL! | Stressful episode 5 years ago left me unable to sleep. Started 20 mg Lexapro (2.5 years) and Klonapin and slept about 6 hours per night but it wasn't the quality sleep. Since then I tried benzi's and sedative hypnotics for years but my body never felt fully rested after sleeping. My doctor put me on 15 mg of Remeron. After about 2 weeks I started sleeping 8-9 hrs per night and feel el fantastic. I sleep like better than I have since before this began. Excellent dreams. Great sleep has cured mental fog and I do not feel drowsy during the day. I hope this lasts. Hats off to my doctor for prescribing this. | M | 47 | 30 days | 2/21/2009 | 4 | depression and anxiety | At first, I had trouble concentrating and focusing; tired all of the time; but after a week that went away. Then after two months, intense sweet cravings followed by a weight gain of 15 lbs. (6 of which i needed but the rest i could do without) A little more sluggish than usual. | For the first two months it worked really well with depression and anxiety at 30 mgs but the past few months I 've been feeling somewhat depressed again so the doc raised me to 45 mgs about 5 days ago and the only side effect so far is very intense dreaming. I cannot take SSRI's because they give me horrible insomnia so this was my only choice of meds. | F | 39 | 5 months | 2/6/2009 | 1 | depression anxeity total insomnia | I was on this drug for a little over a year, and then tapered down over 10 months using a liquid form. It worked for insomnia and anxiety, but made depression worse. My short term memory was shot while on it (no, it was not due to depression, it was the drug), and the scarry thing is that having been off it for about 6 months my short term memory is still shot. I have a degree in applied math and I no longer can think the way I used to, can't solve problems the way I used to, and I can't remember things anymore. It's caused some irreversable cognitive damage. I have read hundreds of stories on-line with people claiming to have adverse effects from antidepressants years after getting off them. If you want to maintain your IQ, do not take this drug. | F | 34 | 12 months | 2/6/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Nothing really that I can remember, except it would make me really groggy during the day. | Stopped working after a short time period, and didn't let me sleep all through the night. | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 1/31/2009 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression | 1st day slept most of the first 24 hours and ate the rest of the time. Slept for a few hours solid and woke up every hour or so - not restful sleep. Massive appetite - I can't stop eating even though I don't feel hungry. Gained 5 pounds in 4 days. | If you are the least bit concerned about gaining weight, do NOT take this. Unless you are extremely strong-willed you will not be able to control your eating. Don't even "try" it to see how it works - it is not worth it. I am extremely upset with the doctor for prescribing it given my concerns with weight and I'm upset with myself for not sticking to my guns. Am stopping this today. | F | 42 | 1 weeks | 1/26/2009 | 5 | panic/anxiety/depression | I had start up symptoms of sleepines and wanting to eat all the food in my house. When my pdoc raised my dosage to 45mg the sleep issues resolved and the constant craving for carbs has been easier to manage. | I've been on an off this drug a couple of times. Now, I am taking it in combination with 15mg of Abilify. I have felt quick and dramatic improvements in my mood, anxiety level, and self-confidence. I also have not had a panic attack since starting the medication (knock on wood). I know that everyone is different but I have found this to be a great drug. I feel better than I have in at least a year. I still have some free-floating anxiety but it is much easier to handle. Also, I came across a study that evaulated the combination of Abilify and Remeron and found them to be very effective in combination. | M | 40 | 2 months | 1/15/2009 | 1 | depression | This drug picked me up and threw me over a cliff | I was prescribed Remeron because other drugs were less than effective in treating my depression. I took the drug twice and woke up feeling groggy and, more importantly, suicidal. This is apparently a very rare reaction, but it was a very strong one for me and I don't think I would have made it through the week had I continued to take the stuff. | M | 2 days | 1/15/2009 | 3 | depression/insomnia | more sedating on lower dose. seemed to help depression initially but then pooped out. | M | 50 | 4 years | 1/1/2009 | 1 | Panic disorder/GAD/Depression | Foggy/hazy feeling in my head, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, muscle aches, sore throat | Took Remeron because Celexa's sexual effects (ejaculation problems) were frustrating. However, they are no match for the horror