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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | depression | weird dreams that are very vivid, drunk feeling after I take it at night. I have to take it at 8:30pm to be able to wake up with no moodswings | I would like to know why I have weird dreams, | F | 25 | 3 months | 9/19/2007 | 2 | took it for insomnia | When it works, it works TOO well, and when it stops working, as it does quickly, your shit outta luck. If you want to sleep agasin sometime in life you must wait 1-2 weeks before taking it again, then you may have a prayer for it to help you sleep. I felt heavily drugged, couldt move, didnt feel or care about anything but just for the record, I dont know if that was the remeron or my mental illness itself. | I have been on everything under the sun for every psychiatric diagnosis under the sun, thats why I didnt want to take on another drug full time, so I took it a couple times a week although I needed something to knock my ass out every night due to insomnia, anxiety and depression ect.., but it just wont continue working for an every night thing before it stops all together and the longer waiting game begins. I think it could be useful to those who have periodic insomnia and dont experience the various side effects listed on the site and others, and for those serverly depressed and/anxious people who either were lucky enough not to get side effects or where thegood out weighted the bad. | F | 27 | 2 years | 9/19/2007 | 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 | 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 | 4 | depression, anxiety, migraine | drowsiness (not as much at higher doses), increased appetite (gained 10 lbs.),increased libido, incredible orgasms, vivid dreams | I think Remeron, like any other antidepressant (for me at least) works best in conjunction with therapy and good life choices. If I'm doing a job I hate, or in a bad relationship, no drug is going to fix that. I still get depressed sometimes, but the difference is that I don't stay depressed. And it's easier to leave bad situations. Also, I never have panic attacks anymore. Remeron helped a lot with migraines at first, but that effect wore off--comes back with increased dose, but only for 6 mos. or so. | F | 48 | 5 years | 9/7/2007 | 2 | Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Problems | Multiple negative side effects: Extreme fatigue, dizziness, lack of energy. Slowed down, hard to do things and difficult to walk or exercise. Can't think clearly, thoughts blocked and uncomfortable, confusion. Very bleary, depressed feeling. Heart beating hard. Extreme stress, frustration, more anger than usual. Unsteady, wobble sometimes. Legs and lower back aching. Left foot swelled badly. Eczema type rash (Flooding red bands, patches under skin). Feel disassociated, like mind is messed up. Can't sleep at night, but then knocks me out all next day. Sleep is uncomfortable, don't feel rested. Very vivid dreams and nightmares. Dreams that make real my fears and worries. Increased anxiety. Feel slowed down, drunk, slurring words. Extremely tired, especially after taking pill at night. Can't function well or do much after taking pill. Don't enjoy things I used to, drug makes me feel so awful. Seems to impair driving also. Can't concentrate. | I started at half dose (7.5mg) and was so sedated and tired, was increased to full dose (15mg). But after a few days on 15, rash broke out and other side effects were so bad I decided to compromise and cut back to 7.5 again to see if I could obtain benefits without so many side effects. I've been taking Remeron about a week to 10 days now-and even with half dose I am really feeling awful side effects. I will probably stop taking it soon as the side effects are too difficult for me, I don't seem to tolerate this medication very well. It also impairs my ability to function, walk, drive etc. The rash, pounding heart, and swollen foot really concern me; as they are probaly direct effects from Remeron. Most of the time I feel out of it, zombie-like and confused, persecuted. Hard to talk, feel a huge block with speaking. There were some benefits I noticed for awhile, which made it hard to know whether to keep taking it or not. But the benefits (some lessened depression, slight well- | F | 47 | 10 days | 9/4/2007 | 3 | depression | Taking 15 mg in the evenings... Mood swings(anxiety/depression)continue in the mornings ... the evenings bring positive thoughts with less anxiety | It is still early to assess effects of Remeron but clearly does not have bad side effects of SSRI's,I have experienced. I would appreciate if others on this med are feelings these mood swings from morning to evening on a daily basis. | F | 63 | 5 days | 9/3/2007 | 4 | Major