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,anxiety,insomnia | Very groggy for 1st few days and increased appitite. Can sometimes find it difficult to wake up in the morning! | The best AD I've tried! after the 1st week most panic attacks subsided and appitite returned! Only on 7.5 mgs a days but it seems to work fine. When starting this drug make sure you have a spare few days to let the grogginess wear off. also take this med an hour before bed to get a good nights sleep! | M | 24 | 3 weeks | 3/31/2009 | 4 | chronic depression | can't really think of any | I was on effexor for depression and it didnt work very well.I have been on remiron now for just over three years and would be lost without it.I take it at night about an hour before i go to bed and it also helps me to get to sleep and stay asleep. | M | 45 | 4 years | 3/17/2009 | 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 | 4 | depression and anxiety | I've gained 13 lbs. I'm 5'6 and went from 112 to 125 lbs, although my weight is usually about 117. I work out 6 days/week and eat an obsessively healthy diet, but I can't get the weight to budge. I take 60 mgs of Remeron and 60 mg Buspar (and am recently off 100 mg of Seroquel). I still have a lot of anxiety, but my depression has mostly lifted, so I would recommend this drug. When I started it, I was very suicidal and had bad experiences with SRIs and ECT. I still have no sex drive, but I don't know if it's Remeron or lingering depression. | I also take 15 mgs of Ambien every night to sleep. Remeron is supposed to make you drowsy, but hasn't for me at any dose, although when I don't take it, I need 20+ mgs of Ambien to sleep. | F | 36 | 6 months | 2/26/2009 | 4 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain, loss in short term memory, increased urination, very difficult to get up in the morning. | I had good and bad with Remeron. I started taking it for my anxiety because all the SSRIs, Prozac, Lexapro, Cymbalta,etc., made me more anxious and jumpy. The first week on Remeron I was in daze but then suddenly my anxiety lifted. After a year on Remeron, I added Lexapro and was able to titrate up to a decent dose without having anxiety. I then stopped taking the Remeron. When I stopped, I immediately lost weight and other Remeron side effects went away. I am now doing fine on the Lexapro but couldn't have managed without first startin on Remeron. | F | 53 | 1 years | 2/24/2009 | 3 | SEVERE ANXIETY | Extreme sleepiness initially and increase in appetite however i didnt put on weight like may do.. | I have take Mirtazepine for about 4 years now and it has worked really well, however i kept having to increase the dose approx every year to get the same effect and am now on 60mg and the effects have yet again worn off and am now faced with the decision of where next ?? | M | 31 | 4 years | 2/23/2009 | 1 | Major Depression | WEIGHT GAIN. I will say I have had some lifting of my depression, however the side-effects are something I CANNOT live with - namely weight gain. I have never gained as much weight as quickly as I have taking this medication. My doctor suggests that by increasing the dosage, my weight will stabilize or decrease. This has not been the case. I will be discontinuing the medication as soon as possible. I am now looking at at least 5 months of weight reduction versus the 4 months it took to gain. If NO other medications work for you and you try this and it lifts your depression, I recommend working closely with your doctor to find some other med to counter act it. | M | 44 | 5 months | 2/22/2009 | 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 | 4 | depression and anxiety | At first, I had trouble concentrating and focusing; tired all of the time; but after a week that went away. Then after two months, intense sweet cravings followed by a weight gain of 15 lbs. (6 of which i needed but the rest i could do without) A little more sluggish than usual. | For the first two months it worked really well with depression and anxiety at 30 mgs but the past few months I 've been feeling somewhat depressed again so the doc raised me to 45 mgs about 5 days ago and the only side effect so far is very intense dreaming. I cannot take SSRI's because they give me horrible insomnia so this was my only choice of meds. | F | 39 | 5 months | 2/6/2009 | 1 | depression anxeity total insomnia | I was on this drug for a little over a year, and then tapered down over 10 months using a liquid form. It worked for insomnia and anxiety, but made depression worse. My short term memory was shot while on it (no, it was not due to depression, it was the drug), and the scarry thing is that having been off it for about 6 months my short term memory is still