Posted by Stone on November 2, 2009, at 3:27:49
In reply to Re: anhedonia possibly induced by remeron » Stone, posted by metafunj on November 1, 2009, at 23:47:24
I was on Effexor XR 75mg for around 4 months, and while on it I just had too many side-effects, so it at the time I needed to try something else.
I don't think at 75mg there was any norepinephrine and dopamine effect since those effects usually don't start happening until around 150 - 375mg. I also never really experienced anhedonia on Effexor before.
All I know is that when I started Remeron I had a bad reaction the first time I took the one pill. While on it I just felt like there was a dark cloud hanging over me all the time and I felt extremely tired and out of it. Fast foward to now and nothing has changed, I still feel like I'm on Remeron.
I can only think in both our cases we had a strange reaction. Mine was to Remeron and yours was to Prozac. I can only think for each of us we turn to the medications each of us were on to try and fix the problem - you on Remermon and me on Prozac. However for me, I fear this may not work in my case because their are more areas the antogonistic action was taking place. Whereas with Prozac there is only one, at least that I know of anyway.
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