Drug Ratings for REMERONAverage Rating: 3.0 (766 Ratings)
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| 5 | depression | When I first started taking Remeron I had the most unusual side effect: nocturinal eating. I had never gotten up from sleep to eat. After taking Remeron I would find myself in front of the refridgerator stuffing food in my mouth. I learned to leave out finger food to eat in the night. This side effect did pass. | After being tried on every antidepressant, Remeron was the first antidepressant that made me feel not depressed. It is a miracle drug for me. I did have some weight gain. I read more about Remeron and some sources stated that the weight gain would decrease with increased dose. That is what I found, I increased it to 1.5 45mg for a while and am now at 90mg. The weight gain stopped and I was able to loose the weight I had gained. | M | 53 | 4 years 90mg 1X D | 4/29/2010 | 5 | Major depression + psychosis | None | Made me sleep like a baby for 8h+ straight every night! Allowed me to regain energy and serenity. Also no effect on sexuality which is a big plus. Very happy with this med overall! :-) | M | 30 | 6 months 30mg 1X D | 4/8/2010 | 5 | depression | I was scared of that this med would make me gain loads of weight, but i was anorexic/bulimic and could use a few pounds anway... in the short term i gained about half a stone, but since then its levelled out and i feel much calmer and sleep much better. Its not easy to lose weight on remeron which actually makes it easy to get through the worse throws of bulimia/anorexia since you can't go off the deep end because diets just don't work on zispin, its great for maintaining healthy! | I take this with fluanxol and its making all the difference! Weight gain is a good side effect for me and for those scared of it, the weight gain seems to go away. I'm stable, the weight is stable- so all is good. | M | 28 | 4 months | 1/30/2010 | 5 | Depression; Insomnia; IBS | Increased appetite; sedation. | Remeron is truly a great medicine for some people. It controls my IBS and helps with insomnia and depression. I'm on the 30mg dose and find that it works a bit better than the 15mg. The depression has lifted somewhat in combination with Lexapro 20mg and Zyprexa 2.5mg. | M | 25 | 2.5 years 30 1X D | 2/15/2010 | 5 | Depression | Remeron works well for me and I have regained conrol of my life. I was plagued by depression and anxiety for years. I nearly went insane on Lexapro, Paxil and Zoloft because I could not sleep and had very strange thoughts. Remeron has settled me down and nearly eliminated the distorted thoughts that accompanied my depression. I did gain about 10 lbs in three months but I have dropped 5 of it when Spring came and I could become more active. I sleep well and have plenty of energy. | Taking 30 mg. | M | 45 | 4 months | 5/1/2007 | 5 | Depression; Anxiety | Some sedation; dry mouth; some electric shock feelings from time to time; increased appetite right after taking, often causing craving for sweets, but not overwhelming. | If you can make friends with this drug, it is a godsend. It ended a lifetime of tortuous anxiety for me, augmented effexor to remedy my depression, lets me sleep like a baby at night and function like a normal person by day, with a healthy range of emotion. I have found that a minor adjustment to my eating habits and a slight increase in physical activity stopped my weight gain and I've been losing 2 pounds a week while using Remiron. The munchies from the drug can be satisfied with lo-cal snacks and compensated for with mindful caloric limitation during the other times of day. It is a lovely medecine that can relieve hellish torment from anxiety and depression. I'm loving life these days, clean, sober, healthy, sane. Remiron is the stuff. | M | 41 | 3 months | 2/20/2007 | 5 | depression/insomnia | none at all if anything lost weight | before taking remeron i just about never slept a wink and had no appetite no weigh gain at all but since taking this drug sleep solid 8 hours and depression much better though still get down days but don't we all thumbs up from me cos tried stopping this drug and felt awful again | M | 33 | 2 days | 9/10/2007 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety and Insomnia | Next day was a mental fog and apathy for the first 3 weeks. Then that subsided and I now feel more alert during the day than I did before starting Remeron (Mirtazapine). I attribute that to the fact that I now regularly get a full nights sleep. It takes 4 alarm clocks to wake me in the