I have encountered taking Remeron for 2 weeks. I've never felt this 'dead' or depressed or hopeless. The sexual side effects are a joke compared to this. These kind of pills affect everybody differently - however, I would advise you to be careful before trying out Remeron. I stopped cold turkey about 36 hours ago and I do not feel any worse. Hopefully these symptoms will disappear once I get out of my system. Back to SSRIs for me. | M | 19 | 2 weeks | 12/30/2008 | 3 | I have noticed some are saying what dosage(mg)they are taking and it is very helpful. Would like to see this information included in all posts. | 12/28/2008 | 2 | anxiety\panic attack\depression | extreme sleepiness, groggy, lazy, still low and sad, nausea, dry mouth, still nervous, feeling hopeless | I was on zoloft for a couple of years, then I decided I didn't need it anymore stopped taking it for 5 1/2 months. When I was on it I still had anxiety but thinking back i think it was more managable(also prescribed xanax for spot treatment)Had a panic attack in nov. and since then have mentally checked out, the dr. asked if I wanted zoloft again I said I wasn't sure if they worked. So he put me on Lexapro, which didn't agree with me at all 1 pill and done, So the Dr put me on remeron 15mg and this stuff really knocks me out, it seem to help a little, I don't cry as much but I'm still sad. I told my Dr. and he uped it to 30mg I 've taken it for 4 days now and I'm more nervous and jittery I'm nausea and now I have dry mouth, I wake up and I feel my arms and legs are feeling weird. I don't know if I like this, I took the xanax to relax and they work but my dad was saying it might be the xanax making me shake in the morning. | F | 27 | 6 weeks | 12/27/2008 | 5 | PTSD and Anxiety | Weight gain, about 5 pounds | I started this medication when I really felt my anxiety was so high that I was having strong anxious reactions to normal situations at work. I have been on all of the SSRIs and I have great difficulty due to the sexual side effects. I am not happy about the 5 pounds but it has not gone up at all past the five pounds after a month of being on it. I still have some slight anxiety but I feel much more calm and relaxed. I get a little restless around the same time each night like about 24 hours after taking the last dose, but nothing too uncomfortable. I am not happy about the weight gain, but 5 pounds isn't a big deal. If I continue to feel as calm and relaxed as I do now I will be on it for the long haul. For now, I am glad that I found it. | M | 33 | 1 months | 12/22/2008 | 4 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain and munchies, dry mouth that did not go away after a year, had to go to the bathroom every hour, dry eyes also. | My doctor prescribed this to me because the SSRIs made me too anxious. My anxiety felt better in a week I took it (15 mg) for a year but could not handle the weight gain, extreme dry mouth and urinary problems. My doc then added Celexa and I tapered off the Remeron. My urinary problems and dry mouth went away immediately. This medication is good if you can handle the side effects. | F | 53 | 1 years | 12/19/2008 | 4 | depression/anxiety | increased appetite. i'll sleep for 12 hours on weekend nights if i let myself. for the first few days it occasionally gave me a twitchy, "restless leg syndrome" kind of feeling. | this stuff took about a week to start working, but it helped me quite a bit. i had been experiencing deep depression which is now completely gone. i was also having anxiety problems that would keep me at home because i thought that people were "out to get me", but now going places is much easier. i often find myself in a good mood instead of being depressed/worried/anxious about ridiculous things. | M | 32 | 2 weeks | 12/7/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | Took the first pill and bam. Slept till past noon the next day, could have slept all day. Did not take does last night, too scared I wouldnt get up for work. Now I have a terrible headache. Am I supposed to take this everyday? Or just when I need it to sleep? | M | 34 | 2 days | 12/2/2008 | 3 | Generalized anxiety, insomnia | I started taking 15 mg remeron 7 weeks ago. After 4 weeks, I continued to feel physical sensations and my dose was increased to 30 mg. Physical anxiety symptoms include: feeling on edge, nervousness, jittery stomach--felt like I have a ulcer; tightness in arms-biceps; and ear ringing. (Not many people seem to complain of ear ringing.) Vivid dreams as well. Since increasing dose to 30 mg, not much has changed. Will continue the 30 mg for a while--if nothing changes, I will cut back to 15 mg. I have not experienced weight gain; seem to be a bit constipated. Look forward to your comments. | Open to receiving comments about my reaction. | M | 64 | 7 weeks | 11/23/2008 | 1 | Depression | I used Remeron back in 1997 when it first came out. After a