REMERON Reviews (MIRTAZAPINE)Average Rating: 2.9 (923 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare REMERON with similar:
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| 5 | depression, anxiety | weight gain, gained 35 pounds for 2 months !!! increased appetite, especially at night time, slow reaction time | TRY THIS FOR LOSING WEIGHT AND BECOMING MORE ACTIVE : Mix 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar and 2 tablespoons of honey into a half a glass of warm water and drink this mix 3 times a day at least 1/2 hour before meals. Results in 3 weeks. Sounds simple, but it works !!! It helped me in combination with diet and exercise. This remedy helps me to stay less hungry and gives me a boost of energy. Also, I've seen great results with frequent colds, acne, high cholesterol and blood pressure, nails, hair and skin. | F | 45 | 4 months | 1/23/2007 | 1 | Depression/ Anxiety | SERIOUS weight gain! Went from 155 lbs to 180 lbs in one month! Daytime lethargy. Dizzyness. Major Anxiety. Contributes to your depression. | DO NOT Waste your time on this medication. I've given it the 4-6 week "trial" period and cannot wait to get weaned off of it. There has been nothing that has been representative of "anti" depressing with this drug. My work life has suffered. My personal life continues to suffer. You can't solve your problems when you're in a state of constant lethargy. No motivation exists when you're on this med. It's contributed to some of the most negative thoughts I've ever had. Beware the NIGHTMARES. Weight gain is listed as a side effect... I've never known weight gain to add to a persons' confidence or boost self esteem. It contributes to the depression. Stay clear of this one no matter how depressed you may be. | M | 36 | 6 weeks | 1/20/2007 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety | Constipation, very surreal dreams, drowsiness, loss of appetite | Had a horrible expereince on Effexor XR and swore off anti-depressants forever until a relationship breakup brought me back to the doc for help. Citing that I had gotten some positive effects from Effexor he reccommended Remeron RD. First pill made me feel completely cooked and hung over all day (shouldn't have taken in in the morning before work!). Excellent as a sleep aid other than the vivid/surreal dreams I have been experiecing (often sexual). That part of it seems to make me not have a deep enough of a sleep. Doc promised side effects will subside after more time and patience as well as cutting down on alcohol intake. Taking 1mg of clonazopem (Rivotril) before bed seems to help me sleep deeper but then I wake up feeling too tired. Treatment of depression and anxiety doesn't happen overnight so you have to give it some time. Overall i'd say Remeron RD is one of the "good ones" | M | 27 | 2 weeks | 1/17/2007 | 3 | DEPRESSION IN 1999 | I was taking it with Zoloft back then I did gain weight but I also was getting sober and going to college ,,I had a GPA 3.75, I have BPD and now I have tried everything throught the yrs even tried NOTHING ,,,That was wrong .lol Effexor almost landed me in the hospital and I have tried Paxil , Zoloft , Cmbalta OMG that was nasty ...I have been off and on Lexapro this time then I realized once it gets in me IM MEAN ...LOL So I told my Dr lets try me back onthe Remeron ...I havent started it yet due to my son being sick I want to be able to get up and give him motrin for fever , I hope tonight I can ....I also lost 10 pound when I had dental surgery so gaining the weight is no problem I need that ...I will keep you posted ..I just hate the side effects ,,,but nothing can be as bad as withdrwing from MOPHINE ...I also have chronic pain .,,,and a pain dr had me on 2 kinds of that stuff OMG ..Coming off sweating and the chills was bad .... Thanks Pam | was on it in 1999 to sleep with zoloft ,,,have tried zoloft since then CANT TAKE IT ,,,Hope I can take this again I tried it all .. have BPD I need to take something ,,,e-mail me if u need too ... | F | 41 | 0 days | 1/10/2007 | 5 | Major depression, anorexia | Huge weight gain (total 18 kg within 22 months). First 10 kg I gained within 6 months, it was good, since I came back to my normal weight. Craving for carbohydrates (chokolate, sweets) like being pregnant. Restlessness in day time. Inability to laugh or yawn (!). Didn't completely cure the insomnia. Last June I began to take 3 mg of Melaxen at bed time with 15 mg of Remeron. This combination gave me undisturbed night sleep. | Remeron saved my life, since I couldn't eat or drink at all and lost 10 kg in about 3 weeks of severe depression and insomnia. Slowly, but it braught me back to life within 2 years. 