morning. But it is worth it to be able to sleep solidly. More dreams. But no nightmares. | It cured my generalized anxiety. And therefore I also quit having the tension headaches that came with anxiety. As a bonus, my dry itchy legs quit itching. Presumably due to Remeron's affinity for histamine receptors. I take 15mg each night. If I take it on an empty stomach, I get nauseous and dizzy. If I take it with dinner, I have no problem. I presume this is just due to a slowing of the absorption. I've had no increase in appetite or weight gain. You don't want to drive a car for the first 3 weeks. So have alternative transportation or start this when you are able to take time off from work. Prior to Remeron, I tried Lexapro and Zoloft. I found both to have intolerable side effects. And the Zoloft increased my anxiety. | M | 40 | 2 months | 12/24/2006 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia | Extreme hunger at first, which was really good because I was 20 lbs underweight and dropping. Makes me sleepy at night which is great becuase I tend to be an insomniac. A little bit of muscle achiness at first, but not bad. Absolutely no sexual side effects and no spaciness. I gained 15 lbs over 6 months, which is right where I need to be. | This drug saved my life. I wanted to end it all before I tried Remeron. I have tried 3 or 4 other anti-depressants over the past 10 years and they gave me horrific side effects and nothing worked (even SSRI's). When I started Remeron, it took about 2 weeks to become fully effective, but suddenly I felt like living again and I felt like eating and I slept at night and I looked forward to the future. I felt less anxious too. What wonderful changes. I have always had trouble sleeping and had anxiety problems (even when I was a kid), so I may probably always take it for those problems. Every once in a while I still feel down, but the difference is now I can pull myself thru it fairly quickly - I absolutely could not do that before. | M | 41 | 1 years | 1/4/2006 | 5 | Insomnia, depression, benzo w/d | Very slow onset, increase to 45mg caused agitation, not really fixed my sleeping | This is an update to my rating below about rising to 45mg and Valium withdrawal. Initially, on raising the dose, I noticed that agitation increased and I put myself back on 30mg. I stayed on this for a few weeks, but noticed my depression got worse, and my sleeping was far from perfect. So, under the advice from my doctor, I tried 45mg again. I still got "agitated" (nervous. jumpy, etc.) after about seven days, but after about 10, it disappeared and I felt better than I have in years. To all those who give up after a few days, start low and increase and don't expect quick miracles. That happens for some, clearly, but not all. My sleeping still isn't perfect, with a lot of waking up, but it's less of a problem (I worry about it less and get back to sleep right away). | M | 35 | 4 months | 10/18/2005 | 5 | Severe Insomnia caused by depressio | IMPORTANT: if you take this drug for insomnia only, it`s most possible that you only need 1/4 dosis of the the smallest pill (15 Mg Remeron Smelt) to have the right effect in kombination with a sleeping pill (ex.Imovane) | After talking to one of the head specialists in sleeping disorders in Denmark,He told me he`s test results, showing Remeron Smelt in remarkable low dosis had helped with Insomnia, in cases where sleeping pills only had low effect. Im taking only 1/8 of 15 Mg. (need a pill breaker) in combination with 3,75 Mg. Imovane/Imozop. My heavy anxiety depression due to really harmfull long term stress from a divorce situation is treated with Cipralex. | M | 40 | 7 months | 3/7/2007 | 5 | depression, anxiety | I cannot believe how many people complain about weight gain on this drug. About 30 seconds worth of research reveals that weight gain is very likely and users should take heed. | If you are concerned about weight gain do not use this drug. Remeron is for anxious, depressed, underweight insomniacs. It is as simple as that. I will post back another rating later as I have only used it for a month. So far so good. | M | 23 | 1 months | 3/18/2007 | 5 | Fatigue and sluggishness. | Remeron is by far the best antidepressant I've ever been on. It pulled me out of a super severe depression in 5 day! I've been on it since then. I give this med an A+ despite its side effects. | M | 28 | 6 months | 10/28/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/Insomnia | 1st year slight weight gain (10lbs.), lost it in year 2. No side effects anymore. | My body must