while, whenever I took a pill I got a sensation in my arms, legs and head like all of the blood was leaving them, then rushing back in, and then leaving again, in a cycle that lasted a couple of minutes and didn't stop. Also, my vision would get blurry when the blood rushed out, then sharp again, and there were sexual problems too. It got much worse with caffeine or over the counter decongestants, and back then, marijuana, which made it much worse. I told my doctor, and he actually increased my dose. It got so bad, I was having chest pains (not accompanied by anxiety) and getting dizzy. Finally, I stopped. The symptoms NEVER WENT AWAY! I have been suffering from this problem ever since. I can't drink coffee or alcohol, or use any drug that affects blood pressure or heart rate. The cycle of blood rushing to and from my extremities occurs every minute of every hour of every day. It's been like this for 11 years. All | M | 30 | 250 days | 11/16/2008 | 1 | GAD and Mild Depression | The usual sleep like a baby effect. Hunger increased, then returned to normal. No weight gain. THIS IS IMPORTANT! This drug crashed my WBC and platelet count. After two months my energy levels crashed and I could not shake a cold. I had worked up to 30mg/day. Bloodwork confirmed the necessity of immediate Remeron cessation. Lots of fun that week. Freaky, but dangerous side effect. CHECK YOUR BLOOD WHILE USING THIS MEDICATION! | I encourage all patients using Remeron to get a CBC at least once a month. Get happy, stay healthy. | M | 49 | 3 months | 11/16/2008 | 4 | Depression, Social Anxiety Disorder | Appetite WAY increased. Very, very sluggish feeling when I first started taking it. If you don't take it before midnight you will easily sleep past noon (that is if it isn't crucial that you be awake the next morning). Weight gain was not an issue. | This drug finally did what it was supposed to do. Made me not depressed, and have a normal affect. I must say it is quite a change, and it is worth the side effects. It also prevents you from craving to get fucked up. That is miraculous. I can't drink at all, and I sure as hell don't want to. If you do drink you will not like the way you feel, and you will not drink again. | M | 20 | 1 years | 11/15/2008 | 3 | GAD | \at first you feel kind of sleepy in the day,but that gets better after a week, nice appetite after about 2 weeks. great sleep, had insomnia. Gas pains all the time though. anyone else have the bad gas pains 24/7. I think it is the lactose in the pill, lactose intolerant here. | On 15 mg at first it made you feel very tired the first few days, but you sleep so darn good a straight 8 hours, took about 2 weeks for appetite to kick in, but that only lasted about 5 months. I gained 25 pounds in 5 months but have lost 5 since. been on it 10 months now and don't have much of an appetite at all anymore, and need ativan to sleep with it. Tried 30 mg. but that made me so anxious feeling. Plus even on the 15 mg.s seems I always have bad gas pains in my stomach, I am lactose intolerant and lactose is one of the ingredients so that could be it. I am hoping the appetite comes back again, Irather enjoyed eating for a while I did need to gain weight since the year before I lost 15 pounds due to constant nausea from anxiety.That is why I tried remeron. Have tried Lexapro, zoloft and celexa all made me feel quite sick to my stomach expecially Lexapro. If my appetite would come back and these constant gas pains would leave it would be great, I felt wonderful for a good 6 | F | 48 | 10 months | 11/14/2008 | 3 | prevernt depression recurrence | sedation at low starting dose; that remitted rapidly. increased appetite and some weight gain, but nothing alarming. when i went to 30 mg at bedtime, i noticed restless leg syndrome on/off for several weeks. also, i ran out and was off for 3 days before starting back (tapering). the 2nd day off i experienced very unsettling sense of anxiety/restlessness, feeling cold/chilled, and bilateral temporal headache which did not respond to anti-inflammatories. important lesson learned -- abrupt cessation doesn't feel good. as for its therapeutic effects--i guess now bad news is good news. i have been depression free for over one year and contine to take the med for a preventive basis. | M | 45 | 1 years | 11/11/2008 | 2 | depression, insomnia | Insatiable hunger and weight gain, spaced out and cognitively impaired, impossible to get out of bed, limpid and emotionally out of it. | I've been on this before without any noticable effect on my state of mind; now given a higher dose (45 mg) since I have severe insomnia as well as a sad and depressed feeling. However, I really don't like the extreme hunger and have relapsed into binging after 10 years without such symptoms. I don't find it any easier to fall asleep than before, but I sleep really long and don't care to get out of bed. I seem to care less about life's issues and have