2 weeks ago I stopped taking Remeron. Craving for sweets persists. It's difficult to fall asleep, though I take 3 mg of Melaxen. I wake up at about 3 a.m., and then fall asleep again. Strange but I can laugh and yawn again. It may be just coincidence, but I developed severe back pains. If anyone has experience of withdrawing from Remeron, I shall appreciate your comments. | F | 61 | 22 months | 1/8/2007 | 1 | depression | I had to stop taking this medicine because of the sleep disorder it induced. I couldn't wake up without dreaming, nonstop. It wasn't lucid dreaming, I was dreaming and thinking at the same time. Total chaos in my head. I just stopped taking remeron two days ago. I'm now having major sinus conjestion. Turns outs, remeron is like taking a super antihistamine. So who knows how long this sinus conjestion & overall flu feeling will last. | If you start having problems with dreams, nightmares, etc. stop taking this drug! It will only get worse with time. I gave remeron 4 months, and this side effect did not go away! I also gained 20 pounds over two months, despite not really having an appetite. | F | 35 | 4 months | 1/6/2007 | 5 | Major Depression and Sleep Apnea | None | I love it! For the first time in over 20 years, I sleep well and feel great! Remeron may have saved my life. | M | 43 | 4 days | 1/5/2007 | 4 | Depression | some drowsiness. | This is a follow up. I started on 15mg 3 years ago worked great for depression and it helped enxiety & sleep apnea about 50%.I am now on 45mg and the depression is 75% under control but the enxiety and panic attacks are back ,so I now added 50mg of Zoloft.Zoloft kicked in right away. Current mix remeron/zoloft 45&50 respectively. | M | 37 | 3 years | 1/5/2007 | 5 | Major depression | Weight gain, incredible appetite for sweets, anxiety, lost ability to laugh, to cry and to yawn | In 2002 I was diagnosed with depression, took Remeron, 15 mg per night for about 2 months. It made me sleep, but seemed not to work for depression. It didn't help with nausea and womiting, too. I gained about 20 pounds in 2 months, changed to Cipramil (1 month). It didn't help either. After that I took Amutriptiline for 40 days: it made my hands tremble. So I quit all antidepressants. In January 2005 I had Majpr depression( couldn't eat or drink, couldn't sleep at all, was sweeting all night and lost 40 pounds). I began to take Remeron, 30 mg at bed time. After 6 months on 30 mg I almost gained back my weight and felt much better. The dose was decreased to 15 mg. I have been taking 15 mg of Remeron for 16 months altogether. I gained another 10 pounds and noticed that I lost ability to laugh, to cry and to yawn (!). I also felt agitated in the day time. I added Melaxen at bed time (2.5 mg). Combination of Remeron with Melaxen made me sleep the whole night without awakening! Last Septemb | F | 61 | 22 months | 12/28/2006 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety and Insomnia | Next day was a mental fog and apathy for the first 3 weeks. Then that subsided and I now feel more alert during the day than I did before starting Remeron (Mirtazapine). I attribute that to the fact that I now regularly get a full nights sleep. It takes 4 alarm clocks to wake me in the morning. But it is worth it to be able to sleep solidly. More dreams. But no nightmares. | It cured my generalized anxiety. And therefore I also quit having the tension headaches that came with anxiety. As a bonus, my dry itchy legs quit itching. Presumably due to Remeron's affinity for histamine receptors. I take 15mg each night. If I take it on an empty stomach, I get nauseous and dizzy. If I take it with dinner, I have no problem. I presume this is just due to a slowing of the absorption. I've had no increase in appetite or weight gain. You don't want to drive a car for the first 3 weeks. So have alternative transportation or start this when you are able to take time off from work. Prior to Remeron, I tried Lexapro and Zoloft. I found both to have intolerable side effects. And the Zoloft increased my anxiety. | M | 40 | 2 months | 12/24/2006 | 3 | Insomnia, mild depression | Substantial weight gain (30 lbs), dramatically increased appetite, grogginess, memory loss, inability to focus, anxiety, irritability (this increased very dramatically after a time) and, late in using it, sudden "crashing" severe depressions, vision problems. I took this with no other drugs and do not drink alcohol. I do not have a history of depression but have had mild depression on occasion, and mild anxiety on occasion. I suffered from severe insomnia, though. Otherwise, I am extremely healthy and in excellent physical and mental condition. I do not smoke or drink, and I meditate daily. When I first took the drug, it stabilized my insomnia and allowed me to sleep, but after about 18 months the side effects became very pronounced and got worse day by day. After about 21 months I figured out that the symptoms were Remeron induced, so quit taking it cold turkey, without any problems from discontinuation. I would not recommend taking the drug for more than a year and not | M | 45 | 22 months | 12/21/2006 | 3 | Insomnia,Depressive Headaches | Side effects only lasted a week.These included being phsically weak and lethargic. | It worked great initially.Helped with sleep and tension headaches somewhat,but hasn't cured anything. As time went on it seemed to become less effective,and now I have a nagging feeling that it's like a placebo. For me,it seems to work better taken a couple of times a week,not everyday because the sedating side effect wears off quick. Still not as effective as exercise and healthy lifestyle for lifting Depression | M | 33 | 5 months | 12/16/2006 | 2 | Depression / Early morning wakeups | At first it made me terribly drowzy (The first two days). I felt