have gotten used to it over time because this drug continues to help my sleep and concentration. I have taken brand tablet, brand soltab, & every generic available. I stopped for about 6 months, didn't die, but missed it. I recommend using Wiki to read about how it works. It is no worse than ssri side effects or withdrawal effects. I don't drink and every year my liver/blood is fine. 15mg a night always works & 1 last thing, brand IS stronger otherwise Teva & Greenstone are good generics. Sandoz & Auerobindo not as good IMO. | M | 37 | 12 years 15mg 1X D | 3/8/2013 | 5 | Depression | Sedation | Best drug ever for my depression with anxiety. | M | 28 | 14 days 30 MG 1X D | 12/17/2012 | 5 | depression with anxiety and insomni | Finally able to fall and stay asleep. | Before taking remeron I was taking seroquel and trazodone. They did not help me sleep any PERIOD. I take Soltab at bedtime and rest a good 8 hous and do not wake. It has caused my life to become normal for once. It will make you drowsy at first in the mornings but soon goes away after about a month. I now wake refreshed and not so hungover as many meds have made me. I had not slept good in over two years due to problems from PTSD from being a retired veteran where I witnessed to black side of war. I would have nightmares when I would briefly doze off and would have the same nightmares like I was still trapped behind enemy lines. My wife is now able to sleep since I do not get up all hors of the night looking for and intruder in the yard. I shot my neighbors dog thinking it was an insurgent trying to case out my home. I spent 30 days in jail and didn'y sleep a wink and now I use a pellet gun to shoot the dogs since now I know they are only trying to see what why I am out in the yard at wee hours of the night screaming to my platoon to "take cover", 'ememy spotted 5 o'clock.... My psychotris says I should scald the dogs with hot bleach water and give them antifreeze on bread to tide them over until reinforcements can arrive. Soltab has save my life and my platoon and the neighborhood dogs if they stay out of the bait stations since they are so poor, they sometime go for the sntifreeze even though I have marked the sites with skulls and crossbones signs, but | M | 43 | 6 years 30 mg 1X D | 8/29/2012 | 5 | PTSD, and nightmares | Weight gain, no dreams | I started it because I couldn't sleep I was having nightmares constantly. My past(Iraq) was comig back to huant me two or three times a week. I actually lost 50 pounds in three months, my doctor thought I was dieing, I've gotten back 35 of it so far, though not as in good of shape as I was. I feel better my wife says I act better I have motavation to live and go, where I didn't before. One downside is if I miss one dose the nightmares will keep me up all night, random one at that. Also I don't dream at all anymore. I used to have fantastic dreams and even lucid dreams. Now I take my pill and go into a coma for six hours. But I'm ready for the world when I get up. I went a four day period with none because my doctor refused to fill it until I saw him. It was four days of hell. I do not recommend quiting cold turkey, EVER. | M | 30 | 90 days 30 mg 1X D | 4/25/2012 | 5 | Insomnia & Anxiety | 1st year gained about 10 pounds and had all of the other minor side effects. Augmented an ssri (prozac) with it for awhile. It's effective for ssri side effects (sweating, insomnia, also.) | My body must have gotten used to it over time because this drug continues to help my sleep and concentration. I have taken brand tablet, brand soltab, & every generic available. I stopped for about 6 months and did not die but I missed it. I recommend using Wiki to read about how it works. It is no worse than ssri side effects or withdrawal effects. I don't drink and every year my liver is fine. 15mg a night always works & 1 last thing, brand IS stronger otherwise Teva & Greenstone are good generics. Sandoz & Auerobindo not as good. | M | 37 | 12 years 15mg 1X D | 4/26/2012 | 5 | Anxiety / depression | I get sleepy after taking it but that's great for me because I was having trouble sleeping. I gained a few pounds in the first 3 months because of cravings for sweets and chocolate. Those cravings have eased significantly after about 3 or 4 months. | I've have NO sexual side effects! None! It's amazing. My anxiety and depression have eased tremendously although I still have moments of relapse. They don't last long though. I can live with it not. I feel like myself again. | M | 35 | 6 months | 9/10/2005 | 5 | Anxiety / depression | I get sleepy after taking it but that's great for me because I was having trouble sleeping. I gained a few pounds in the first 3 months because of cravings for sweets and chocolate. Those cravings have eased significantly after about 3 or 4 months. I am taking 45 mg daily. | I've have NO sexual side effects! None! It's amazing. My anxiety and depression have eased tremendously although I still have moments of relapse. They don't last long though. I can live with it not. I feel like myself again. | M | 35 | 6 months | 9/10/2005 | 5 | Enxiety, depression and sleep apnea | A bit hungry, have to do lots of exercise to keep weight off but is worth it. A little dizzy and some relapses of enxiety but not as bad as before.Sometimes I get a little lost,I draw a blank for about 1 minute. | Works great for me. It helps me sleep which i need since I use a Cpap Apnea mask.My depression is gone, My enxiety is down 50%.I can still have sex. | M | 36 | 2 years | 8/2/2006 | 5 | Severe anxiety and depression | Weight gain; dry mouth; electric shocks in head for first few months in combo with effexor, but they have gone away. | The combination of Effexor and Remeron for me has been miraculous. I suffered from an entire adult life of severe anxiety and periodic bouts of severe depression. I live without these scourges now. I sleep like a baby, wake up feeling fine, experience a normal range of emotion, function well, and am living a normal life, thanks to these medications. The weight gain can be controlled by mindful eating habits and exercise. It's worth the effort, folks. This medecine is wonderful if you can make peace with it. | M | 41 | 4 months | 3/21/2007 | 5 | Major Depression and Sleep Apnea | None | I love it! For the first time in over 20 years, I sleep well and feel great! Remeron may have saved my life. | M | 43 | 4 days | 1/5/2007 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia | Peaceful, pleasant lethargy during day. Not the kind of sleepiness you feel when you didn't sleep the night before, but the serene feeling you get after you get up from an afternoon nap. | I started taking this after having no positive effect and even worse insomnia from Lexapro. I was losing my career in sales, because my terrible attitude and lack of sleep was apparent to clients. The very night I started Remeron I slept great for the first time in months, and I closed a deal the next day, then again the day after that. Since then, my sales have picked up and I feel so much better and less stressed out about things going on in my life. I'm much more motivated, and haven't lost any sleep since I started. Try to stop drinking alcohol. For me, that's the only time I don't feel great, so it's also helped me stop drinking. | M | 25 | 2.5 weeks | 4/5/2007 | 5 | Depression ; Anxiety... | Vivid dreams maybe?? Other than that, none. I love it. | I started on remeron after trying several SSRIs and experiencing no relief. With the remeron, im on a high dosage of 60mg daily but like i said, no side effects that ive noticed. Its really helped with the depression and some of the anxiety. Remeron is a very clean drug. I like it alot. | M | 20 | 1 months | 7/15/2006 | 5 | PARKINSON | NO SIDE EFFECTS,WORKS GREAT | TREMOR HAS BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST 50%,FREEZING EPISODES AND ON-OFF HAVE BECOME MUCH SMOOTHER.IT IS A GREAT HELP. | M | 45 | 15 days | 9/3/2004 | 5 | Anxiety. Lack of steady sleep. | Mild morning Drowsiness. | What to sleep 8 hours straight then take this. Side effects minimal. Weight gain minmal. Great for sleep. Just great. Augment with an ssri if depressed. Helps calm ssri side effects. Remeron alone for depression not enough., 15mg and you WILL sleep. | M | 32 | 3 years | 6/28/2004 | 5 | Anxiety/Addiction sedative hypnotic | Head feels somewhat heavy, some daytime tiredness,appetite increase | Remeron saved my life. I was coming off of a strong sedative-hypnotic addiction, and had anziety and insomnia so bad I was about to check myself into a hospital. My addiction counselor prescribed remeron for me to help settle me and control my insomnia. The first night I took 1/2 pill and within 45 minutes, it was all I could do to crawl into bed. This effect wore off after the first few days and it noticeably calmned my anxiety and helps me sleep at night. Better to take it at least 1 hour before bed. I'm going to try to taper off of it in the next few weeks. | M | 34 | 3 months | 6/18/2004 | 5 | Depression | Some sleepness for the first couple of days but was OK with an extra cup of coffee. Sleepyness