trouble thinking (which could be connected to the fact that I was given gabapenthine as well). These symptoms would indeed keep me depressed so I would rather be without this medicine! | F | 43 | 16 days | 11/11/2008 | 4 | depresion,sleep,Gad,appetite | Super Vivid and Upseting dreams | I have been using Remeron for 7 years constantly. It works very well for GAD, Sleep, and decreasing the "sick" feeling associated with depression. But, the dreaming that accompanies remeron is untolerable. Just recently i figured out a solution: I take my full (30 mg) dose of remeron and 30mg of cymbalta at night before bed (hour or so before). Even though the cymbalta is a stimulant, its properties combinen with rem to give nice sleep with less intense/crazy dreams. Dream recall is also lessened with this combo. I also have lung trouble. But the remeron does not intefer with breathing. | M | 38 | 7 years | 11/10/2008 | 2 | depression, anxiety, insomnia | Weight gain. Was somewhat sedating at first, but it wore off quickly. | F | 35 | 4 months | 11/3/2008 | 2 | major depression, panic attacks,etc | i have gained alot of weight, i crave salty stuff really, really bad and it is not helping me to stay asleep any longer. i do have very vivid bad and strange dreams when i do sleep. however it does help the depression somewhat along with my buspar. | i have a lung disease and am told they cannot up my dosage, i am on 15 mg now, because of the sedative effect it has and they are affraid i will stop breathing, but it has never had that much effect on me in a bad way like some of you have described here. it has made me a little woosy and unsure footed but that's about it all for the sedative effect. has anyone with breathing problems ever taken 30 mg of this? and if so how did it effect you? please e-mail me and let me know. | F | 49 | 1 years | 10/31/2008 | 4 | Despression from wife dying | carbohydrate cravings | 1st - this drug will get you through the deepest, darkest parts of your life. 2nd - It will help you sleep. 3rd - It will help you eat. However, as your depression subsides, you will crave sugar enough to eat it directly out of a bag with a spoon. Minor side effect, in my opinion, compared to the wonder of the drug. | M | 39 | 6 months | 10/28/2008 | 5 | anxiety | Started initial dose of 7.5 mg at bedtime. Sedative effect was immediate, but very groggy when I (finally) got up the next morning. Noticeable increase in appetite after a few days. Pdoc increased dosage to 15 mg, and that relieved some of the over-sedation. 2 weeks later we increased to to 22.5 mg. I sleep very well (night time anxiety and and insomnia were 2 of my major initial symptoms). I have now been on Remeron for about 2 months, and at 22.5 mg for about a month. Noticeable, but manageable increase in appetite. I have not gained any weight. No other side effects. | I began haven severe anxiety attacks about a year ago, following a very painful, prolonged, and complicated kidney stone attack. I would wake up around 3 AM in a state of extreme anxiety, and not be able to go back to sleep. I also had some severe periods from time to time during the day. I got so bad at times that I took all the guns out of my house and stored them at my son's house. Working with both my family doc and a psych doc, I tried Xanax, diazepam, zoloft, Buspar and Geodon. Contrary to generally accepted belief, I develop tolerance to the anxiolytic effect of benzos, and had to keep increasing dosage to maintain relief. Buspar is helpful, but not strong enough to give any lasting relief It would last about 3 hours after each dose. I was up to the max recomended dose of 60 mg/day. Geodon was so sedating, I couldn't function until late morning, and even then was a little out of it. And I didn't want to keep increasing my benzo usage. So my psych put me on Remeron. | M | 66 | 2 months | 10/27/2008 | 1 | Anxiety Disorder, Severe Depression | About a week into taking the meds, I started having severe chest pain. It hurt so bad that I stopped breathing on some occasions. It was incredibly painful to do things such as laughing and deep breathing. Also, while taking Remeron, I started eating continuously. If it had been up to me, I would have never quit eating. My appetite had already been already healthy, and I have a fast metabolism, but the pills made me gain over 15 lbs in a week. | I contacted the doctors that prescribed the pills to me. They automatically took me off of it, and in 5 days, I had lost 7 lbs. My chest still hurts painfully after a few weeks of being without it, but I can deal with it, as long as I'm not put back on the meds. | F | 14 | 3 weeks | 10/27/2008 | 2 | Depression, insomnia, anxiety | It changed over time. At first, felt spaced out and groggy, hard to focus/concentrate. It did NOT help me sleep better but gave me very vivid almost 3-D dreams. it immediately increased my appetite when before I had had none and gotten