Posted by Tennisplayer on September 14, 2007, at 18:49:38
In reply to Re: Remeron +raquo; ClearSkies, posted by johnny2 on August 16, 2007, at 21:30:04
> If you just started the anger will probably get much better. It was worse when I started but it did get better just not go away totally. I think it is a good med for some people but I am so med sensitive meds have not been particularly helpful for me the last few years.
> Best of luck
>
> johnnyj
I am sort of coming into this discussion from out of left field, because I am going through Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms, one of the worst of which is ravenous hunger coupled with irrational anger. My suspicion is that Remeron and Cymbalta both have something in them that direly affect the adrenal system and possibly the autonomous nervous system or whatever regulates release of insulin and other metabolic hormones directly related to eating and digestion, etc. I am so hungry that I cram food into my mouth without using utensils or anything, and I crave carbohydrates and salt, a lot of times really sweet things (but not chocolate particularly--I am one of those weirdos who doesn't care too much for chocolate). Other times I just want starch, certainly not protein. I don't want to eat any kind of protein, which is really unusual for me in my normal state. I usually love meat and other forms of protein. I have always had problems with hypoglycemia, but now the sugar drop occurs much faster and the irritated feeling is off the charts. This is not "hunger" type feeling, where your stomach is growling and you want something to eat. This is the total hypoglycemic thing with "shakes", extreme weakness, dizziness, irritability triggered by noise, smells, temperature changes, people, animals, light, whatever. Except it is a nightmare version of it. I could always handle the discomfort of an empty stomach and the growling etc. this is nothing like that. And I also have the bloated gaseous thing going on. I want to badly to take the right thing to stop some of this. In my case eating some protein along with the carbs did nothing to stop the outpouring of insulin. The only way I dont have any insulin out pouring is to eat only protein, and I can't tolerate that--I get migraines, weakness, nausea, etc. and I have interstitial cystitis, which means my bladder lining has holes in it and the ketotic urine that is produced seeps through and drives the nerve endings in my bladder muscle wall to extreme pain, even more than I normall have with I.C. But recently I tried it anyway because of the hunger and rage and gaining about 10 pounds in 5 days. Eating a few nuts or a few of anything never has been able to help me. I must be one of those unlucky ones whose insulin is triggered by eating almost anything. When this ravenous thing hits me, I need tons of food, not just a little bit of this or that, and my stomach feels like it is "eating itself up with acid" until I get it really filled. I am taking Prevacid and Tums, but they don't seem to help much. There has to be something to help with this, but I think it is almost criminal that some of these drugs do this to our systems, and once you get on them you can't get off them without horrible side effects also. I am not sure what Remeron is for, but Cymbalta was supposed to be for depression and pain, and it made both of mine much worse, plus turning me into a sleeping zombie who was only awake about 8 out of the 24 hours of a daily cycle. Sorry to take so long. Has anyone had similar ravenous eating pattern that seems to be related to medication or withdrawal from medication?
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