went away in a week or so. Depression got beter very quickly it is very fast acting unlike the other antidressents I have tried. | M | 37 | 3 months | 4/29/2004 | 5 | Insomnia | Weight gain of about 40lbs in 6 months (fortunately I was underweight.) | This medication has allowed me to get a much better nights sleep without any interruptions. I take 15mg each night. Of course since I've been taking it for 2 years now, I'm pretty much dependent on it. Thus if I forget to take it, I can stay up all night without feeling really tired. I'm not sure how healthy this is. | M | 34 | 2 years | 12/21/2003 | 5 | Major Depression(chronic), dysthymi | month 1 to 6 Dry mouth, thirst I was always drinking some form of liquid weight gain which was a blessing as I would not eat due to depression and the added weight was needed DECREASED SEX DRIVE but the benifits of the drug outweigh this. Occassional mood swings | I take 30mg at bedtime, and have never slept so well in 15 years, this was the lastest in a line of 9 different antidepressants over the past 7 years and finally this one worked well with the least side effects. Daytime drowsiness dissapated after aprrox: 2 weeks. The worst side effect I have is a lowered sex drive about half of what it was. | M | 37 | 11 months | 3/31/2004 | 5 | depression | The first week during the phase in was rough due to dull hang -overs. Libido was reduced but is now returning after 3 months. ringing in the ears started 4 weeks ago but may be due to other causes. Now sleep great and Depression and axiety gone. 10 lb weight gain but that was over the holidays and I could have used it. | M | 57 | 3 months | 2/11/2003 | 5 | Severe recurrent depression. | The only real, concrete, negative that I've experience from this medication is overeating, though this has certainly dissipated throughout the duration of treatment. (To be fair I'm completely baffled how anyone can consider gaining weight to be intolerable compared to the cessation of the unending pain in your mind constantly willing you to stick a knife through your eye. YMMV.) I may also concede a small belief that my mental alacrity has been slightly dulled, though this could have more to do with the copious amounts of booze, weed and miscellaneous drugs I've thrown down my throat over the years. | From spending weeks lying in bed, acquiring homemade scars, with the only pre-occupation being the best way of stopping the demons cutting your mind like a lumpen mass of lard to holding down a job; paying back years of debt; having social acquaintances; being able to read, able to think in straight lines; imagining a future that doesn't involve your grizzly death and other such merriments. Basically mirtazapine quite literally gave me a new life to live. It's double thumbs up good. | M | 25 | 2 years | 6/4/2007 | 5 | Depression | Sexual ahedonia, initial weifght gain 10punds in the first wo weeks. On the positve side let me sleep well for the frist time in years. | First put on this drug for depression. I have other issues I am working on OCD hoarding, compulsive spending, avoidant persoanlity. The drug was a life saver had hit an all time low started planning but not carrying out suicide before getting on this. That scared me enough to seek help for the first time in my life. I'm currently trying to change to LExapro due to stalling out on progress in too many areas and some signs of back sliding old depression pre cursor behaviors cropping up. I continued to experience an increased appetit after the initial adjusting period but having been a runner I found the will power to resist gaining weight beyond a certain point. Trying to loose the weight I had gained was only partially suscessful. Also had the initial dry mouth common with many of these drugs but that went away. The fiest two week need to eat was obcessive. I would eat a full meal and felt like I haden't eater for several days. MAjor muchies hence the initial weight gain. The | M | 54 | 20 months | 9/22/2007 | 5 | insomnia | Felt too druged on 15mg, so after a couple of days I switched to 7.5 mg. Feels kind-of like a cold medicine/antihistimine, but I got used to it. | Have had trouble waking up in the night and not able to go back to sleep for the last 10-12 years. This stuff gives me 8 hours straight and I wake up feeling refreshed. It's a wonder drug for me! | M | 39 | 2 months | 4/7/2005 | 5 | Depression, insomnia | Switched from ambien to remeron for the insomnia which appears to be helpful. Wasn't taking any med for depression but the remeron appears to be working. Haven't