spaced out from 30 minutes post intake, to about 16 hours after that. I sleep about 4 hours per night, but then the after the first intake i slept 6.5 hours. And the day after that, 10! But then i became myself again and slept only 4 hours per night, i felt better somehow, in someway. Can't place my finger on what, but ever since day one, it made me feel overall better, still not much. So anyhow, 7 days after the first 10 hour sleep i've had in years, i did it again!!!!! SENSATION! but now i've slept 4 hours per night again ever since. This med sofar, has given me some occasional good nights of sleep, and the day after those i've been EXTEMELY satisfied with life and everything. Like years of joy plunges back into my mind. But this med only gives me occasional good night. Still better than none, as before. I'm still waiting for the full effect to kick in (as the doctor told me about). But sofar, i feels like i felt t | Cheap medication, i took it in the Mirtazapine-Krka then Mirtazapine-Teva form. | M | 18 | 15 days | 12/14/2006 | 1 | insomnia, anxiety, slight dpression | Extreme panic...intolerable side effects...sometimes YOU JUST GOTTA SUCK UP UR BULLSHIT DEPRESSON AND COPE WITH IT...stopped using remeron, started therapy, am very healthy rite now | Don't take it | M | 18 | 3 days | 12/12/2006 | 4 | depression, anxiety | weight gain, increased appetite, constipation | TRY HOODIA TO DECREASE APPETITE!!! it helped me, at least now I can control my weight. While on this drug, I take things easy, which I don't always like. For example, I stopped exercising, eating healthy, and even to drive carefully. I take 15mg of Remeron a day along with Tegretol for cyclothymia. | F | 21 | 1 months | 12/5/2006 | 1 | Anxiety and Insomnia | Dosage over approx. 7 months = 7.5-8mg nightly. Side effects while taking this medicine: brain fog, lethargy, loss of social interest, decreased anxiety, occasional panic attacks late in the day, which I suspect were due to the drug being cleared by the end of the day(I took it at bedtime). | Tried to quit cold turkey after too many panic attack episodes, one requiring me to call 911 in the middle of my drive home from work. During the first 7-9 days off the medication (after 7 months on it) I began to get slightly depressed, tingling on the top of my head, and occasional slight nausea. Because I couldn't sleep by the 10th night, I took 1/4 tab that night. Woke up feeling like I was hit by a train. Over the next 3 days this did not clear, and I also developed serious tremors, sweating, clammy hands and brain fog. These symptoms kept me out of work and without the ability to function normally. I'm now on day 17 and am slowly getting back on remeron in hopes to function enough to go to work again. I'll have to taper off - even at my low dosage - for weeks, possibly months. I will never take a prescription drug again. | M | 42 | 7 months | 11/30/2006 | 4 | bipolar 2 depression | increased appetite and weight gain, dry mouth, initial grogginess that wore off, maybe some constipation and GI disturbance, crazy dreams | 11/29/06 - This is the best anti-depressant I have ever taken, I wish someone would have put me on this a LONG time ago. I did gain ten pounds in the first three weeks but I had lost some weight due to a low depression, food just tastes good again! The best part is I started sleeping better almost immediately and after only one month my sleep is better than ever. It has relieved me of my anxiety, worry and obsessive thought patterns. This is the most normal I have felt in over a year. | F | 34 | 1 months | 11/29/2006 | 4 | sleep | For the first few days It made me incredibly sleepy so that I couldn't funtion very well the next day, even when I took only half (7.5 mg)a pill. I also had a big craving for sweets. | I asked my dr. for Remeron at the advise of a friend who has been using it as a sleeping aid on and of for about a year now. I suffer from insomnia and I hoped that Remeron would get me some needed sleep. It sure does! I'm not sleeping as soundly as I did in the beginning though and do wake up several times during the night but at least I sleep! I also have very interesting dreams while I'm on this pill. | F | 56 | 2 months | 11/26/2006 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia | Knocked me out cold for over 12 hours (good) but left me very groggy the next day as well as depressed, hard to function (bad). Also made my skin and tongue feel numb. I got these effects even if I broke it into halves or quarters. Took a couple of days to wear of. | Tried it several times. Have big sleep issues so kept the rest of it on hand to try again as a sleep aid but ended up getting rid of it, the SE's were too bad for me. | F | 52 | | 11/22/2006 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia | Knocked me out cold for over 12 hours (good) but left me very groggy the next day as well as depressed, hard to function (bad). Also made my skin and tongue feel numb. I got these effects even if I broke it into halves or quarters. Took a couple of days to wear off. | Tried it several times. Have big sleep issues so kept the rest of it on hand to try again as a sleep aid but ended up getting rid of it, the SE's were too bad for me. | F | 52 | | 11/22/2006 |