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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Depression | I first developed muscle weakness in my arms, after taking seven days. Then my feet went numb. Then severe burning skin at six weeks. Was told it caused periperal neuropathy, also had very tender breasts. It helped my anxiety, but at too high a cost. | F | 48 | 6 weeks 7.5mg 1X day | 5/15/2010 | 5 | dep | energy | nice | M | 55 | 6 years 15mg 1X day | 5/1/2010 | 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 day | 4/29/2010 | 1 | sleep | My friend just died from it! | F | 56 | 30 1X AN | 4/24/2010 | 5 | Depression, anxiety and insomnia | At first I was very sleepy but that passed after a few days. I am a little groggy first thing in the morning but that wears off. I am always hungry and have put 2 stones on. | It seems to help with my anxiety , sleep and depression much better than any other anti-depressants I have tried and I would recommend it. Other anti-depressants have stopped working for me but this one hasn't. | F | 39 | 2 years 30mg 1X day | 4/22/2010 | 1 | Depression & anxiety | The usual - weight gain, insomnia, thirst, dry mouth. Also, no relief from depression or anxiety. | When I read "Adrenal Fatigue" and tried the suggestions in that book (especially drastically increasing my salt intake - Kosher salt worked best), I got relief from depression, anxiety, insomnia, and nausea. Doctors had been throwing every Rx in the book at my case and here were my symptoms described and actually HELPED in a book I could read myself. I just wish I'd found Dr. Wilson's book about ten years ago, before trying all the meds. Maybe I wouldn't have gained so much weight going through the Rx mill. | F | 40 | 7 days 30 mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Sleeplessness | Feeling like a darted animal. Not sleepy or tired, just drugged. Kicked in after 15 minutes. Could barely make it to bed. | Antidepressants act very dissimilar on people. This is MY experience. Very unpleasant feeling. Felt like I was going to lie down on the spot and die. Slept 13 hours. Could finally get up and be steady enough to pee. Called and canceled all plans, could not function. Slept 3 more hours but couldn't make it out of bed until 2 hours after that. Still feeling very drugged, unsteady and terrible. | F | 40 | 1 days 15 mg 1X AN | 4/15/2010 | 4 | depression,anxiety, insomnia | Some next day tiredness. increased appetite. slight foot restlesness. | I have taken this before, but started out at 15mg and quickly jumped to 30mg, which I believe was too muuch, too quickly for me. I started out the first 3 nights at 7.5mg and last night went up to 15mg, with only slight increases in tiredness the next day. I am gonna stay at 15mg for a while and see if I should go up to 30mg. I sleep a lot better and feel much calmer and feel my depression lifting. I have been taking zoloft for the last 4 years and it's not really working anymore. I still take the zoloft b/c zoloft withdrawal is no fun. | M | 31 | 5 days 15mg 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | depression | Extreme fatigue, exponentially increased appetite | Immediately after my first dose I began eating four times the amount of food I would normally eat, and still remained hungry. I also could not function normally due to the absolutely debilitating fatigue. It was so horrible I discontinued the med after 3 days. | F | 40 | 3 days 30 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 2 | poor sleep related to fibromyalgia | At first, the medication helped me sleep, but after a few weeks, it no longer did so. I quit taking it daily and took it only when I was desperate for sleep. Even at a higher dose, it no longer helped me fall asleep or stay asleep. Instead, I developed uncontrollable restless legs, to the point of moving to the couch to avoid kicking my spouse. What a relief to realize it is actually the medication causing this problem, meaning it will go away if I stop taking the Remeron (which wasn't helping me sleep anymore, anyway. It's a pity, because those first couple of weeks with improved sleep were great. | F | 47 | 4 months 30 mg 1X day | 4/12/2010 | 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 day | 4/8/2010 | 3 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain due to change in metabolism. Those of you who have not had this happen are lucky - it does not happen to everyone. I gained 25 pounds in 2 weeks. Yes, I had cravings - but I did not give into them and I exercised more but the weight is here. I now have fat deposits under my knees and in my armpits. I have read that these never go away. My blood pressure has always been low and now is higher - ditto cholesterol. | The drug worked miracles for me with depression and severe anxiety. I have never felt so calm. It is like a miracle. So now I am trying to decide what to do b/c of the health risks - a difficult decision. I've tried many other medications and this one worked like no other. | F | 50 | 3 months 22.5 1X day | 4/8/2010 | 4 | Anxiety attacks | appetite simulus but after awhile it was controllable. Groggy in the morning | Works great for me. Two or three days of sleepiness, etc. are great after an anxiety attack. | M | 67 | 6 years 15 mg 1X day | 3/25/2010 | 1 | depression | extreme sedation/grogginess/exhaustion, anger/irritability | The month I spent on this drug was hell, though it's pretty fuzzy thanks to the fact that I walked around in a haze most of the time. I slept easily 12-14 hours a day and spent my few waking hours trying to stay awake, eating, staring at the TV and trying not to take people's heads off. Awful awful drug. | F | 25 | 1 months 1X day | 3/14/2010 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety, OCD | The two major side effects of this drug have been listed here ad nauseam: increased appetite and sleepiness. When you start this drug you will be an outright zombie for the first week or two, or at least that was my experience. If you have a job that requires you to be coherent in any way, best of luck to you. Thankfully for me I was between jobs. This intense zombie like period passes but I am still having difficulty getting up in the morning. Some people have said that moving from 15mg to 30mg helped lessen the desire to sleep in but I haven't found that to be the case. With respect to the eating: I considered myself lucky at first since I didn't notice either a change in weight or a change in appetite. Over time though I started to realize that my appetite had in fact grown quite a bit. Most of it is mindless eating and you don't realize at all that you're doing it, which might explain why some people say they've gained weight without changing eating habits (not saying it's impossib | Despite the negative side-effects, Remeron has been a surprisingly good drug. Interestingly it never seems to be a first line drug for OCD or anxiety and yet both have been very well managed by the med. I've tried everything including Wellbutrin (increased anxiety and OCD), Effexor (sweat like a maniac, zero libido), Luvox & Zoloft (both worked for anxiety to some degree but had memory problems on both and sexual side effects were not tolerable) and Celexa (sweating, sexual side effects). Needless to say there is always a trade off with these medications but if you're a man in your mid-30s, the sexual side-effects can be particularly hard to live with. I have found Remeron to be relatively free of any of the usual SSRI sweating / libido / cognitive & memory inducing side effects. I'll check back up on this board in a few months to give it a final verdict. If I haven't ballooned into a fat slob, I'll give this one an A. | M | 37 | 2.5 months 30MG 1X day | 3/12/2010 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Immediate and rapid weight gain, nausea and decrease in appetite, clenched jaw from days 2-3 on the drug, going numb and getting pins and needles very easily. Excessive sleeping and grogginess | I read hundreds of posts on this site about this drug on my first few days taking it. I kept expecting to be fighting urges to munch on sweets. Those urges never came. Instead I have been fighting waves of nausea and feelings of utter exhaustion. I know that I have not given this drug a long enough trial to rate its effect on my depression, but I am in the midst of weaning off Zoloft, and although my sex drive has returned, I am fighting labile moods, lethargy, irritation and sadness as if I were back to square one, pre-Zoloft (Zoloft was an amazing drug for my depression but destroyed my libido). At this point I am feeling as depressed as ever, too tired to function unless I'm consuming at least 40 ounces of coffee a day, and not interested in food. Because of my preparation for the weight side effects of this drug, I figured I would be able to ward off any weight gain. I have gained 6 pounds in one week despite this and decided to do some research. I found that certain people seem to have a vulnerability to weight gain on this drug because of their physiological make-up. Tonight is my last dose of the drug. I'll have to be miserable until my next appointment with my doc. It's not worth it for me. Though I have heard it has worked wonders for others and not everyone is effected by the weight gain, I certainly have been. I am hoping that I can find some drug that meets my needs and am feeling a bit discouraged at this point. | F | 26 | 9 days 30 mg 1X day | 3/1/2010 | 1 | anxiety and depression | Excessive sedation, increased depression, insatiable hunger and weight gain. Panic attacks after 4 weeks on med. Confusion and anger. Low blood pressure. | First 3 weeks I was just a zombie, couldnt think and became confused or very angry for no reason. Turned mild depression into deep depression. Didnt enjoy food but just wanted to eat and eat. Sedative affects started to wear off after 3-4 weeks and I then felt like I was climbing the walls with anxiety again and began having panic attacks. Felt better as soon as I stopped this medication but feel that overall it has delayed my recovery from my condition that I am still trying to recover from 5 months later. | F | 34 | 5 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 3/1/2010 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | I did notice the increase in the desire for sweets for the 1st couple weeks, but that was easily controlled. And being sleepy, but had been put on meds for BP too, so I think that was part of it. I would suggest starting when you have a couple days off work/school if poss. | Seems to work for me. I find I no longer walk around with my head down in public. My roommate notices too. Says I have become more involved in things. The only thing I don't like is the dry mouth in the morning. Another plus is I had no sexual side effects, in fact it may have increased a bit. | M | 32 | 1 months 30 MG 1X day | 2/28/2010 | 3 | depression, anxiety, insomnia | Morning Drowsiness, Increased Appetite, Weight Gain | My depression/anxiety condition hit rock bottom at a time when I didnt have access to my therapist and I decided to start using this drug out of desperation more than anything. I hadn't slept or eaten properly in many weeks and was really freaking out. This drug helped both of these problems, and I was back sleeping like a baby again within a couple of days. This drug starts working almost immediately. The morning drowsiness was quite bad, and it never really sorted itself out. I was hopeless of a morning, looked like a complete zombie, and driving the car to work was pretty sketchy. Whilst taking the drug, I am convinced my metabolism slowed down, as I followed a strict diet but still put on weight. When I stopped taking the drug after 2 years, I lost 5kgs in a matter of weeks, with no change to exercise routine or diet. There are no magic ADs out there. They all have side effects, and just have to weigh up what you are prepared to tolerate in terms of side effects versus how bad your initial symptoms are. | M | 30 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 2/28/2010 | 1 | anxiety | I am gaining a lot of weight | F | 70 | 10 days 25 1X day | 2/28/2010 |