Posted by CareBear04 on January 13, 2008, at 22:41:05
Hi everyone! I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences with Remeron. I was started on it last week, but I haven't noticed really any effects from it, good or bad. My dr. told me that the lower the dose, the more sedating it is, so we started with 7.5. To give it a chance to work, I didn't take any other meds for sleep, and I couldn't fall asleep for hours until I finally took some Ambien. I thought maybe it takes a few days to build up and start working, but that hasn't been the case. Contrary to the lower dose-more sedating theory, 15mg has been slightly more effective, but it still takes almost two hours to work. I also heard that lower doses stimulate the appetite more and cause more weight gain, so I was interested to see whether it would do that to me. So far, my appetite hasn't seemed to be effective.
Any experiences or suggestions? I'm trying Remeron for sleep and not as an AD, although I definitely am depressed. I guess it was also prescribed with the hope of improving my eating, but I'm kind of ambivalent about that-- I know I need to eat more, but I hate the idea of using drugs to cause weight gain. Any responses would be great! Thanks!
CB
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