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 |
| 4 | Depression | Stomach upset, cloudy headed first couple hours after waking, weight gain | Remeron helped me through a horrible time. It worked really fast, ending suicidal ideation and weeping in days. The weight gain is real, I picked up 10 pounds in two months despite running 3-4 times per week. It seemed to peak pretty quickly, I felt great the first two weeks, but the AD effect faded and sides increased. I've stopped taking it and don't feel any worse. | M | 41 | 2 months 15 1X day | 3/9/2014 | 4 | to get off ativan | Pros: made me sleep well and made weaning off Ativan easy. cons: gained 45 lbs in a year, and I cannot get it off. also VERY difficult to wean off | I had to go through a compounding pharmacy to wean me off 1-2 mgs at a time. its brutal. I'm down to 5mg, and its getting more difficult. I hope I can get off it completely. The weight gain is terrible. | F | 48 | 1 years 15mg 1X day | 2/21/2014 | 3 | Suicidal tendency | Slept great for the first few weeks, without being "knocked-out", but getting much better rest and waking up at a decent hour, ready for a good day to happen. Started eating again, and had my first menstrual cycle in over a year, along with healthy weight gain. Starting to have cognitive problems, becoming very easily irritated, not sleeping so well, intense cravings for junk food. | I was put on a 15mg/d dose after a 3-day ICU vacation, which resulted from a suicide attempt during my abusive marriage. Three months of separation, on this dose, and with my family, later..my dose has been recently doubled to 30mg/d and I'm feeling dazed and generally un-enthused. This was the reason why my dose was doubled, but I'm not sure that I want to depend on a higher dose of Remeron to fix it..? | F | 19 | 3 months 15mg 1X day | 2/20/2014 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Lethargy, zombie-like for a couple days, difficulty waking, cravings for carbs | Only two weeks on this med, but I've gone from suicide risk to functional. I've been in a deep depression with physical symptoms that I had never experienced before, like extreme fatigue and constant stomach pain. This was in addition to the usual hopelessness, guilt, lack of interest and suicidal ideation. All of those symptoms are gone, and the side effects are tolerable. | M | 41 | 14 days 15mg 1X day | 1/13/2014 | 1 | Insomnia | Sleep was great for first couple weeks. Then not so great along with burning sensation everywhere. | F | 44 | 1 months 15mg | 12/28/2013 | 1 | Sleep/Depression | I thought I got nerve damage from an lumbar injection from the same time I started this. Numbness in extremeties. Extremely life-altering. I'm terrified the symptoms aren't reversible. When the heat is on, for example, I'm freezing. When it's cool my skin feels like it's on fire. Just spoke to pharmacologist and he never heard of this! ?? | Apparently not a benign drug, to say the least. I have no history of exceptional side effects to anything and I've been all all kinds of psych drugs over 35 years. I would love to hear that this is reversible. Please. | F | 57 | 5 weeks 15 1X day | 12/16/2013 | 2 | Insomnia | Emotional detachment, indifference, restless legs, itch, loss of creativity and initiative. | With persistent secondary insomnia this was supposed to help me quit the hypnotics. Unfortunately I started having restless legs and also found that I get this now with all the other "psycho" meds that are supposed to help you sleep. I'm also in theory against taking anit-depressents if you don't suffer from a clinical depression but just feel a bit low because of a chronic condition and insomnia. As a creative person in touch with their feelings I found this an unaccepable drug although I was able to get off the benzos while I was on it.. | F | 47 | 5 months 15 1X day | 12/11/2013 | 2 | Dysthymic Disorder | Insatiable, persistent hunger. Deep sleep. Weight gain. Joint pain. Muscle pain. Feeling of heaviness. Strong erections. | This is a good drug if you have problems sleeping and/or are underweight. I gained twenty pounds in five weeks. I had to stop taking it because it made me feel very heavy. It made my joints crack constantly. It made my muscles feel like they were burning whenever I stretched. I couldn't run because of the joint pain in my knees and ankles. When getting up from the sofa or going down the stairs it was as if I were 80 years old because I felt so stiff with joint pain. It didn't give my sex drive a boost but my erections were stronger than when I wasn't taking it. My mood never lifted. I really liked it at first but after a while the constant hunger becomes annoying. I slept like a baby on it, though. 8-10 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night. I can only recommend it to those who can't sleep and/or are underweight. Other than those two things, it did nothing but make my body sick. | M | 42 | 5 weeks 15mg 1X day | 11/10/2013 | 1 | Severe insomnia | Serious weight gain, extreme hunger and cravings for carbohydrates, lethargy, fatigue, just feeling awful in general, severe dementia like cognitive problems. | I took this drug in 2007, was on it for 6 months. Then had to taper down for 1 year using a liquid version because the withdrawals were horrible. After having been off it for over 5 years, I still suffer from side effects that never went away: really bad cognitive problems and short term memory problems (I had to drop out of my PhD program in Economics because I couldn't do even the simple math anymore), I never lost the fat that I gainedon my legs (legs were my strongest body part and now they are fat no matter how much I exercise and I eat ridiculously healthy), it permanently ruined my sleep quality and since I