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Re: Just started taking Remeron and feel like crap

Posted by sowhysosad on April 2, 2009, at 18:02:57

In reply to Re: Just started taking Remeron and feel like crap » RandyP, posted by BrittPark on January 7, 2003, at 15:48:58

> >The key, I'm told, is to rapidly increase the dose (15mg every 3-4 days) over the first week. This usually eliminates these side effects. For most that's at 60mg, for some 75mg.
>
> According to the prescribing information (and my psychiatrist) the effective dosage range for Remeron is 15-45mg. I'm sure some people need more but 75mg seems a bit high. YMMV
>
> Somewhere around 30-45mg Remeron usually switches from being sedating to activating. People who have co-morbid anxiety, like me, will tend to react badly to higher doses.
>
> Everybody feel better,
>
> Britt
>
I don't buy the marketing spiel that Remeron is less sedating as the dose gets higher. Even after the noradrenergic effects kicked in for me at 30mg I still felt overly-sedated, plus it did nothing for my serotonin either.

Apparently every 15mg of Remeron is equivalent in sedation to 10mg of diazepam!

A friend who's fairly new to AD's is on 30mg at the moment and the sedation is killing her. The sleep isn't great for her either.


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