experienced the food craving yet but have noticed dry mouth and tearing in both eyes. Also noticed a decrease in sex drive as well. | Currently taking 15 mg and will be re-evaluated in March to see if the doseage needs to be upped or decreased. | M | 60 | 18 days | 1/22/2005 | 5 | Depression | Weight gain, during the first couple of weeks I had dizzyness, felt as if time had slowed down. | Content with just about anything. Supressed anger. I used to argue until I felt I had won whether or not I was right. Now I can just state how I feel and I am satisfied. I am more logical in my thougts and conversation. I feel more at ease being a listener. I was 165 and now I am 196. However I am a male and 6'2 | M | 34 | 3 months | 1/13/2005 | 5 | Depression, sleep problems, | All positive side effects. Iwas too thin, I added needed weight. I could not sleep. Now I sleep well. | Taking Remeron helped where all the other drugs I took had no effect. I wish it was less expensive. I have insurance but it only covers 1 pill per day whereas my doctor suggests three. When I experiment and take two I can feel a positive impact. Love it. | M | 42 | 1 days | 2/20/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | Slight weight gain at first that wore off in 3 weeks time. | Helped with sleep! From getting 5 hours a night to 9 restful hours! Helps pain, and reduces nausea! Remeron is great. | M | 22 | 3 months | 2/12/2008 | 5 | Offset ssri side effects | During the first year I probably gained some weight but I am way past that now. | I have taken 15mg for 8 years to offset insomnia and nervousness from prozac 20mg. This combination has been great. | M | 36 | 8 years | 1/27/2008 | 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 | 5 | Anxiety, inability to sleep. | Little groggy in the morning but it quickly subsides. Slight weight gain. Great medicine for sleep. | Brought my life back to normal after onset of severe anxiety. Took about a month to get full benefit. | M | 58 | 4 months | 11/24/2007 | 5 | For sleep | None so far someone said time goes slower when you sleeping which I'm finding to be true. | I'm taking this as a replacement for seroquel which is bad friggin MOJO someone said they took 200mg of seroquel on AOL or something so I started taking it for Inosomnia. But i found seroquel makes you a zombie and causes you to sweat if you take too much at one time. I weight 225 currently at 6' feet. I read on the sleepnet forums someone had sucess with this drug since I'm on Zyprexa too I should be able to control the weight gain that goes with Remeron I hope....because seroquel is also a bad offender for weight along with Zyprexa | M | 32 | 1 days | 9/12/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, slight depression | Some morning tiredness, but went away around noon for the first few days taking it. I also, like many, have experienced the uncontrolable desire to eat everything I get my hands on. Most find that unsatisfactory. I being underweight am exited to put on the extra pounds, I love eating!! | This drug is a blessing for my anxiety which I have throughout my days. Since day one, ive felt like im finally getting to enjoy my life and not have to worry about my next panic attack. I feel great. Food also tastes better to me and I love the fact that I cant stop eating, at least until I get to the weight I desire. | M | 25 | 1 weeks | 5/5/2007 | 5 | Depression & insomnia | Drowsiness completely disappeared after the first week. Increased appetite and weight gain have been significant. I've gained 3kg in three weeks. | My experience with this drug has been very positive (30mg). I began sleeping well after the first dose, and my mood, motivation and level of energy began to improve after two weeks. Previously on venlafaxine and experienced impotence and low libido. I have no sexual side effects with this drug at all! It's the best one I've been on and I wish I'd discovered it sooner. | M | 31 | 3 weeks | 9/21/2007 | 5 | insomnia | Drowsiness, but that's what's intended. An hour or so after taking this med, I will want to eat lots of sour candy. You will literally eat sugar out of the bag. I do not think this has caused me any weight gain, as this effect does NOT carry over into the morning/next day. For me, it's an inducer of a mandatory midnight treat, but that's all. I am skinny by nature, and have remained so on this drug. | Give this med a chance, it's disguised as a really nasty side-effect-laden drug at first, but give it at least a week to get past it's initial nastiness to judge if it's right for