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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR REMERON | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | sleep and neuropathy pain | started on7.5mg half of 15mg 6 hrs of sleep but groggy in the morning on this dosage for 3 yrs. nnow take quarter of the 15mg still get 6 hrs of sleep takes to 2 hrs to take affect. dry mouth,bottled water always at bedside. occasional vivid dreams | F | 55 | 3.5 years | 7/7/2007 | 3 | Depression and anxiety, hated job | Huge sugar cravings, weight gain, restless leg syndrome. | Remeron returned my sleep to a somewhat normal state. However, my doctor started me on the wrong dosage (too high 30mg)- so for the first two weeks I felt lethargic and could harly move. Remeron is one of the only modern depressants which apparently does not cause delayed ejaculation or loss of libido in men. However, when I took it, I noticed that sexual pleasure was not as good as before I took it. The biggest problems with Remeron is the weight gain. Even if I exercised, I continued to put on weight. Even my arms swelled up ... I am tall so I could hide it, but got sick of the trousers getting tighter and tighter around the waste. The cravings were weird too. Like at 11pm at night I could convince myself I needed a huge bwol of popcorn covered in icing sugar. Or eating a whole tray of biscuits in one sitting and still not feeling sastisfied. LIke other reviewers have pointed out, Remeron tends to wear off after awhile so you may need to up your dosage (but the cravings fror food | M | 40 | 3 years | 7/6/2007 | 1 | insomnia | facial swelling, water retention, weight gain, good sleep for 2 weeks only fast getting worse, slung these tablets down the toilets as I always do when temptation could get me to take some more (to sleep) and I don't think it would be the best thing, Keep away the sleeping is to good but not for long, not worth the pain | F | 44 | 14 days | 7/6/2007 | 4 | anxiety, trouble sleeping, ocd | almost nothing: no weight gain, no obstipation. A little bloating sometimes. But one time a forgot to take my dose at eveneing so i took it the next morning and i was craving for sweets and snacks at night. So that might be where the weight gain comes from, for some people | 30 mg helps me sleep for 5 hours non-stop and when i wake at night i'm not suffering anxiety anymore. My mood is so much better. The ocd is less intense, bearable. And with the help of cbt i think it will be gone soon. | F | 37 | 6 weeks | 6/28/2007 | 3 | suicidal | HORRIBLE TIREDNESS........ FAT TUMMY..... BLOATED... IRRITABLE.... HORRIBLE DREAMS | OK, I admit, it did pull me out of the darkest hole my sole has ever known and for a while it made me feel like i could do and acheive anything but it kind of stopped working after three months but there's no way I'm gonig up in my dose...the symptoms that are visible make me wonder what awful 'invisible' dangers it presents to my body. IT TOOK ME OUT OF A BLACKER THAN BLACK HOLE AND NOW I'VE REMEMBERED THAT LIFE IS ACTUALLY WORTH LIVING IT'S UP TO ME TO STAY OUT OF THE HOLE WITHOUTTHE USE OF THESE REALLY HEAVY, POSSIBLY VERY TOXIC DRUGS. | F | 38 | 6 days | 6/22/2007 | 4 | focal dystonia (my hand), anxiety | Grogginess and light sensitivity in the morning (wearing off in an hour or two), haven't put weight on (I'm very careful with what I eat) but haven't been able to lose it either, restless leg flareups if I try to resist falling asleep as soon as Remeron takes effect at night | The dystonia in my hand has improved significantly. I tried going off Remeron after being on it for a year but my hand problems returned within a week. Now after 4 additional years of being on Remeron (30 mg) I have lessened my dose to 7.5 mg per day and my hand problems have not returned. My sleep has been siginificantly better, and my anxiety is much reduced. I have ringing in my ears, but hard to know if this is a side effect of Remeron, or of having been a classical pianist for the last 45 years. For the first 6 months of being on Remeron, my migraine headaches were reduced to zero (after having had them for years) but the headaches came back after the first 6 months of taking Remeron. Taking Remeron has helped tremendously -- my doctor told me that my dystonia would have led to paralysis of my hand if the progression of symptoms could not have been stopped -- it quite literally saved my piano performance career. My hand had been getting noticeably and progressively worse for 2 1/2 | F | 51 | 5 years | 6/19/2007 | 2 | Insomnia, Anxiety | Slept well, a bit groggy. No sugar cravings for me. | Remeron was great at helping