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 |
| 3 | Sleep | Nausea,heavy nite time,dizziness | Taking with neurontin. Not sure if there is an interaction. | F | 68 | 4 months 7.5 | 10/25/2015 | 5 | depression psychosis | None | Helps with sleep this is the only drug that agrees with me | M | 24 | 1 days 30 | 10/2/2015 | 4 | Insomnia, depression | Grogginess, vivid dreams & restless sleep during dose ramp up, but this is better now. Agitation, increased anxiety, and headache at 30 mg; these went away when I lowered my dose to 22.5 mg. | I worked slowly from 7.5 mg to 30 mg in 7.5 mg increments over a 2 week period. After a week on 30 mg my doctor agreed to try a lower dose (22.5 mg), which is more tolerable for me. I was too agitated at the higher dose. Luckily, I have not experienced an increase in appetite or weight gain (perhaps a few pounds, but I lost a lot of weight during my descent into depression). My mood is much improved (I was suicidal just three weeks ago), and my sleep, energy and concentration are also improved. I read many negative reviews of this drug, and like many others I was nervous about taking it (this is my first time on an AD), but my experience has thankfully been positive. Let the medication do its thing, and titrate up slowly to find the right dose for you. | F | 50 | 4 weeks 22.5 mg | 10/2/2015 | 1 | Insomnia, depression | Anhedonia, increased appetite, great for sleep (for a little while at least). | Initially prescribed after a bad reaction to Lexapro, mirtazapine worked for a while, then gave me an anxiety disorder. Only took it for 3 months, but am still dealing with withdrawal anxiety and insomnia 5 months later. | M | 40 | 3 months 15-30mg 1X day | 8/31/2015 | 5 | Weight Gain | Very sleepy when it kicks in & I'm up eating all night if I don't fall asleep after taking it. | This helped me gain 25lbs that I lost due to anxiety. This is a miracle drug. I can't take it during the day because it makes me so tired so I take it an hour before bed, eat, & go to sleep. If I miss a dose I have no appetite like before I started taking it & I can't fall asleep on my own anymore but the pros deff outweigh the con's!!! | F | 25 | 3 years 15mg | 8/16/2015 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Trying to taper off this drug from 45mg to 30mg. When i first started on it at 30mg i got very irritable and angry. Increased to 45mg because of chronic anxiety. All i can say is that it didn't do anything for me infact i think it made me worse. The plus side is that it did make me sleep at night but also made me incredibly sleepy during the day. Im now suffering with continual itching and a welt like rash, i can only put this down to remeron. This med is also used to increase appetite, mine is non existent and made me feel nauseous. I just hope the next lot of anti-depressants im prescribed do a better job | F | 48 | 8 months 45mg | 8/5/2015 | 1 | unexplained weight loss | woke up to feeling like my arms and neck were on fire. bright red, felt puffy. a few days later I had such extreme constipation I bled from my rectum. took several weeks to feel right again. Dr. had me take senna laxative. did not work and was afraid to take any more for fear of another drug reaction. had a skin reaction (mild SJS) to oxcarbazapine 6 months prior. Emotionally I was very agitated for about 1 week after stopping. | Dr. prescribed for weight loss, 25# lost w/o reason in past yr. Reaction started before I had a chance to find if it would stimulate my appetite. Now dealing w/ ongoing abdominal pain. Don't know if it is related. | F | 55 | 3 days 1X day | 8/3/2015 | 2 | Anxiety | Morning agitation, trouble swallowing | Took it for a very short time because it probably caused trouble swallowing. Didn't up the dose as I was supposed to. Helped me sleeping though but made me very nervous upon awakening. | F | 67 | 2 weeks 15MG | 7/24/2015 | 4 | Depression, anxiety, Bipolar | Slept very well the first time i took it at 15Mg, stayed at dose for 6 months, then went up 2 nights ago to 30Mg. Feeling very tired and dizzy. thankfully i only take it for sleep. My anxieties have subsided the last couple days as well. Although, i want to be isolated more, there are moments i want to do more as far as moving around goes, which is a plus. Alot better than Trazadone. I also take Lamictal it's helped with most of my agitation. | Great for sleep and depression way better than Trazadone. | F | 43 | 6 months 15Mg-30Mg | 6/28/2015 | 2 | anxiety | Extreme hunger | Didn't work on my anxiety or depression, was so hungry it made me preoccupied with food. The one good thing was having deep 10-12 hour sleeps especially at 7.5 mg. Was told to wait it out but I eventually refused to continue because the extreme appetite and weight gain was contributing to my anxiety! I can still take 7.5 mg only as needed as a sleeping pill but I don't often because of the appetite side effect. Changed to Wellbutrin which works much better for me without those side effects. | M | 34 | 2 months 7.5-15 mg | 5/15/2015 | 2 | Major Depression, Insomnia | Weight gain (20lbs in 5 months) Eating everything in site! Facial rashes around eyes and mouth and nose, Dryness in face. Anxiety and panic, hallucinations at night when trying to sleep. Purplish visuals and weird tactile hallucinations. Headaches, depersonalization, suicidal thoughts, itching skin, muscle jerks and twitches through body while seated. numb emotionally. Increased anxiety which led to hypochondria and self harm. Parasnomnia, and SLEEP PARALYSIS Every morning. | Was given for MDD and Insomnia, was started at 15mg for 3 months then bumped to 30mgs for 9 months and taken 45 mg for 2 months, tapered off this stuff slowly, if not done correctly you will get brainzaps, sick feeling in stomach, headaches/migraines, insomnia is bound to happen considering the sedating effects of this medication. Don't know why I was taking this considering I was going crazy with all the weird rashes it was giving me