Posted by BarbaraCat on September 23, 2002, at 0:45:59
In reply to Re: Remeron and lithium-redirect to meds board, posted by wcfrench on September 22, 2002, at 1:55:27
>I think BarbaraCat has been successful on Rem+Lith so you might want to ask her..
BarbaraCat here. Rem + lith update. I'm still on 600mg lith and down from 75mg Rem to 11.5. The reason is that higher doses of Rem kicked in the norephinephrine effect very noticeably. For those who have the sluggish unmotivated type of depression, the extra NE might be helpful, but it was too much for me. My depression is compounded by severe anxiety so NE is counter-productive. The lower dose feels OK but not great. Since my initial fabulous response it's been a just OK med - benign side effects (if you don't count the pork-o-genic factor) but not all that effective. Don't want to revisit SSRI apathy so I'll stick to what I'm on now and try to be pragmatic, as in, life is damn hard and it's normal to feel a tad depressed just as long as it's bearable.
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