Posted by Chairman_MAO on January 30, 2004, at 12:03:51
In reply to Please - withdrawals from SSRI - Nausea- how long?, posted by flyingdreams on January 28, 2004, at 19:02:40
15 days, jeez. Yet another anecdote confirming my belief that the withdrawl syndrome after chronic treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors is worse than heroin withdrawl (which is usually more intense, but is only 4-7 days, max).
Your "magic bullet" treatment is most likely Remeron (mirtazapine). At 15mg, it will treat your insomnia and most likely your nausea (it is a 5-HT3 antagonist, just like ondansetron and grainesetron, the two "gold-standard" antiemetics that cost $20+ per dose.)
As someone else suggested, ginger can work wonders. So can diphenhydramine (Benadryl). Sometimes simply drinking [regular] Coke or Pepsi helps. But I would have your doc give you 2-4 weeks of generic Remeron @ 15mg. There is almost no chance you will have any withdrawl effects from the Remeron at that dose, so don't worry about that.
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