took remeron I have never ever had good quality sleep, ever since, not one night but I always wake up feeling as if I never really slept. Remeron destroyed my life forever. | F | 38 | 1.5 years 45 MG 1X day | 10/21/2013 | 3 | Anxiety and depression | Completely knock out the first week on 15mg. Has taken the top of my anxiety but nothing more. Still anxious and depressive. | F | 34 | 1 months 30mg | 10/19/2013 | 4 | Sleep Disorder | Drowsiness and hunger as it's kicking in. | Works well as a sleep aid. I think it helps my mood as well. | M | 23 | 6 months 15MG 1X day | 10/16/2013 | 1 | Depression & Insomnia | Chronic Fatigue, Diahrrea every day, abdominal pain, weight loss, itching all over, hair loss, dry eyes, sinusitis, rashes, acne, loss of co ordination, depersonalization, panic attacks & anxiety (never used to be an issue), nausea, vomiting, apathy, suicidal thoughts, irritability, weakness, no energy at all, ear infections, dizziness, anaemia, sun sensitivity (never used to burn even in tropical countries... Now I get freckles from 10 minutes in the sun in the UK!) This drug has ruined my life!! Only should be used very short term to help you sleep, it causes all sorts of horrible problems which go unreported because drs will try & tell us we have a hundred other health problems which are unrelated to Mirtazapine when they definitely are! I'm coming off them but the withdrawal is BAD! Drs lied about that part. It has taken 6 months so far and I am almost off them! I really hope the horrible side effects go away soon after I stop because otherwise I may lose my job. Please think very carefully before accepting a script for this, I have totally lost 3 years of my life at a crucial time of development. I have been in hospital because of having diahrrea every single day for over a year!! They think its crohns but there's no evidence for that I just know its Mirtazapine!!! | F | 21 | 3 years 15 - 45 | 10/13/2013 | 4 | deoression and anxiety | 1 days | 9/16/2013 | 2 | Chronic, resistant depression | Strange, sleep disorders, such as hypnogogic hallucinations and yelling out in my sleep which would freak out those around me...only one of two drugs to do this to me (the other being Manerix). Generally feeling like a slug which resulted in eventual weight gain | Let me preface this review by saying that my case is not typical since I've suffered from depression and anxiety for most of my life, and it has become more resistant to treatment since I hit my forties. So I tried Remeron, hoping it would be effective since it affects both serotonin and norepinephrine and has a unique method of action. Well the results were less than stellar, even at the high dose, it didn't really seem to help my mood at all. I didn't get the dreaded weight gain until I'd been on it for several weeks...which is usually the reverse of what happens but it wasn't that bad so not everyone will gain weight. I just felt apathetic and lazy which is probably the reason for the weight gain more than anything else. As mentioned it occasionally gave me some freaky effects while on the verge of sleep which was reason enough to discontinue it. I even tried it in combination with Effexor....the so called "Rocket Fuel" combo without much success. It could be I didn't give the combo enough time in retrospect...As far as it being more activating at higher doses, that was not the case for me as it never made me feel energized and I could have easily slept well into the afternoon. May be good for those whose depression is related to their sleep problems. | M | 43 | 90 days 60 1X day | 9/2/2013 | 5 | Depression, insomnia | Extreme weight gain (20 lbs). I ran 3+ miles, 4xj week...couldn't drop the lbs. I also felt foggy, similar to a bad hangover (minus headache/nausea). The grogginess usually cleared up after 1-2 hrs. This med worked like a champ. for sucking me out of the depression I was in. It was also had the most wonderful sleep aide side effect. I slept 8-10 hrs...no matter what. I would advise taking it early if you need to wake up for school or work. | M | 30 | 1 years 45 MG | 8/17/2013 | 5 | Anxiety/ Insomnia | Food craving - cant stop eating, digestive problems - mild | If you are in a state of deep depression or severe anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite, this is the drug to take. I've started on 7.5mg at night and it knocked me out for 15 hours. I think it will knock out a horse as well. I gradually went up to 15mg and now on 22.5 mg. Minimal side effects - cant stop eating. This drug is perfect for skinny people suffering with anxiety and loss of appetite. You have to combine with SSRI for optimal effect. I'm on 10mg lorien as well. Works a treat. I think I will use this medication for the rest of my life in consultation with my doctor. Why suffer in these difficult times we living in. | M | 45 | 3 months 22.5mg 1X day | 8/5/2013 | 1 | combat other med side effect | Recovery story, hang in there this stuff took away 18 months of my life, I still haven't the confidence to go back to a proper job, it took 11 Weeks to start getting energy back, I kept a diary, wrote how I felt day but only reviewed it monthly, after 18 months I'm as busy as ever but still need to work on the confidence it took from me | F | 37 | 6 months 10 | 6/15/2013 | 1 | depression and sleep issues | weight gain, lethargy, low mood, | PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG! Coming off of it is a nightmare. Can't sleep. Can't eat. Feel sick all the time. Muscle pain. Can barley walk and my legs hurt so bad. I feel like I am dying. My feet and hands are numb. I am also completely suicidal. I feel like I am going insane. | M | 47 | 15 years 15,30 1X day | 6/9/2013 | 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 |