Posted by LyndaK on September 20, 2002, at 1:06:16
In reply to Re: Remeron Anxiety » LyndaK, posted by BarbaraCat on September 20, 2002, at 0:37:15
> I'm having an interesting time with reducing Remeron. I was up at 75mg and am now at 10mg. I've been sleeping alot and feeling very little anxiety, which is just fine with me. This is a big change from the speedyness at high levels. I knew about the changes in effect Rem goes through with dosage levels and I'm living it. For the first few weeks I was having the typical crummy symptoms from reducing an AD, but am no longer bothered by them at all. I'll be staying at this level until I feel the need to change.
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> I'm also going through an intense naturopathic treatment and am sure it's contributing to the overall effect. One thing is sure, I would rather go through the slow groggy dull form of depression any day than the godawful anxiety brand.
I hope Remeron doesn't go "speedy" on me! I'm much more functional when I'm calm. Jill had mentioned in a previous post about needing to cut her dose down periodically. I wasn't sure which way it was going for me so I tried upping the dose first -- that seemed to be the right thing since I started sleeping better again and I was calmer again. But more than one person has talked about the opposite effect with this drug. I'm crossing my fingers that this drug doesn't go bad on me because its been really good so far. It's not the cure for my depression but it certainly keeps me functional until I can gain a better understanding of the social issues plaguing me.I've been following your posts about the naturopath thing. I liked your statement about being a "healthy and physically fit mentally ill person" (or something like that). Certainly good health can ONLY benefit you -- there are no adverse side effects.
Best wishes to you in your search for health and wholeness.
Lynda
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