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 |
| 1 | depression/insomnia | immediate weight gain, spaciness, reduced attention span, flatulance, horrible nightmares | although I actually felt rested and less lethargic, the side effects were too difficult to deal with | F | 41 | 6 months | 11/7/2004 | 3 | Chronic insomnia, mild depression | Dizziness the first few weeks. No serious side effects, except increased sex drive and a bit laziness. | It helps for falling asleep, but I still wake up too early. It works a bit, but not enough. | F | 43 | 6 months | 11/4/2004 | 2 | pms symptoms, not sleeping well | Want to eat non stop, bloating/gained over 10 lbs in last couple weeks, extreme thirst, tiredness. Sore/achy hands, wrists, elbows, feet and ankles. Severe irritability, agitation, anger, rage, hostility etc towards anyone/everyone, incl, my family. Feel unstable, psycotic, paranoid/scary thoughts basically like i should be committed! Can't complete simple tasks at work i used to to able to do in my sleep, without losing my train of thought/concentration. | Since taking the remeron I now feel like I am having even more severe pms symptoms all the time, like I am mental, and fat too-an added bonus i guess. I think this is what a nervous breakdown feels like maybe??I've been on this for about 3wks-the only reason I've stayed on it is because I also just came off Effexor and i thought some of these side effects were maybe from withdrawal. After reading these postimgs I'm not so sure. I think overall it's made everything worse, but I have gotten some better sleep(except for few weird dreams). NOT taking any remeron tonite and going back to the Dr tomorrow. Last week I forgot to take it one nite, and felt the best I had in weeks, the next day.These posting have been very insightful-thanks to everyone for their time. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 11/1/2004 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | Weight Gain, Severe mood swings, thoughts of wanting to die, crying uncontrollably, woke up in a panic attack everyday not knowing who I was. Now that I am off of it I can't remember most of the 6 months on it, very foggy while on it, coauld barely complete the simplest tasks. | I would not recommend this to ANYONE. i was ready to be committed I felt I had gone insane. Within a week of stopping it I am so happy and in shock of how much of myself oand the last 6 months I have lost. Trying to look on bright side and be thankful it was only 6 months and I didn't stay on it for years. | F | 31 | 6 months | 11/1/2004 | 3 | Insomnia/Depression | WEIGHT GAIN! I've been ultra petite all my life & I packed on 10-12 lbs in 2 mos. That's a lot when you are barely able to maintain 105 lbs. to begin with. Until I read these other reports I couldn't figure out why I just couldn't stop eating. It's like I'm hungry 24/7 & that is just not me. I have also been in quite a fog, finding it takes me until about 11am or 12 Noon to get started on my (self employed) work. But even then I was always feeling like a zombie & had to nap - a first - about 5pm. Not good for business! I have been taking 15 mg a day. | Apart from the weight gain & the lethargy, I have to say, after trying every sleeping pill in existence, that I have never slept so soundly & regularly as I have since I started on Remeron. However, if I turn into a blimp I'm going to be more depressed & I can't do my work being so zoned all the time. I think now I know why I've been experiencing all this. I'm also about to start withdrawing off a sedative/hypnotic & someone here said it really helped her. (Any more info on that?) If that's the case, maybe I should stick it out a little longer...or until I weigh 150 lbs! Yikes! My scrip ran out & I've had 2 nights without & still slept like a log! But I think I'll pick up the scrip tomorrow, cut it to 7.5 for about a wk & then get the heck off this stuff. It's too scary, especially with so little known about its long term effects. | F | 43 | 3 months | 10/23/2004 | 1 | depression | totally sedated, severe chest pains, sore bones, verey vivid dreams/nightmares. no withdrawal effects | felt like a bad trip or something. chest pains were unbareable. | M | 29 | 5 days | 10/17/2004 | 5 | Depression | Dry mouth and a lot of weight gain. I gained 40lbs .... gave up remeron 6 months ago and have lost about 30lbs. | F | 26 | 8 months | 10/13/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | Extreme electric shock sensations in hands and feet that lasted for many days even after stopping the drug. Slept like a rock. I developed the appetite of a T-Rex after one pill. I was a predator for food! Memory loss developed immediately. Gained five pounds in three days. Insatiable, | F | 34 | 3 days | 10/13/2004 | 1 | Insomnia | Shock sensations, raging feelings when coming off it, slept like I was a dead person, memory loss, weight gain instantly, uncontrollable/insatiable eating and hunger at only 15 mg. | A drug that should be marketed to people who want to be fat, angry, and demented. This drug should be illegal! | F | 34 | 3 days | 10/13/2004 | 4 | depression | Dry mouth, tiredness | Really helps with my inability to feel tired. The sleep is a good quality as well. Some nights when i take my dose, it is like a freight train of tiredness has hit me (i love it). It's been about 2 years already, the only thing I miss is the crazy dreams it used to give me (which i get from time to time now). | M | 22 | 2 years | 10/10/2004 | 3 | insomnia | I do sleep more soundly, uniterrupted sleep but as everyone else has posted I also have experienced rapid weight gain. I used to be a petite person, I have probably gained over 30+ pounds with