Posted by OldSchool on February 4, 2002, at 21:00:51
In reply to OldSchool Question for you, posted by johnj on February 4, 2002, at 20:41:39
> I am just like you, I couldn't sleep at all and had terrible anxiety too. How did you get off the benzo when switching to remeron? I have had sleep problems recently and the doc says the pamelor, lithium, tranxene combo needs to be tweaked. Remeron sounds interesting to me. Did any other AD work for you?
I was taking Xanax daily before Remeron, mainly for sleep. I just went off it cold turkey when I started Remeron and never noticed any problems whatsoever. I had been taking Xanax for about three months when I did that.I dont understand the biggie people have about going off benzos. Ive done it several times and it was no big deal. Maybe if youve been taking benzos for years it might cause probs.
Remeron is indeed one of the better ADs for sleep. You take it at bedtime for its strong sedative properties. Its actually too sedating for most though. But I had agitated depression in the beginning REAL bad and had pretty much total insomnia ie; "sleep lockup." Classic melancholia type depression...losing weight real bad, severe insomnia, total loss of sex drive, cognitive slowing and decline, psychomotor agitation and anxiousness. Remeron helped all of the above and did it rather quickly.
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