Posted by bleauberry on January 14, 2008, at 18:09:02
In reply to Experiences with Remeron?, posted by CareBear04 on January 13, 2008, at 22:41:05
So, eating and sleeping are the problem areas. Two drugs I know of work well for that. One is remeron. Your early days with that do not seem encouraging. If someone is going to be knocked out by remeron, it will happen the first dose. Maybe it takes time to build up, but not in my own experience. I was on it for over a year along with prozac. It was fair, but nothing stellar.
The other drug is amazing for a lot of people and a wide variety of symptoms, including anxiety, panic, delusional thinking, depression (especially with an ssri), sleeping, and anorexia. It is Zyprexa. I was on it for 8 years. Though I still frown on antipsychotics in general, I find it hard to say anything bad about zyprexa. Most people complain about the weight gain. I needed it. I only gained 10lbs, but that was just right. And never slept better in my life. Daytimes were not drugged like other drugs did to me.
Basically, I was not overly impressed with remeron with doses ranging from 7.5mg to 30mg over a year. Sedation I did get from it pooped out in a few weeks. Didn't gain much weight. But I was surprised with zyprexa at 5mg for 8 years. It had me eating good, sleeping good, feeling better all around, and gaining a little much needed weight. After getting used to it, I did not have any side effects after about 3 weeks.
To put it in context, both of these drugs were in combination with 20mg prozac.
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