on my face and since it made me have worse anxiety I was thinking I had HIV and got tons of blood tests done in a weeks time, having stopped the medication.. I am finally feeling normal, not soo much anxiety anymore, insomnia yes.. but it was hard to sleep on this stuff anyway considering the vivid dreams and hallucinations of demons and shadow people and SPIDERS. Please talk deeply with your doctor about this medication.. Everyone is different, this wasn't for me. | M | 24 | 2 years 30 1X day | 5/12/2015 | 3 | postpartum anxiety and depression | Joints pain muscle tension in chest and neck | It worked for my depression but still have symptoms of anxiety | F | 35 | 4 months 30 mg | 4/28/2015 | 5 | Depression and sleep | This is an update. I went off Remeron a few months ago and boy did I mess up. I had gained a lot of weight with Abilify and Remeron. Am also on Brintellex, Ambien, Xanax, Adderall. While off Remeron, I had to increase my Xanax, start taking Ambien, and started noticing my Adderall didn't work much. Became depressed and had problems sleeping I noticed I started taking more Xanax to sleep and Ambien didn't help (for 3 hours maybe). Yesterday I got the Remeron filled (odt). Took one last night (oral desolving tablet) and sleep great, had a dream, and woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed! I have been on numerous antidepressants and it seems like Remeron is the one for me! Taken with Brintellex and Abilify, I know I can function where I need to be. Otherwise it seems life sucks being depressed, no motivation, anxiety. | Love it but don't like the weight gain. I have lost some of the weight I gained before and will keep watching my diet and working out. | F | 51 | 1 days 15 mg odt 1X day | 4/22/2015 | 3 | general anxiety and depression | Worked good 1st week then wk 2 I started itching a lot especially during the evening and night. No rash, had welts due to scratching and rubbing. Used benedryl, cream and tablets. Waiting to hear from doctor. | F | 71 | 3 weeks 15mg | 4/22/2015 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Drowsy and tired during daytime. Increased appetite. Slightly restless legs, but only directly after dosing so was gone by morning. Some numbing of emotions, so this can have negative effect on relationships with people, prefered being alone tbh. Thoughts not clear. With reading, for example, sometimes the I just couldn't absorb the meaning of words and had to read lines several times. This was also partly because of reduced concentration. In a lot of ways it improved my cognitive abilities and memory. Just didn't feel sharp. | Probably the best antidepressant I have taken (and I have taken most). Biggest problem was tiredness in the day. Took this while at university and for the most part it made my time there more challenging. However it wasn't all bad. At times I wasn't tired I felt very motivated and driven, always wanted to be doing something. Used to spend hours playing my guitar, worked out a lot and liked to do little projects. This is something I haven't found with any other medication (except perhaps Nortriptyline, but that screwed up my memory). Only sad thing for me is it doesn't seem to work anymore, have gone back to it a few times but can't seem to get that original result I had for about 6 years. Didn't help my anxiety at all btw, probably made it worse, but no antidepressants have helped with that. It made me feel less social, I'd rather be working on something by myself. I also had no problems stopping it so can't really understand some of the other extreme comments, of course everyone is different. The difficult thing with this, in fact all these meds, is it takes about 3 months to get used to it and for it to get up to full benefit. It's a gradual improvement that takes place. | M | 33 | 6 years 45mg 1X day | 4/8/2015 | 3 | insomnia, anxiety, weight gain | Extreme grogginess (comparable to taking 4-5 Benadryl), could hardly hold my eyes open and felt as though I was having panic attacks. | Took 1 the first night. Slept great but the following morning I felt extremely groggy, could hardly hold my eyes open and felt as though I was having panic attacks. (My 20mg Adderall couldn't wake me up. The side effects started to wear off around 2pm. Took a half of the 15mg the 2nd night. Slept great again. Side effects weren't nearly as bad. A shower, cup of coffee and walking around caused the effects to wear off before noon, as well as taking my Adderall. Taking a whole 15mg tonight just to give it another chance. (Normally I take 30mg of Tamazepam at night which helps with sleep sometimes. Doctor told me to alternate between the two medications to lower the risk of me becoming addicted to the Tamazepam and it could help me gain weight...We'll see..) | F | 24 | 3 days 15mg 1X day | 3/10/2015 | 4 | Depression | Paired with Abilify, terrible weight gain. Went from 122 to 167 in just a few months. Craving for carbs at night. Did help sleep. | Helped with depression but can do the weight gain. | 51 | 9 months 15 mg. 1X day | 2/10/2015 | 2 | Sleep issues | Muscle aches, not myself but because on the medication thought I was ok...., flat effect. Did sleep, but no other positives. | F | 58 | 10 months 30mg 1X day | 2/8/2015 Patient History | 1 | Severe Insomnia | Severe restlessness. I took this with 3mg Lunesta and my lord I had the the craziest two hours of my life. I felt intense restlessness in the legs and entire body. It was so intense that I wanted to cut my legs off. I have been taking lunesta for a week now. It was working okay. It was still taking me long to fall asleep. But Lunesta with Remeron was a nightmare. I felt groggy, irritated, demotivated in the morning. | M | 30 | 1 days 15 1X day | 2/6/2015 | 1 | Depression and insomnia | Burning rash/hives, blurry vision/burning watery eyes, peeling dry skin(profuse) and swollen calves, ankles(water retention), bloating and fullness of abdomen. | It's awful! | F | 35 | 5 days 30mg 1X day | 1/24/2015 |