REMERON Reviews (MIRTAZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.9 (923 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REMERON with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Sleep issues , major depression | Restess legs, feeling like in a waking coma | Took my first dose last night at 9 pm, had awful restless legs for awhile but fell asleep after a little while, slept til 9 am , feeling like I didn't know where I was, had coffee, went to bathroom, couldn't stay awake at all. Went back to bed and woke up at 5 pm and can't stay awake. Very tired , sleepy and sort of weak but maybe from not eating since yesterday but I wouldn't trust myself to cook right now. If I had to take care of anyone I couldn't do it right now. Very scary med , I won't take anymore. | F | 74 | 1 days 15 mg 1X day | 7/22/2023 | 1 | Depression, Insomnia | 15 lb weight gain, muscle weakness, joint pain, generalized swelling | I gained 15 pounds in 1 month. I’ve always been slim/athletic build and never had problems with weight until this medication. I craved sweets like my life depended on them. I had dizziness and lack of coordination for the first few weeks and had a hard time getting up in the morning. After a couple of weeks, that subsided and the weight gain, generalized swelling, joint and muscle aches kicked in. I honestly barely recognized my own face! I had so much facial swelling that even my husband commented that I “looked different”. I had absolutely no improvement for depression and started feeling even more irritable and “rage” like. This medication may be beneficial for severely underweight people with depression, but probably not many others. | F | 56 | 1 months 1X day | 12/16/2022 | 1 | Depression | Gained 40 pounds that I couldn't lose. I craved sugar and felt so hungry about 30 min of taking it. It's also the only thing that's helped me sleep! The health risks from the weight isn't worth it | F | 52 | 2 days 75mg 3X day | 11/23/2022 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, low appetite | Significant weight gain, increased appetite. | My doctor told me that I could expect to gain 5-10 lbs on this drug, which I was fine with as I was underweight and had lower weight and appetite than I would have liked. I ended up gaining around 50 lbs (about a 50% increase in my body weight); I tried exercise and dieting with no change. I decided to come off after over a year of being on it, and had difficulty tapering off the medication as I slept so heavily on it that I struggled to fall sleep without it. (I have never struggled with insomnia previously.) Other withdrawal symptoms included digestive issues, brain zaps, and strange feeling overall. Have lost over 30 lbs since stopping this medication with no change to diet or exercise. Overall, it did help me get over my appetite issues and a low spot in my depression when combined with another medication (atomoxetine); however, be wary of the advertised weight gain as it is more significant than I was told to expect, and the withdrawal symptoms are no joke. Ultimately, the other medication ended up helping me more with my mood and anxiety than this drug, and for me, this was not worth the side effects it caused. | F | 23 | 1.5 years 45 1X day | 11/16/2022 | 1 | Anxiety | Brain fog, dizziness,irritability, feel like a zombie. Since taking this I have missed so much work because I can't function it is ruining my life. | M | 60 | 9 months 45mg 1X day | 8/11/2022 | 1 | Insomnia | not much of an effect on me. I still woke up frequently and when I did I found myself snacking. I also had really intense cravings for sweets...without realizing it I had gained almost 15 pounds within a week cuz of it! Definitely got off it due to that and it didn't work for my insomnia. | Do your research on sleep meds if you're worried about weight gain. | F | 26 | 14 days 10mg 1X day | 3/11/2022 | 1 | it's truly awful. I am so upset that I ever took this. It only took me a month to gain 15 pounds, and 6 weeks off of it, I've only lost 2. I exercise a ton, watch what I eat, and am normally a fit, trim person. I didn't help my sleep any more than the trazodone I'd been using for years, and, to boot, made me extremely irritable. I think it should be taken off the market, or strictly prescribed for patients who need/want to gain weight. I think the psychiatrist who prescribed it to me should have to take it for a year so she can balloon up. ARGH!!!!! | DO NOT TAKE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO GAIN WEIGHT. | F | 49 | 75 days 1X day | 2/11/2022 | 1 | Depression | EPS (movement disorders), extreme weight gain, lethargy | This anti depressant ranks at the top of of the list for weight gainers. I was also on risperidone for 3 months but kept gaining weight after going off probably due to this drug. Gained 20 more pounds after going off the risperidone while I was on this drug. Overall gain of 65 pounds only able to lose 5. BEWARE of weight gain and lack of energy. | F | 38 | 7 months 1X day | 11/27/2021 | 1 | insomnia | dizziness, vertigo, headache, constipation, visual hallucinations, closed-eye hallucinations, hearing things that aren't actually there, sluggishness, daytime drowsiness, extreme sedation, blurred vision, impaired cognitive skills, confusion, very drugged up state, head bobbling, vivid nightmares, blank stares, absence seizures, drooling, weakness, difficulty walking | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE!!! THERE ARE WAY BETTER MEDICINES FOR INSOMNIA OR DEPRESSION WITH BETTER RESPONSE AND REMISSION RATES THIS JUNK IS AWFUL NO CAP ON MY MAMA AND DEFINITELY DONT TAKE IF YOU ARE ALREADY ON AN ANTIDEPRESSANT IT WILL SAVE U TEN GRAND ON AN ER VISIT | F | 18 | 2 days 15 1X day | 11/24/2021 | 1 | anxiety depression no appetite | numbing anxiety cognitive issues paranoia fast heart rate on higher dose. aggression severe. hopelessness. constipation urine retention causing severe uti and then couldn't stop peeing mania crazy thoughts all of it. a little mild sleep improvements but short lived. dreams. lethargy. | don't take it. I had some hope because I had many side effects from others. now what. on other meds before pandemic but had issues severe reaction to pandemic exacerbated everything. | F | 66 | 10 days 7.5 mg 1X day | 10/7/2021 | 1 | my son was taking this for insomnia | my 29 year old son was taking mirtazapine (the generic form of remeron). He had just received his masters degree in social work 9 months ago. He was in a new and very happy relationship and told me "this may be the one mom". Everything in his life was going extremely well including his job of 3 years. He started taking Mirtazapine and a few months later he shot himself with the gun he had for 10 years. This drug killed our son but big pharma continues to profit off of it. | M | 29 | 60 days 15mg 1X day | 6/4/2021 | 1 | Depression, sleep | Broke up my relationship. Irritability, barking orders, forgetfulness, demanding, nasty attitude. Docs only care that it's not causing any issues with blood or urine tests . They could care less about the psychological effects. Or the effect it's had on my partner who has left me. | Horrible drug. | M | 61 | 17 days 30mg 1X day | 2/28/2021 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, sleep | Massive weight gain, metabolic syndrome, prediabetes, dyslipidemia, fatty liver, akathisia, memory loss, cognitive impairment, flat affect, loss of interest, feeing robotic, less interest in friends and wanting to be isolative, developed skin picking behaviors and possible autism-like behaviors as well. | This is a horrible medicine. I highly advise anyone to stick with the lowest possible dose (Preferably 7.5-15mg) and use only for sleep and for a limited duration of time. I took it at higher doses and for upwards of 9 years and it has ruined my life. I gained 60 lbs, developed a fatty liver and prediabetes. As I've been tapering it I've lost 25 lbs, basically a pound for each milligram so far. Over the years I became more and more flat, robotic, lost interest, no feeling towards anyone, feel isolative and don't want to be around people. I've experienced numerous cognitive issues which have gotten a lot worse as I've been tapering down- this medicine destroyed my brain and ability to think. Worst of all I've developed movement disorders upon tapering- akathisia/severe restlessness. | M | 25 | 9 years 15-75mg | 6/15/2020 | 1 | Anxiety and depression | Insane hunger and anger issues | Did nothing positive | M | 45 | 90 days 45 | 5/8/2020 | 1 | Insomnia, depression | This was a horrible drug. It worked well for the insomnia the first night but, I couldn’t wake up the next day. The second day, I started having vision issues such as tunnel vision and just starting to lose vision in my left eye. The tremors were so bad, they affected my speech and the scariest thing was while on this medication, I actively looked for ways to hurt myself. I immediately stopped taking it. | I’m still dealing with nausea and vomiting and sometimes I forget what I’m saying as well as having a hard time comprehending things. Why is this on the market???? | F | 52 | 4 