Posted by Elroy on June 9, 2005, at 18:10:01
In reply to Re: Severe Anxiety, Moderate Depression High Corti » SLS, posted by Elroy on May 28, 2005, at 20:14:57
Well, started on Remeron on Monday night (15mg a day for two weeks and then going to 30 mg day). Remeron has some studies showing significant effects at lowering cortisol levels (can post some links if anyone would like).
Remeron is one of those drugs where its side effects are strongest at the lowest levels. Its primary side effects include sedation, hunger pangs and weight gain. I have noted very minimal hunger pangs so don't think that the weight gain will be too much of a problem... except that I have noted an extreme sedating effect!
Now having had insomnia for over a year now (and off-and-on for a couple years before that), it's really, really hard right now to complain about sleeping too much. It just feels so great... but I am sleeping from like midnight to 8 AM (with maybe one wake-up during the night to go potty) and then dozing on-and-off until noon! And then not feeling like I've "woke up" until around 3 or 4 PM!!!
Hopefully this is a "side effect" that will ease off when I go up to 30 mg. And hopefully just the day time sleepiness will go away (the night time sleepiness is great). I believe that this is definitely a result of the Remeron significantly reducing the cortisol levels. If so, the bottom line will be this: does the Remeron allow the HPA Axis to "re-set" itself and if so, how long does that process take?
Elroy
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