excessive hunger (dont weigh myself anymore). I have had three children and I weigh more now than I did nine months pregnant. I am on 45 mgs (I have a high metablison with medicine) haven't been on that long but as one person stated on this website I do feel also like a grazing cow. Excessive hunger after taking the medicine at night and crave doughnuts. Tried to take myself of the medicine but I can't sleep without it. There has to be an alternate medication with out the weight gain. It's makes me depressed to gain alot of weight in such a little time. Also I have dry mouth, I also feel like my tounge is cotton cant seem to relieve this sympton nomatter what I do. My doctor doesnt want me to stop this medicine as it has helped the insomnia and depression. I just dont want to end up a beach whale.... | F | 31 | 6 months | 10/10/2004 | 1 | insomia worsened by Effexor XR | light headed, dizzy, weird vision, increased cravings, sores finger and hands ... can not close them in the morning, upperback pain, pain shooting frim my finger up my arm (thought I was going to have a heart attack ona number of occassions), numb tongue and mouth after taking, breathing seemed heavier, i was not able to think clearly throughout the day ... I felt like life was slow motion | I have been off of this CRAp for about a week or so now, and my fingers and hands are still sore. It's not as bad as it was when I was taking it, but I thought the side effects would be gone by now ... getting better slowly. This stuff leaft me feeling drugged all day. Even driving was hard. I think this medication is scary. Some idiot of a nurse prescribed t his to me in the states, and luckily my doctors here weened me off of this crap. I was turning into a major basket case. I'm starting to feel like myself again. This crap should be taking off the market. I was only taking 15mg, but most night I would bite it in half, because 15mg was too much. | F | 31 | 7 weeks | 10/8/2004 | 1 | depression/anxiety/agoraphobia | weight gain, continued suicidal thoughts, many many bad days | i gained 60 pounds in less than a year. i don't know why i stayed on it for so long. i don't recommend it to anyone. i have been on so many different drugs and don't feel that any of them have been right for me. i am currently off meds and am doing as well as i was on them. which is still not that great. | F | 23 | 1 years | 10/8/2004 | 5 | depression and weakness | increased appetite, back and hip pain, increased weakness, some constipation | Was a very active person, long work hours, yoga.... due to a surgical mistake, I now suffer chronic pain and lethargy with a weight loss of over 60 lbs. I tried Celexa, Paxil, Prozac, all of which did not agree with me causing nausea and not helping the depression. I took Remeron for about 2 weeks. Did wonders for my depression and helped me to eat more (am underweight). I stopped taking it, because of the back pain and lethargy but went thru bouts of nausea WITHOUT it. I have now returned to only 1/4 pill Remeron at night and the back pain is back, but I sleep sounder and my mood is elevated and the nausea has disappeared. My doctor and I are considering adding a low dose of Wellbutrin to combat the fatigue and back pain caused by the Remeron. I also need more pain meds on Remeron, but hate to return to the black depression caused by arthritis and personal situations. I can function more calmly and rationally on Remeron but need something that doesn't deplete my already-low energy. If anyone has had this similar problem with Remeron, I'd like to hear from you...... swap notes, so to speak. | F | 57 | 4 weeks | 9/24/2004 | 2 | Depression/ Insomnia | I feel lethargic throughout the day. I can't concentrate very long now. My fingers and hands hurt so bad in the morning I can not close and open them. My upper back hurts so bad that I can barely stand up straight. Sometimes my fingers have that numb tingly feeling, as if they have | I would NEVER take this medicine again. It's not worth it.l I'm going to start doing research on natural alternative! | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 9/22/2004 | 2 | Depression/ Insomnia | I feel lethargic throughout the day. I can't concentrate very long now. My fingers and hands hurt so bad in the morning I can not close and open them. My upper back hurts so bad that I can barely stand up straight. Sometimes my fingers have that numb tingly feeling, as if they have | I would NEVER take this medicine again. It's not worth it.l I'm going to start doing research on natural alternative! | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 9/22/2004 | 3 | depression anxiety and insomnia | Waiting for the next generation where the weight gain is solved | F | 43 | 6 months | 9/16/2004 | 3 | depression insomnia weight loss | weight gain constipation urinary retention vivid dreams abdomen enlargement low blood pressure | it's very good for insomnia and anxiety,less for depression.I don't recommend it if you already tend to eat os sleep a lot!The side effect tend to disappear after 6_8 months | F | 37 | 2 years | 9/9/2004 | 5 | PARKINSON | NO SIDE EFFECTS,WORKS GREAT | TREMOR HAS BEEN REDUCED AT LEAST 50%,FREEZING EPISODES AND ON-OFF HAVE BECOME MUCH SMOOTHER.IT IS A GREAT HELP. | M | 45 | 15 days | 9/3/2004 | 4 | Parkinson's tremor | increased appetite -became very good friends with the girls at Baskins-Robins! Increased appetite evened out after about 3 months. Helped with sleep, nighttime tremor and depression. | I know other Parkinson's patients who have benefited greatly from it. For some it helps rigidity as well as tremor which means you can cut back on other meds...thats a good thing. | F | 51 | 2 years | 9/2/2004 |