skinny; I gained a few pounds while on it because I began to eat normally again. As time wore on I noticed an extreme startle reaction to sound (such as phone ringing or my name being called) and that sounds seemed disturbingly much louder. Then, I found that my anxiety became WORSE and I started to feel "drugged" more of the time. I also experienced visual afterimages which despite stopping the drug months ago I still have. This disturbs me and I wonder if they'll ever go away. | I was on 30 mg and wonder if it might have been OK if they'd prescribed a lower dose. Remeron did in fact improve my depression. As it is, I started hating it and tapered myself off. I am now on a low dose of Prozac and have no side effects -- a totally different animal. | F | 49 | 4 weeks | 10/25/2008 | 4 | Bipolar/Borderline | Drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, tingling, hypersensitivity to sudden sounds, increased appetite | Taking Remeron 45mg with Abilify 10mg. Most side effects wore off after a while. I'm feeling pretty good aside from the lingering drowsiness and a slight sensitivity to sound. Have put on a modest amount of weight so I switched to diet coke and try to moderate what I eat. | M | 27 | 5 months | 10/22/2008 | 2 | OCD, GAD, PTSD | Dry mouth, leg pain, sleepiness (all minor, not a problem) | I was diagnosed with anxiety disorders in 1990. Docs gave me the usual SSRIs but I couldn't take them without unmanageable side effects. Lexapro almost sent me to the ER. I was put on Remeron (with 2mg Ativan) one and a half months ago. I have had only the slightest of beneficial effects, so slight that it's almost not even worth the effort of opening the bottle for my next dose. But the pamphlet said 4-6 weeks before I might notice anything beneficial, so I'll give it another three weeks, which is when I see my psychiatrist again. If there is still no enhanced effect, I'll let the doc know and request to go on a benzodiazapine (Xanax, Valium, Ativen, etc.) till further notice. In the 18 years I've had these anxiety problems, the benzos have been the only thing that has worked. As of right now I am ambivalent about Remeron. I'll check back with this list in a few weeks and let you know if there have been any changes. | M | 51 | 1.5 months | 10/19/2008 | 4 | anxiety due to family tragedy | Weight gain (always hungry) lethagy - (find exercising in the morning a problem as can't get going), fluid retention/urinary retention, raised cholesterol (?from Avanza) constipation, very dry mouth and dry burning eyes | Medication worked immediately - intense sweating totally ceased after one dose. Felt calm and removed from the situation after a few doses. Cured my insomnia. Weight gain & urinary retention the main problems - I'm just starting to ween myself off slowly and will see how I go. Would certainly use it again if needed. | F | 61 | 17 months | 10/18/2008 | 3 | depression/insomnia | drowsiness and fatigue. dry mouth, increased appetite, especially after taking the pill. difficulty concentrating. weight gain, about 30 pounds. very agitated when hungry, aggressive thoughts. | after switching from Cipralex, I found remeron helped me a lot more. My mood improved, and became more interested in being around people and activities. am now able to feel good about myself, but still experience mood swings and feel depressed. I was able to sleep, and helped my insomnia. However, not a good long term medication because it makes me very thirsty and hungry (and become uncomfortable and irritable when im hungry) also dislike the weight gain of 30 pounds. | F | 24 | 6 days | 10/15/2008 | 5 | Depression | Gained 15 pounds the first year and am CONSTANTLY craving carbs. Tiredness and dizziness at first, but that went away. After about 8 years, I have not been able to quit without terrible withdrawal symptoms. | This is the only drug that has worked for me in 25 years of trying different med's. Once I got past the initial dizziness and sleepiness, the only complaint I had was the constant hunger. The weight gain was kind of depressing itself at first. I am down to 7.5mg (from 45mg a couple of years ago) and that seems to be about as low as I can go without awful withdrawal symptoms like brain zaps, constant crying for no reason at all and insomnia. I am switching straight to Celexa tonight (originally came here to research that one) and I hope it's as easy as my doc seems to think it will be. Remeron was a blessing for me, but I'm hoping the Celexa will be easier to stop. I don't advise taking Remeron if weight is an issue. I was pretty thin when I started it, so it didn't hurt me and I honestly didn't even care all that much after a while because I feel better about myself now that I'm not depressed, but I wouldn't want to gain any more and the constant need to eat is embarassing and incon | F | 45 | 8 years | 10/3/2008 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
