Posted by Latinlover on October 28, 2002, at 21:44:17
In reply to General Remeron Questions, posted by steve on December 31, 1998, at 2:08:58
I have been on Remeron for 2 weeks and a half. I'm taking half a pill every night before going to bed. It knoks me down inmediately. That is not so bad. But there are times (I'm in University) when I need to stay awake studyng a little while longer, and with this medicine it is a little impossible. Besides, it is always very hard for me to wake up in the mornings, and delaying the time of the dose will make it even harder. I have also a lot of anxiety and that makes me to be nervous, irritable, hyperactive and paranoid all the time. My doc prescribed me either Rivotril or Tegretol for the anxiety, but that will make even more sleepy, interferes with sex (I have been on Tegretol in the past), interacts terribly with alchohol and overall I hate those mood stabilizing kind of drugs.
Besides, Remeron is working for the depresion but I think that a little higher dose MIGHT be better. I am not depressed, but I am not sure if the depression has gone away completely, since I understand that anxiety always comes with depression and I feel very anxious. I don't know if the answer is to take a damn mood stabilizer or to augment the Remeron dose a little more, let's say a quarter - pill more. I told my doc I have no depression, but I'm not really 100% sure.
I think he's not so sure himself.But here is the big question: I'm taking 1/2 pill per night and I don't want to be knocked out so bad and so quickly when I take the pill. So if I distribute the dose throughout the day, let's say, taking 1/4 pill in the morning and 1/4 at night or if I take 1/4 every eight hours (one third of a day), will I get more used to the drug and not sleepy at all?
Thanx.
Latinlover.
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