Posted by Alexanderfromdenmark on June 9, 2009, at 17:51:47
In reply to Re: Remeron REMEORN REMERON!!! mystery.... » uncouth, posted by SLS on June 9, 2009, at 17:46:18
> > So why isn't anyone on Remeron. It seems with all the cocktails out there, few people are taking this drug. Including me. Are we all so vain that we can't handle the RISK (not guarantee) of weight gain, in exchange for potentially live-changing remission of depression.
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> > At my next pdoc appt i'm going to ask about Remeron. Everything I've read about it seems to show it as a particularly effective drug, especially in cases of treatment resistantce, and especially as an augmentor (the well known "California Rocket Fuel"). I wonder, what my life would be like, if I was on Remeron plus Effexor instead of just Effexor 3 years ago....so maybe i'd be 30lbs heavier...but i also might be married, have a good job, and living independently instead of well...you know.
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> > So YOU ALL TELL ME -- WHY ARENT YOU ON REMERON? Am I living a pipe dream? Is it really not as effecacious as it sounds?
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> > I've been borderline suicidal the last few months and it just hit me today, why not remeron, why not remeron, why the F not? I'm freakin' importing medication from UKRAINE for gods sake, and i haven't tried good ole' mirtazapine cuz i'm afraid of a little weight gain? is that it? really? what the F is wrong with me.
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> > comments please!
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> Many times, people who find a successful treatment drift away from posting here and become engaged life outside this environment.
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> Just try the drug. It does not have a bad track record. It is just that it has not been the soup-of-the-day here for awhile.
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> - Scott
I have heard if you try it start on a dose of 30 mg or higher. Lower doses are too sedative. I only gave remeron 2,5 weeks. Sedation was so bad that, I couldn't keep up in school. On a positive note, remeron did give me remission a few hours a few days. I regret, I didn't give it month. But It gave me bad restless leg syndrome, a bit of akathsia and heavy sedation at times. I still wish I had stuck it out. My half-brother is on it and I think he has really benefitted from it. The combination of inducing sleep and stimulating during the day. No sexual side effects either which is great. I hate having sexual dysfunction even if I don't have a sex life anyway.
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