Posted by ravenstorm on January 25, 2005, at 12:12:24
In reply to Re: Remeron withdrawal? » lolo2marco, posted by ed_uk on January 25, 2005, at 8:54:38
Remeron withdrawal is NOT rare! On another site I post to people are definitely having problems trying to stop taking this drug. A lot of people who take remeron are on SSRIs as well and that seems to help them stop the remeron without side effects. Also, it totally depends on how you process this med. It has a wide ranging half life of anywhere from 20 hours to 60hours (or something like that). Obviously, if you are one of the lucky ones who processes it with the longer half life, of course you are not going to have many problems. If you process at 20 hours that is going to be a lot rougher ride.
The remeron pills are also really hard to split evenly and there is no liquid form (AT least paxil pills snapped evenly in half and there was a liquid.) Also, the smalles dosage is 15mg. Earlier this fall I tried to halve my dosage and was sick within four days (ie severe nausea and dizziness). I am going to contact a compounding pharmacy about dropping mg by mg. (Just this past week I tried an everyother day thing and that just wasn't helpful at all)
The worst thing, is that I am now trapped on a drug that severley affects my blood sugar levels, so every 2 hours my blood sugar drops and a ton of adrenaline gets dumped in my blood stream which makes my anxiety worse. I also get worse if I try to exercise on this drug, which is sooooooooo frustrating I can't tell you. Exercise has always helped my anxiety and depression. My doctor has also indicated that my hormones are all out of wack, which she believes is happening due to overworked adrenal glands due to the blood sugar fluctutations. This drug just sucks.
This is actually worse than paxil withdrawal for me. At least with paxil I didn't get ill until I stopped it alltogether, and I had to titrate the last 2mg in less than .5mg liquid to get off of it.
Sorry for the rant, just wish my pdoc had listened when I said that I can try a drug for four to six weeks but if it doesn't work or has intolerable side effects I have to stop it immediately or I'll go through withdrawal (except for prozac and wellbutrin).
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