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 |
| 4 | depression | drowsy in the mornings. drunk like feeling. BIG increase in eating. dry mouth | i gained 50# in 10 mths. works great for sleep, depression and mood. but is horrible because of the weight gain!!!!! | F | 30 | 10 months | 8/27/2004 | 1 | Stress, sleep deprivation | ear fullness - very uncomfortable and scary, can't describe how awful it was. rapid and extreme weight gain - went from 62 kg to 82 kg in a month, and haven't lost weight since and put on another 10 kg now 92 kg. I had never gone over 72 kg in my life previously, and that was during pregnancy. | F | 41 | 1 months | 8/27/2004 | 3 | To help with Benzo withdrawl | At first it just made me groggy in the morning, but I needed the sleep. I then dropped the dose and started having bizarre dreams and thought in the morning. I never tried a theraputic dose for depression which I should have. | I tapered down and went off almost 3 weeks ago and have severe gastritis, nausea, belching, crying severe depression and wonder when this will end. | F | 50 | 8 months | 8/24/2004 | 1 | Stress/Depression over spouses canc | Numb tonuge within seconds of taking. Then overall weird disconnected feeling with shallow breathing and tingling fingers within 30 minutes. Withing one hour of taking so tired my eyes hurt. Slept for 8 hours w/o dreams or tossing...just dead sleep. Took 45 minutes to get moving next morning for work. Very lethargic and confused drunk feeling. Driving to work started getting headache and dizzy. Tingling in legs and back. Tunnell vision and concentration problems, all while driving. Could only stay at work 30 minutes before bad back leg and arm pain with Involuntary trembling. Headache became a migrane. Still a dazed (ZOMBIE) feeling but mind racing. Very VERY severe rage...like killing someone, or driving headlong into traffic on highway. On the way home flashing headlights caused vertigo and spinning falling feeling. Nausea. | Almost 20 hours since taking as I write this and still sore muscles espec. legs and back. Been sleeping most of day. Worst feeling was the rage and flood of disconnected feelings. Sounds VERY heightened!! Normal noise sounds like headphones at full blast. Now I know what its like to lose your mind. Worst F&*%ing drug ever invented. Want to become evil and get institutionalized...remerons the answer. | M | 30 | 1 times | 8/17/2004 | 1 | Anxiety | After 5 days taking one 30 Mg tab at night, I became so dizzy that I could hardly walk. Had to stay at home for 2 days to recover. Felt nauseous. BAD dreams. | Shouldn't be legal. Worst drug I've ever taken (and I've tried many). Only positive thing is that I've sworn off all antidepressants for life. TERRIBLE!!!! | M | 45 | 5 days | 8/13/2004 | 2 | taken off effexor for this | Very drowsy. 1st week vivid dreams...very real. Rapid heart rate. BIG hunger!!! Please i need to graze like a cow constantly. | To early to say but at the moment not to noticable effects. I have a weight problem and this extra worry lowers my self worth. | F | 40 | 2 weeks | 8/10/2004 | 1 | depresssion | It helped me sleep,helped with my anxity and depression, but it was too sedative. I had been on it for years for depresssion and also for its antiemetic properties which hepled balance out the nausea caused by the other antidepressant that I'm taking. However...I dedided to get off Remeron because the sedation was such that I could not get functioning before 11 am every morning. I am still in the midst of trying to withdraw. This is the worst withdrawl I've ever had. It is 3 weeks now and I have constant severe nausea. I am unable to even drink liquids, or eat crackers. Nothing cuts the nausea. Mylanta, benadryl, etc... even the antiemetic that chemo patients use does not help. This is a rough ride, butI am determeined to do this. THe good news of getting off the remeron is that I can wake up in the morning!! It's great. However, I would not reccommend this drug to my worst ememy. | F | 48 | 5 years | 8/8/2004 | 4 | insomnia, depression | weight gain | I'd been on Zoloft and Ambien for about five years and tried Remeron as a replacement for both drugs. It was probably the best drug I've ever taken for severe insomnia, but it wasn't worth the 20# weight gain. The other strange side effect was a hugely increased libido, but that could be because Zoloft had caused me to be sexually numb for so long. | F | 47 | 3 months | 8/7/2004 | 5 | sleeplessness | No side effects although the first night I took 30MG and felt very drugged up. I hadn't slept in days though so I think my body was already messed up | I went off it gradually after 6 months because I felt good and thought that I would be fine. I was for 3 months and now I am finding myself going back to see my doctor because I can't sleep again. | F | 27 | 6 months | 8/6/2004 | 2 | Borderline Personality Disorder | A | I was prescribed this originally 4 years ago after 2 brief hospitalizations. The drug I took prior to this, Serzone, was causing too many negative side effects and I had insomnia. Well, I took myself off all drugs about 2 months after taking Remeron in 2000. A few months ago I decided to put myself back on Remeron because of the unstable thoughts. I would not recommend doing this to anyone for self-medicating is dangerous, (I got my RX in Mexico). Also after reading over books and reports about my condition, I have learned that many professionals do NOT believe that BPD can be treated by ANY SSRI'S!!! Why the hell was I being drugged for so many years then if drugs are not supposed to be