me sleep in the beginning - taking 7.5mg nightly - slept great. After about 9 mos something changed & I started getting really anxious/panicky if I hadnt eaten. It felt like I was becoming diabetic or hypoglycemic. Did bloodwork, no problems, so Doc suggested we up Remeron to 15mg & I ended up having 2 panic attacks and my blood pressure went very high. I'm on BP medicine now & quit the remeron cold turkey about 1.5 weeks ago but now I'm having really terrible anxiety. I feel like I'm detoxing off heroine or something. I do believe this is atypical but anyone have similar experience? | M | 36 | 1.3 years | 6/19/2007 | 4 | Anxiety/Panic Disorder/OCD | Weight gain, drowsiness/lethargy, extremely vivid (but helpful!) dreams. | I'm only on week ONE taking 30mg Remeron/night. In addition I currently take 150 mg Effexor and 1 mg Klonopin daily. Before Remeron, I was taking 225 mg of Effexor and it was causing horrible side effects - sexual dysfunction, horrible heartburn/nausea. Now I plan to drop the Effexor almost entirely, and I don't even feel the need to use benzos as I once did! I've been on almost every one of the big name antidepressants with various combos. I even tried Seroquel. This is the first time I've reviewed a medicine because I think there is serious potential here. I plan to write another review if anything changes. Crossing my fingers! | M | 25 | 7 days | 6/18/2007 | 3 | Insomnia, Depression | When starting off on remeron I felt great. When the initial happiness wore off I was bumped up to 30mg. For about a year I stayed on that. It was only until very recently I realized how different I was because of this drug. In the past week I stopped taking it, I felt I really needed a change. Since I stopped taking it I feel like im out of a cloud. Im more happy not so freaking moody and want to do things I just wouldn't have wanted to do a few weeks back. My sleep is back to bad but not horrible like it use to be. To ensure I wouldn't get bogged down again I started running, this is also helping me loose some of the weight I gained. I AM SMART AGAIN! Too bad it's summer. Avoid this drug its not worth it (based on me). I hope to never take anti depressants aftee this. It may have helped me for a short time but is not a good longterm solution. | M | 16 | 12 months | 6/17/2007 | 5 | Depression | Weight gain Loss of memory | Remeron pulled me out of the blackest pit of despair when nothing else helped. Would recommend seeing a good therapist while using this med. The weight gain was a good thing for me because I had lost so much due to the depression. Time to start tapering off because do not wish to gain anymore weight. Am fearful of getting depressed again. Helped a great deal with anxiety, but almost to the point of not caring about anything. First 3 months had trouble waking up but am also taking another med for sleep at the same time. Time to stop Remeron and pray I do not go back to the horrible depression. Hope there will be no side effects to discontinuing. | F | 62 | 8 months | 6/14/2007 | 4 | depression, insomnia, weight loss | Huge weight gain, water retention, increased blood pressure (that was good, since before I had too low pressure) | This is an update from 30 April, 2007. I am without REGULAR remeron 5.5 months. I am taking it on the "need be" basis. Intervals inbetween are from 7 to 15 days. Last 2 times I took 15 mg because of terrible paresthesia. Both times I was knocked down, unable to get out of bed next day. But "pins and needles" in the leg almost vanished for a couple of days. When taking remeron I had "great expectations" that I shall recover completely and feel as well as before my depression. This seems to be impossible at my age. But I am determined to struggle for getting out of this viscious circle. | F | 61 | 20 months | 6/13/2007 | 3 | | 6/13/2007 | 2 | facilitate ADD medication Adderall | vague sleepiness. | It seems to counteract a lot of what the Adderall is supposed to do for me. After upping the dosage from 15mg to 30mg tablets, I seem to get no benefit out of Adderall. I have experienced decreased focus, lack of motivation, lack of self-confidence, etc. Remeron was supposed to solve two anticpated problems of Adderall. Remeron was supposed to help me sleep and increase my appetite (thus, I took it before bed time). It seems to increase my appetite at night, although it's hard to tell because I normally have a very healthy appetite when there is no adderall in my system. I still don't have an appetite during the day when the adderall is still in my system. Also, it doesn't really make me sleepy enough because I have a very hard time falling asleep