shot. I have a degree in applied math and I no longer can think the way I used to, can't solve problems the way I used to, and I can't remember things anymore. It's caused some irreversable cognitive damage. I have read hundreds of stories on-line with people claiming to have adverse effects from antidepressants years after getting off them. If you want to maintain your IQ, do not take this drug. | F | 34 | 12 months | 2/6/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Nothing really that I can remember, except it would make me really groggy during the day. | Stopped working after a short time period, and didn't let me sleep all through the night. | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 1/31/2009 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression | 1st day slept most of the first 24 hours and ate the rest of the time. Slept for a few hours solid and woke up every hour or so - not restful sleep. Massive appetite - I can't stop eating even though I don't feel hungry. Gained 5 pounds in 4 days. | If you are the least bit concerned about gaining weight, do NOT take this. Unless you are extremely strong-willed you will not be able to control your eating. Don't even "try" it to see how it works - it is not worth it. I am extremely upset with the doctor for prescribing it given my concerns with weight and I'm upset with myself for not sticking to my guns. Am stopping this today. | F | 42 | 1 weeks | 1/26/2009 | 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 | 1 | depression | This drug picked me up and threw me over a cliff | I was prescribed Remeron because other drugs were less than effective in treating my depression. I took the drug twice and woke up feeling groggy and, more importantly, suicidal. This is apparently a very rare reaction, but it was a very strong one for me and I don't think I would have made it through the week had I continued to take the stuff. | M | 2 days | 1/15/2009 | 3 | depression/insomnia | more sedating on lower dose. seemed to help depression initially but then pooped out. | M | 50 | 4 years | 1/1/2009 | 1 | Panic disorder/GAD/Depression | Foggy/hazy feeling in my head, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, muscle aches, sore throat | Took Remeron because Celexa's sexual effects (ejaculation problems) were frustrating. However, they are no match for the horror I have encountered taking Remeron for 2 weeks. I've never felt this 'dead' or depressed or hopeless. The sexual side effects are a joke compared to this. These kind of pills affect everybody differently - however, I would advise you to be careful before trying out Remeron. I stopped cold turkey about 36 hours ago and I do not feel any worse. Hopefully these symptoms will disappear once I get out of my system. Back to SSRIs for me. | M | 19 | 2 weeks | 12/30/2008 | 3 | I have noticed some are saying what dosage(mg)they are taking and it is very helpful. Would like to see this information included in all posts. | | 12/28/2008 | 2 | anxiety\panic attack\depression | extreme sleepiness, groggy, lazy, still low and sad, nausea, dry mouth, still nervous, feeling hopeless | I was on zoloft for a couple of years, then I decided I didn't need it anymore stopped taking it for 5 1/2 months. When I was on it I still had anxiety but thinking back i think it was more managable(also prescribed xanax for spot treatment)Had a panic attack in nov. and since then have mentally checked out, the dr. asked if I wanted zoloft again I said I wasn't sure if they worked. So he put me on Lexapro, which didn't agree with me at all 1 pill and done, So the Dr put me on remeron 15mg and this stuff really knocks me out, it seem to help a little, I don't cry as much but I'm still sad. I told my Dr. and he uped it to 30mg I 've taken it for 4 days now and I'm more nervous and jittery I'm nausea and now I have dry mouth, I wake up and I feel my arms and legs are feeling weird. I don't know if I like this, I took the xanax to relax and they work but my dad was saying it might be the xanax making me shake in the morning. | F | 27 | 6 weeks | 12/27/2008 | 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 | 4 | Anxiety and depression | Weight gain and munchies, dry mouth that did not go away after a year, had to go to the bathroom every hour, dry eyes also. | My doctor prescribed this to me because the SSRIs made me too anxious. My anxiety felt better in a week I took it (15 mg) for a year but could not handle the weight gain, extreme dry mouth and urinary problems. My doc then added Celexa and I tapered off the Remeron. My urinary problems and dry mouth went away immediately. This medication is good if you can handle the side effects. | F | 53 | 1 years | 12/19/2008 |