effective? All I know is that I am discontinuing use starting today, if only because the dreams Remeron induces are making me more irritable and depressed than before. People and events that disturb me are common place in these vivid dreams and I don't know how arousing anxiety in me can possibly help. | F | 23 | 3 months | 8/6/2004 | 2 | Borderline Personality Disorder | A drugged feeling the morning after taking the pill often lasting the rest of the day, vivid dreams that mostly evolved into nightmares and left me tossing and turning and waking up in a cold sweat, the inability to do or say much after taking the pill at night, more recurrent suicidal thoughts. | I was prescribed this originally 4 years ago after 2 brief hospitalizations. The drug I took prior to this, Serzone, was causing too many negative side effects and I had insomnia. Well, I took myself off all drugs about 2 months after taking Remeron in 2000. A few months ago I decided to put myself back on Remeron because of the unstable thoughts. I would not recommend doing this to anyone for self-medicating is dangerous, (I got my RX in Mexico). Also after reading over books and reports about my condition, I have learned that many professionals do NOT believe that BPD can be treated by ANY SSRI'S!!! Why the hell was I being drugged for so many years then if drugs are not supposed to be effective? All I know is that I am discontinuing use starting today, if only because the dreams Remeron induces are making me more irritable and depressed than before. People and events that disturb me are common place in these vivid dreams and I don't know how arousing anxiety in me can possibly help. | F | 23 | 3 months | 8/6/2004 | 3 | depression and insommnia | OH the weight gain!! I'm usually 120 pounds and have gained at least 20 in 3 months. I have a very tough time to get myself going in the morning. My muscles are sore but that is starting to go. Moody (not sure if that is because of the 20 pound weight gain.) | From the first night, sleep was amazing. I am able to sleep for 7-9 hours STRAIGHT!! I find that my body seems slow and | F | 33 | 3 days | 8/4/2004 | 1 | Depression | Did not really Notice any big help with my depression. Did get constantly hungry! Gained about 10lbs. and am trying to lose it. Most Importantly, Had MAJOR psychotic thought, dreams, uncontrolable sobing, hallucinations, paranoia feelings of self-worthlessness. EXTREME ANGER (More like RAGE) AND MOODINESS. (Like once you got mad Everything poured out of you, unable to restrain myself) Major and constant Suicidal thoughts and actions. Never ever happened before like this, never actually TRIED to kill myself. -I thank God I am still hear | If you want to get fat, feel like your going crazy, then take your life, ....THEN THIS IS THE DRUG FOR YOU. Otherwise, avoid it as if your life depended on it. (It just might)CANT BELIEVE THIS STUFF IS LEGAL AND ON THE MARKET. WOULD RATHER BE RAPED IN PRISON THAN EVER TAKE THIS AGAIN! | M | 37 | 2.5 months | 8/1/2004 | 1 | Depression | ....ANYONE WITH THE PROBLEM OF RINGING IN YOUR EARS? | M | 37 | 2.5 times | 8/1/2004 | 1 | depression & insomnia | i was more anxious on this . I was extremely tired throughout the day, very bitching, moody, angry! | I will never recommend this , it's aweful!!! | F | 30 | 14 days | 7/16/2004 | 3 | depression, anxiety, insomnia | Weight gain of 13 lbs. I was happy initially as I only weighed 97 lbs. Now I always feel bloated and am trying to loose 5 lbs. Great for sleep..Not great for depression. Seemed to help for a while but have terrible mood swings and anger regularly. | Good for sleep..ok for depression..GREAT if you're trying to gain weight! | F | 34 | 1 years | 7/7/2004 | 2 | Insomnia co-medication | Intense, constant hunger, caused a huge, rapid weight gain | Sweet, wonderful dreams. I woke refreshed and feeling as if I just walked out of a movie theater. But I was ravenously hungry all the time. It was as bad as when I was a chain smoker. I gained 30 pounds in 4 months and my doctor was clueless about this side effect. He told me to diet! | F | 40 | 7 months | 7/7/2004 | 3 | Depression and Sleeplessness | Leg muscles very painful and diahrea constantly..leg pain seems to have diminished a bit. As for diahrea it seems constant and i drink alot of fluids so my body won't dehydrate. I do have to admit that i do sleep well now compared to my sleepless nights. I can now sleep a good solid 8 hours without disturbance. | Just dont know if Remeron is right for me...im discouraged because my Physician has prescribed me so many anti-depressants..like Prozac..Paxil..Effexor..just to name a few and none seems to work for me...but i do have to admit that Remeron is somewhat helping in certain aspects. I find my body very sensitive to any kind of medication. Just want to know if someone out there is suffering with the same symptoms i have. | F | 45 | 4 weeks | 6/29/2004 | 5 | Anxiety. Lack of steady sleep. | Mild morning Drowsiness. | What to sleep 8 hours straight then take this. Side effects minimal. Weight gain minmal. Great for sleep. Just great. Augment with an ssri if depressed. Helps calm ssri side effects. Remeron alone for depression not enough., 15mg and you WILL sleep. | M | 32 | 3 years | 6/28/2004 | 4 | extreme depression | after about 6 weeks of taking this medication, i still feel somewhat numb on my extremities. It is a very strange feeling, I know that I am taking a shower but I do not feel myself washing. I hope that this passes soon. The medication causes at least 12 hours of sleep and the sleep is uninterupted. | | 6/28/2004 |