Depression | Increased appetite, drowsiness in morning, vivid dreams or nightmares (decreased after few weeks). | I love Remeron. Paxil and Cymbalta didn't work. Wellbutrin helped, but raised blood pressure dramatically. Effexor can do the same (& raise eye pressure). So we went with 15 mg of Remeron at night & 40 mg of Prozac in the morning. If your doc combines meds the Prozac reduces your appetite, while Remeron increases it, so you don't eat so much. I started to improve SLOWLY. We continued with 15 mg Remeron at night but tapered the Prozac down, and substituted 10 mg Lexapro in the day. This combination pulled me out of the depression. Remeron is a good med because of few side effects. It will also help you sleep if you have anxiety. You will have to exercise and eat more fruits and vegetables rather than carbs or you will gain weight. Remeron is available in generic at Wal-Mart for about $35 for 30 30mg pills (you can split them). Dosage can be increased up to 45 mg if necessary. Wal-Mart also has generic Prozac for $4 for 30 40mg pills (yes, $4). Lexapro is expensive, but get the | M | 47 | 12 weeks | 8/27/2007 | 4 | depression | sleepy but for me that was a bonus | I have gained weight like most people taking this do. In fact, I've lost a little....but I take a number of meds so the combination might have something to do with that | F | 51 | 2 months | 8/19/2007 | 3 | depression, sleeping disorder | at first increased appitite and being able to go to sleep faster and wake up earlier. | Before i was in a deep depression and not being able to sleep made it worse i havent cut in like 5 months and I have scars from over a year ago. my doc started me on 30mgs which i have read is very bad expecially with my age, after about 2 weeks my sleepin problems came back im still depressed but i dont feel like thinking about the things that used to make me not want to live. before the meds i didnt have any emotions i never cryed i didnt get mad or sad or happy but now the emotions are overwhelming, alot of the time ill be in the middle of a conversation and for no reason ill have to hold back tears my voice gets shaky and it dont matter what im talking about. My case manger (theripist) says its because i didnt have any emotions for so long but id rather be depressed than hurt others feelings. if anyone also thinks my doc is a pill pusher or my theripist is a quack please email me (also started concerta at 36mgs, ive been told by lots of phd certifyed people that i dont have adhd o | F | 14 | 6 months | 8/15/2007 | 4 | Social Anxiety/Depression | Ive been on it for 3 months now, Ive gained like 5-7 pounds, but Im skinny 6'1 160 so I dont mind the weight gain. A little tired in the morning. Thats really all the bad I can say about this drug. | Just upped my dose from 22mg to 45, its helped very well with the depression, a little for social anxiety. Thats why my dose was upped to try and do more for the anxiety part. But no complaints. I also take wellbutrin sr in the morning, just 100mg to help with morning fog. I think its a good combo. | M | 24 | 3 months | 8/14/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Insominia, depression | have gained about 15 pounds in one month. Extremely increased appetite. I'm spending all my money on food, not happy about that considering part of my anxiety is self image heh. But it does knock me out, and I no longer take imovaine to sleep. I have been having very bad stomach aches in the monrning. | I think I'm noticing a change in my mood/the way I am around people. But I don't know if this hunger and pain is worth it. | M | 20 | 1 months | 8/13/2007 | 4 | depression | I gained 40 pounds 5 months, sleepy all the time, leg pain and swelling in feet. | For the first time in my life I felt normal again. I could adjust to being sleepy, but I cannot adjust to the 40 pound weight gain and my feet swelling. I'm not sure that I could get through each day without Remeron. | F | 53 | 5 months | 8/10/2007 | 3 | depression | severe weight gain | effective in treating depression | F | 47 | 1 years | 8/3/2007 | 4 | depression, anxiety, severe insomni | Side effects MUCH less after switching from Remeron to Remeron Soluble Tablets. Try this! | I felt really ill on regular Remeron and had all side effects listed and they did not subside after 3 months. By mistake my doctor prescribed Remeron SolTabs, and the next day I felt a thousand times better. I went from feeling poisoned to feeling well. And it helped my depression completely (after 4 months on the SolTabs) and I don't have panic attacks. I thought I would never feel well again, but now I feel as if I hopefully may feel cured at some point. | F | 38 | 7 months | 8/2/2007 | 1 | depression/insomnia secondary to FM | Brain fog, headache, increased suicidal ideation, EXTREME lethargy-in bed for 2 weeks at a time, extreme mood swings, joint and muscular pain increased greatly and hugely increased anxiety despite also taking Buspar (Godsend) and Clonazepam. | I would advise anyone taking this drug to have a third party (someone besides you and your doctor) observe you CLOSELY for side effects. There are many listed and some can be life threatening. I had many of them but only listed the most troublesome, and as a medical professional myself I also noted symptoms of the more lethal side effects which could only have been diagnosed with certainty with tests I cannot afford. My advice, seek therapy for depression, work through your issues and take the bare minimum of medications that your body can handle. Best wishes to you all. | F | 50 | 29 days | 7/31/2007 | 1 | Depression | Weight gain. A need to eat sweets, especially at night. A constant craving for "something" to eat but nothing satifies that unnatural hunger. Anger/Rage and violence. Increased sadness, a feeling of "lost". Severe mood swings....and the list goes on... | Was on 30mg of Remeron before bedtime for 7 months for depression. The first 4 months the drug worked great. I needed to sleep and I needed to put on a couple of pounds. It made me constantly hungry at night, almost completely after supper. I had an incredible urge to eat "something" but nothing was satifying enough. Three months ago I started getting the sudden anger/rage feelings. I would get so angry at the smallest thing, I would fight like my life depended on it. The build up of this incredible rage caused fight after fight with my boyfriend, to the point where I would scream and get very violent. I felt that I was angry at the whole world, but I didn't know why. Then I would have sudden sadness, and cry for no reason at all, I felt like I was going insane and couldn't figure things out. One day I was all happy and the next day I was ready to take on anybody who crossed me. Today I saw my pharmacist, and tonight I start decreasing my doses of Remeron for 8 wee | F | 38 | 7 months | 7/27/2007 | 4 | Depression | Drowsiness, pettechier, mucular pain, tremor, over active reflexes, weight gain, blury vision, dry mouth, weeknes, numbnes, restless legs, ortostatic hypotension. Sun rash ( photosenitivity), My doctor says I'm very sensitive for this medication. | I got some mild side effects in the start, weight gain and drowsiness. but after 6 weeks things started to pick up. sun rash, blury vision, pettichier and then after another 3-4 weeks, tremors muscular pain ++ started. Called my doctor and he told me to quit the treatement. while I was going from 30mg to 15 mg for 9 days, most of the side effects wanished, or got more acceptable. So i will continue on 15 mg for another month, then go off Remeron. It helped me out off the hellhole i was in. I combined it with physical training, and therapy, and it gave me a very fast recovery ( 4 weeks ). Good luck to everyone | M | 33 | 3 months | 7/25/2007 | 2 | Depression, Insomnia, Anxiety | MAJOR FOGGY-NESS after about 30 days on Remeron - 15MG. I couldn't get out of bed in the morning and unable to focus on work due the way Remeron made me feel. I was happy to find this web-site to know that I wasn't going insane. | I've cut my dosage down to a quarter of the 15MG pill as of last night. This morning I'm still drowsy and hope the effects diminish with the lower dosage. Weight gain as well - about 10 pounds in a MONTH. I'm going back to my doctor to change medications - this one has far too many side-effects in comparison to the benefits. If I could sleep days (or months) away, this would be perfect for me but I have a job. | M | 38 | 32 days | 7/12/2007 | 4 | Moderate to Severe Anxiety + Depres | Weight gain is the principal complaint. Put on about 20 lbs with a 30mg dose.(but I haven't been exercising either, so gotta not make excuses) Little bit groggy (daytime) at first, but that subsided after about 2 weeks. Lowered sex drive. | Overall, I really like this drug. I've tried Celexa, Wellbutrin in the past. Wellbutrin actually intensified my anxiety and would make me very irritable. Celexa did nothing except make it impossible to have an orgasm. Remeron clipped my anxiety almost immediately, but it does not seem to lift depression that effectively. But, just removing the crushing anxiety was a major move toward feeling better. (I used to self-medicate with a 12 pack/night) Changes in the way I "sense" hunger - like it's hard to be satisfied by a meal unless it is finished by a lot of sweets carbs. I take 30mg with 300mg Neurontin. Really sleep well. I'd say it is most effective or anxiety and sleep disorders. I may try augmenting with Welbutrin to see how "broth" comes out. I'll update on what I learn. | M | 40 | 6 months | 7/8/2007 |