due to the adderall, even though the adderall should be out of my system by then. | M | 20 | 8 days | 6/12/2007 | 3 | Depression | It is great for insomnia. I started with 15 mg and it knocked me out. Unfortunately it also made me groggy in the morning and made waking up tough. That wore off though. It doesn't help me fall asleep anymore, but once I'm out, I'm out. I tried 30 mg for a few weeks and it helped my mood alot, but it made me extremely irritable. I felt like my fingernails were on too tight. | It made a significant improvement in my mood. I was far less depressed. I was barely functional when I started it. (Even though I've been taking 400mg of Wellbutrin for years.) It is such a strange drug in that the higher dose doesn't necessarily mean more side effects. So, I'm not sure if taking 45mg might be better than the 15mg. The 30 mg really elevated my mood and helped with concentration, but I couldn't stand the irritability. I wish I knew if that would go away. | F | 47 | 4 weeks | 6/11/2007 | 4 | For sleep | Dry Mouth, Strange Dreams, Need to get up and get a drink. If I don't drink water I can't fall back to sleep. However, The water acts like a dream factory. This goes on all night long. | I like the fact that it is non addictive | M | 51 | | 6/10/2007 | 4 | Panic Attacks, depression, anxiety | Weight gain, 10 pounds the first 3 months, not able to loose them even though I excercise 8hours/week. Poor memory, difficulty concentrating, paresthesia, very sleepy at first and early in the morning, but great the rest of the day. Not a problem with sex drive, but need more time to reach orgasm, due to decreased sensitivity in genital area and legs. | After using without good results cipramil and alplax for a year for continuos panic attacks, Remeron has helped me sleep for a full night and get control on my life again. Used 30mg for 9 months, 15mgs. for 1 month and now I'm taking 7.5mg and so far so good. Trying to use the minimum dose that works. | F | 44 | 9 months | 6/9/2007 | 4 | chronic depression, PTSD, insomnia | 15mg/day. OK so far. No cravings. Expected 2 b knocked out 4 sleep, but still took a while. Once I slept, I could not get out of bed though. Felt groggy, yet at peace. I will wait and see what full benefits will be. | I've taken every other anti-depressant on market, and they turned me literally into a suicidal zombie. Remeron is the most promising snti-depressant that I've ever tried. Will continue for now. | M | 35 | 3 days | 6/8/2007 | 4 | Bipolar/Depression | Weight Gain - 30 punds in 4 months. A consistent need to eat sweet things, particularly late at night. I found taking the remeron earlier before bed that it knocks me out earlier and therefore less inclined to eat sweet/bad things. I am also experiencing leg cramps and lethargy first thing | Other than the weight gain I have very happy with the drug. It has created an artifical wall and high from my deep/clinical depression. Thank god otherwise I'm not sure if I would be here to tell teh story. | F | 32 | 6 months | 6/5/2007 | 5 | Severe recurrent depression. | The only real, concrete, negative that I've experience from this medication is overeating, though this has certainly dissipated throughout the duration of treatment. (To be fair I'm completely baffled how anyone can consider gaining weight to be intolerable compared to the cessation of the unending pain in your mind constantly willing you to stick a knife through your eye. YMMV.) I may also concede a small belief that my mental alacrity has been slightly dulled, though this could have more to do with the copious amounts of booze, weed and miscellaneous drugs I've thrown down my throat over the years. | From spending weeks lying in bed, acquiring homemade scars, with the only pre-occupation being the best way of stopping the demons cutting your mind like a lumpen mass of lard to holding down a job; paying back years of debt; having social acquaintances; being able to read, able to think in straight lines; imagining a future that doesn't involve your grizzly death and other such merriments. Basically mirtazapine quite literally gave me a new life to live. It's double thumbs up good. | M | 25 | 2 years | 6/4/2007 | 3 | depression | extreme bloating, dizziness when standing up, forgetfulness, dry mouth when waking up in the morning. | Much easier to fall asleep at night, will have trouble keeping my eyes open within 30 minutes of taking Remeron. I feel calmer. (Note that I am beginning to take this instead of Celexa (which I could not sleep properly on), so I am weaning myself from Celexa by still taking half a pill (10mg) a day). | F | 23 | 3 days | 6/4/2007 |