REMERON Reviews (MIRTAZAPINE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (923 Ratings)

Filter Results

Compare REMERON with similar:
 ANTIDEPRESSANTS

 Type: Rx Drug

  

REMERON  (MIRTAZAPINE):  Mirtazapine is used to treat depression. It improves mood and feelings of well-being. Mirtazapine is an antidepressant that works by restoring the balance of natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-03-17 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

Results are sorted by Date added.

Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47


RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERONCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  Anxiety/Depression Some leg pain. Increased appetite I spent over a year fighting depression and anxiety. I sought treatment though several different doctors and tried many different medications. I was already on Cymbalta which was only marginally helping. My doctor then added Remeron which began to work immediately remarkably after one day. I have been on it for 6 weeks in conjunction with the Cymbalta. I hope and pray it continues to work. It has given me back my life. F 48 6 weeks
6/30/2008
Email
 4  anxiety/depression tiredness, weight gain, weakness I have been taking 15mg per day for 5 months. At first this worked well to treat my anxiety. Then I had a stressful week and my anxiety started to come back so I am upping dose to 22.5 mg. I am really sensitive to medication so I always increase doses slowly. F 53 6 months
6/24/2008
 3  depression/anxiety food cravings, extreme tiredness, weird dreams, anger, weepiness, suicidal thoughts, skin very salty, thirst. I took this drug a couple of years ago and it was great. This time tho, it is not helping my depression at all, i feel like everything i do or say is a huge effort, like i am acting and not being real. Eating entire packs of biscuits, 5 chocolate bars at a time, etc. Saw an extremely weird black and green monster, with sharp teeth.....in my dreams. the dreams have stopped now and i feel like i am not having rem sleep. Crap all round, am going to come off it. F 54 8 weeks
6/22/2008
 5  Depression First few days on the drug, I walked around in a daze, and kept hearing a telephone ring. At 15 mg, I could not keep my eyes open an hour after taking pill. At 30 mg, for the first few months, I easily slept 14 hours, part of which was restless sleep but I was far too drowsy to get up. Drowsiness effect lifted when dosage upped to 45 mg. When I returned to 30mg later, the drowsiness effects were less. Otherwise, no weight gain or changes in appetite. Now weaning off drug, and currently first day of being completely off the drug. Am feeling moments of euphoria followed by moments of lethargy. Hope that settles out over the next while. Anxious about the sleeping effects. F 29 2 years
6/21/2008
 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
Email
 5  appetite stimulant increased appetite, which is a very good thing for me. the only side effect is that i have the hardest time getting up in the morning. that minor side effect is worth it though. i realize that most people will not be able to sympathize with me, but i have always had trouble gaining weight, however, remeron seems to have solved that problem. i absolutely love it! eating is no longer a chore for me. i have gained 16 lbs in the past 3 months! i went from 97 lbs to 113 lbs! i can't wait to get to 120 lbs! F 27 3 months
6/13/2008
 2  Generalized Anxiety Fatigue and extreme body pain, especially arms and legs. Sleep was good, but it really knocked my out and made me groggy. Abnormal, vivid dreams. Worked well for the anxiety, but I had to keep taking larger doses to maintain effect. Had to stop taking due to the severe body pain. As a side note, I had no sexual dysfunction that I had on SSRIs. M 39 6 months
6/10/2008
 3  Depression/Bipolar Tingling/electrical sensations at loud noises and sudden eye movements (can be disconcerting at times). General lethargy, I've needed to consume caffeine regularly in order to function. Moderately increased appetite but no observed weight gain (yet). I've been taking it with 15mg of Abilify so distinguishing the side effects can be problematic. M 27 4 weeks
6/9/2008
 4  anxiety, insomnia, depression At first I had weird dreams when waking up then they cut my dosage to 7.5 and I did not take it every night. I do not have a thyroid and I am very sensitive to medications. I did gained some weight. It helped me get a good night sleep but because of the dreams at first I was not taking it every day then the dreams got less and I started taking it more frequently but then my blood pressure went up very high 160/110. We are not sure if the hypertension is from the Remeron or did it impact my thyroid medications where I became hyperthyroid. So my doctor had me come off of it at the same time the lowered my thyroid medication. This medication helped improve me being happy more then any drug I have tried and trust me I have tried everything since suffering from very bad anxiety/panic attacks since having my thyroid removed which they never were able to get under control since I cannot take 98% of the medication out there because it impact my thyroid medication . I want to try to get b F 47 5 months
6/6/2008
Email
 3  severe depression nice one but it was as an add on anti depressent to prozac,it made me over weight as i was on dose of 60 mg,,,,,now i am on a dose of 30 mg..... :P M 21 21 days
6/6/2008
 3  anxiety and depression Hunger at first, after 6 weeks dizziness I think this drug has helped only minimally with depression. I have put on 15 lbs. during the 2 months I have taken it, but that's because I give in to the cravings. However, the side effects of this med were so minimal, so far it's the only one I have been able to take for any length of time. F 40 2 months
6/3/2008
 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
 1  DEPRESSION ANXIETY SO TIRED ON A BABY DOSE, SPACED OUT, HEARD THINGS NOT HAPPENING, NAUSEA TERRIBLE DRUG WOULD NOT RECCOMEND THIS TO ANYONE DRUG SENSITIVE- I AM VERY DRUG INTOLERANT, DR SHOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN ME THIS ONE! F 51 1 days
5/26/2008
 4  depression At 15mg. few side effects. At 20-30mg. I experienced dizziness, blurriness of vision, increased rage, rapid heartbeat and tremor. Went back to 15mg. and am fine except for increased appetite, especially for sugar. F 55 480 days
5/22/2008
 4  depression the only antidepressant I've been on that didn't seem to further destroy my life! contact me if you want. F 37 3 years
5/8/2008
 5  depression, anxiety, appetite sleepiness, increased appetite and weight gain I first began on Effexor and Prozac and found both of them to make my mood worse. When I was introduced to Remeron my life had completely turned around. Because of my bouts with depression I would be too sressed to eat as I should and as mentioned by others, Remeron completely changed that around. I suddently had an appetite like you wouldn't believe. For the most part you tend to crave sweet things...carbs. Depression would effect the quality of my sleep (not enough) thereby ruining my days that much more, and once again Remeron changed that. I was more sleepy than was necessary but I eventually got used to it. I have now been taking Remeron for about 4 years and while I do have concerns that it may effect my concentration, I can't really prove it. I could be genuinely bored. F 25 4 years
5/4/2008
 1  depression and insomnia increased anxiety over eating weight gain dizziness almost at times a drunk feeling later at night within two hours of taking it M 2 weeks
5/1/2008
Email
 3  anx, depr, pain/fibrofog/fibromyalg SO sad that remeron caused huge wt. gain (40 lbs within 2 months) bec. for first time since I can remember (2-3 yrs old) my depression and suicidal ideation LIFTED. my fibro pain/sensory issues decreased. I FELT LIKE LIFE WAS WORTH LIVING--and that i could make it thru... Wt. gain SUCKED, but dr. was the one that decided to stop it-risk of leading to diabetes... i've been off remeron ~2 wks & lost some wt, but that could be the depression...nothing sounds appetizing once again & all those "what if i just drove off a cliff" thoughts are back :( I almost want to go back on remeron but dr. probably wouldn't allow. What is it in this med that makes you have that insatiable urge to eat? it's really not hunger--it's a compulsion--you must put more food in your mouth...so weird. I wish there was a pill to take to turn off that urge, so I could take remeron & HAVE A LIFE once again. dr. put me on nortriptyline now (last 5 days), no help yet, but has same wt. gain possible...any advice? F 31 2 months
4/29/2008
 3  Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia Pain in all my leg muscles, now I have swelling in my lower legs, especially in my feet...and oh my word...the weight gain...I went back 1 week after beginning on 15 mg and I gained 6 pounds! I am now up to 30 mg and I am going to call my doctor after reading all of this because both of them said my leg pain had nothing to do with this medication! It has helped me get out of bed every day...but it has given me 3 or 4 extra problems...and I still can't fall asleep! F 35 27 days
4/20/2008
Email
 5  depression When I first took this drug, I got suicidal, and that lasted about a month. I was only hungry for a few weeks. At low doses, it causes sleepiness. My shrink told me that at smaller doses, it would make me sleepy, and it did knock me on my butt. However, at a full dose of 30mg, that stopped instantly. This drug has worked for me where others did not. it helped stop the constant flow of negative thoughts, and after the first few weeks, I had no side effects. I am glad I hung in there. I am concerned that after 5 years, its effectiveness has worn off, because I am starting to experience some of my old depression. F 45 5 years
4/18/2008

Previous Page       Next Page

BACK TO TOP