you. I felt like an absolute apathetic zombie the first two days I took this med (just 15 mg at the time). It was all smooth sailing after that though. Excellent sleep med after trazodone pooped out. It takes about an hour to hit me. I still need to take an SSRI for anxiety -- the remeron alone wasn't enough. An SSRI + Remeron may be a good combination for treatment-resistant depression. Does not cause sexual dysfunction like other AD's (specifically the SSRI/SNRI class of drugs). Buproprion is the alternative (may actually be sexually enhancing). Buproprion is the antithesis of remeron in terms of sedation/stimulation though. | M | 22 | 5 years 45 mg 1X D | 4/14/2013 | 5 | severe anxiety and depression | very tired at first then hungry for sweets | Remeron saved my life. I had tried just about every med known to mankind, but when I was put on Remeron, my anxiety and depression were cured. I can now put things in perspective: most every problem is now managable. please try remeron. | M | 42 | 3 years | 1/2/2010 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Dry mouth, decreased sex drive, difficulty waking in the morning, tiredness at night, increased appetite. | A life saver for me, Zoloft wasn't cutting it alone, so I added Remeron to the mix. The weight gain isn't a problem since I was down 20 lbs. from not eating. Really helped me sleep. Heard this is best as an add on med to boost another antidepressant rather than by itself - for the seriously deprssed only. Worth all the side effects just to get rid of the insomnia and suicidal thoughts. | M | 42 | 2 days | 5/29/2008 | 5 | Insomnia. Depression. | Perhaps a little desire to sleep late in the morning now that I'm retired; but while working the morning routine forced the issue and I'd arrive at work feeling relaxed rather wiped out from lack of sleep due to the mental motor running out of control. | Remeron was the first drug prescribed by my Psychiatrist before starting Lamictal. Immediate results. Had to increase to 45 mg after 6 months. Good restful sleep. Helped stymie depression by giving good rest at night. Can't thank my Dr. enough for the Remeron/Lamictal combo. | M | 64 | 5 years | 9/17/2008 | 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 | 5 | Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression | Foggy in the morning, occasionally drowsy and sleepy in the evenings. Appetite and between-meal snacking has increased, but moderation and regular excercise has offset any weight gain. | 30mg. Chronic insomnia and night-after-night of poor sleep had only helped to fuel my anxiety and depression. I was literally coming to my wit's end, constantly waking up to racing thoughts after only 4 hours of sleep, unable to get back to sleep; tossing and turning until morning with the anxious thoughts cycling over and over. Without intending to sound overly clichéd, Remeron has truly changed my life. I now get at least 7 hours of solid, uninterrupted sleep every night. I forgot what it was like to be awakened by the alarm in the morning, and just how healing and beneficial sleep is to your body and soul. Although I'm going through a very stressful time in my life right now, I have zero anxiety. The vicious mental cycle that insomnia was only magnifying has dissipated completely, and I'm fully functional in all aspects of my life. My thought processes are clear again, which has led to improved reasoning and verbal communications; things had become so bad, I felt as tho | M | 40 | 4 weeks | 6/21/2008 | 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 | 5 | Anxiety/Augment SSRI | First year some weight gain. Adjusted over the years and lost it. Sometimes groggy early on but just kept moving. | This drug has ALWAYS helped me sleep straight through the night on the same dose of 15mg and I have taken it for 7 years. It also helps with side effects from 20mg Prozac I take such as nervousness, sexual side effects, agitation. It's a great low dose combination for me. I really am happy this drug. Why take a high dose of 1 medicine when a low dose of 2 working together is more effective? Remeron has no serious interactions, look it up, and it has helped greatly with my attention and focus. | M | 35 | 7 years | 3/8/2008 | 5 | Anxiety / Poor Appetite | Vivid dreams (not nightmares),significantly increased appetite | working as intended for me. although do have wierd muscle pain in right shoulder; not sure if related | M | 40 | 10 days | 3/28/2008 | 5 | some sleepiness | M | 12 years | 4/16/2008 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |