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 | 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 |