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JR, SLS, Squiggles,observer, help. Remeron rocks

Posted by McPac on May 11, 2003, at 13:56:45

In reply to Re: Remeron rocks for treatment-resistant unipolar, posted by jrbecker on May 11, 2003, at 10:35:28

I am trying to increase my Remeron so that I can DEcrease my Zoloft. Here is the problem. I've been taking Remeron for quite a while for insomnia (7.5 mg/night...very low dose). About a year ago, my doc raised the dose from 7.5 to 45 mg---IN ONE JUMP!!!!!! Extreme jitteriness, nervousness, Very rapid heartbeat...I could not handle that norepinephrine (adrenaline) effect! So, here I am now, about a year later, wanting to give the Remeron another shot BUT by gradually increasing the dose (and maybe not even needing 45mg). Well, I just increased the Remeron dose from 7.5mg to 22.5mg (half of a 45mg tablet) for the past 2 nights. Geez, already I feel more jittery and also MORE IRRITABLE. I just read a previous post by jr that mentioned, quote, "There is some irritability at first as well....This passes relatively soon as well". Okay, now here is where I could really use some advice---how long before this irritability is likely to last? Should I drop down to 15mg and take that for awhile (I've taken 15mg before and that did NOT make me jittery/irritable) AND THEN try the 22.5mg? Would it be best/make a difference to simply raise the dosage very slowly and very gradually rather than "jumping" in bigger increments? Based on my extreme jitters/nervousness at 45mg last year, I really don't know if I can handle 45mg...I hope I can at least handle 30mg....but first I've got to handle 22.5! IF I KNEW that this "jittery/irritable" effect would diminish or go away relatively soon (how long??) I would just stay on 22.5 and get this stage over with...and then try 30mg. (Do you guys think that even the 45mg EXTREME "jitters/nervousness" would go away eventually OR would that increased NE effect simply continue to be a problem for me as long as I kept taking the Remeron at that dose?) THANK YOU ALL!!!!


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