days 15mg | 11/19/2019 | 1 | 6 weeks | WARNING: CAUSES DIMENTIA. I went to the hospital with heart pain was prescribed this and I can no longer think clearly. It has changed my personality from a functional to wasting away | WARNING: CAUSES DIMENTIA. I went to the hospital with heart pain was prescribed this and I can no longer think clearly. It has changed my personality from a functional university educated man to wasting away. I weaning of and will | M | 53 | 90 days 30 mg | 10/29/2019 | 1 | Anxiety; Depression; Insomnia | This medicine made me very sleepy but my mind wouldn’t shut down. I was like a zombie. I had bizarre thoughts and crazy dreams when I finally did sleep. My therapist wants to increase my dose, lol. Not happening. Everyone reacts in their own way to certain medicines but I would never take this again. | F | 52 | 2 days 7.5 | 10/19/2019 | 1 | Burnout, sleep | Destroyed me and my whole life within 4 months :(. I was an active, happy, open-hearted woman with a beautiful life, lovely family, close friendships, wonderful relationship, good job, hobbies & sports, good food, loving nature. After some actually positive changes in life I‘ve got a burnout with some weeks of bad sleep and worries. Started Remeron. Helped with sleep in the beginning so I thought that‘s how it should be. But didn‘t get out of bed anymore, brain fog, memory problems, change of perception, getting hysteric, getting really depressed, racing thoughts, personality changes, derealization, depersonalization, crazily increasing anxiety, panic attacks, suicidal ideation, heart palpitations, night sweat, sleeplessness, pine problems, teeth problems, skin changes... after withdrawal many symptoms are gone, but I‘ve lost my identity, am now deeply depressed and traumatized, no sleep because my brain cannot process what has happened to me. Each sound, each smell, everything reminds me of the life before - and hurts because it feels as if I have died and I am just left over physically. Loosing my relationship, friendships, cannot do ANYTHING what I did before, family in deep sorrow, nobody can help me. POISON! My life is over with 34. | Poison, poison, poison! Ppl react so differently to the mechanism - it should be monitored intensively! Didn‘t happen in my case. And I never took any drugs because I believed in natural healing. Biggest mistake in my life, would rather take any other pain than this. | F | 34 | 4 months 7,5 - 30 | 3/22/2019 | 1 | Sleep | God please never take this rat poison it destroyed my cns and whole body. Have serious debilitating health issues now from this horrid drug, neuropathy, breathing issues, ruined my gut immune system, worse depression, agitation, anxiety, panic ive never experienced before in my life. Can barely walk now, eat, histamine intolerance, bad vision issues, pressure in my brain, cant think straight most days, lost half my hair, pots, akastasia, bad rashes, stomache absolutely a mess. Deadliest mistake of my life taking this poison. Heart issues. Circulation issues, This drug totally disabled me and i had a wonderful life before this holy hell drug. I lost EVERYTHING because of this drug. I've paid my life now for having sleep issues that i would take back in a heartbeat to what this drug did to me. I may never recover from the serious damage this drug did to me. I am paying hard every day and pray every night God to please take me before i do it myself. No one deserves the inhumane damage and hell psych meds do to millions of good people every day burning them down to the ground, debilitating them to a life of suffering causing severe chemical imbalances. I will never be the same happy, active, social, beautiful woman i was. | F | 47 | 2 years 3.75mg | 3/18/2019 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression/PTSD | Insomnia, weight gain, increased appetite for carbs, trouble swallowing, increased heart rate, aggravation of asthma symptoms | Drug can male you drowsy while awake but does the opposite for me when I close my eyes. I start coughing shortly after I take this medication. Can't sleep with is, so I have to take zopiclone and then I sleep an additional 12-14 hours without much, if any REM. Normally, Zopiclone has me sleep for about 6 hours. | M | 52 | 5 days 7.5 1X day | 9/8/2018 |
REMERON (MIRTAZAPINE): Mirtazapine is used to treat depression. It improves mood and feelings of well-being. Mirtazapine is an antidepressant that works by restoring the balance of natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1997-03-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)