Posted by musky on May 8, 2006, at 0:28:54
In reply to Feel SO Much Better!, posted by SandyWeb on May 6, 2006, at 17:24:18
I would just like to say that since i have been tapering off the Remeron that I havent had nearly the freaky thoughts i had before.
I must also post that when I was on the 45mg dosage and even 30mg dose that I was totally freaked out with horrible very stong suicidal urges and homocidal urges... This drug is very very dangerous and I know this to be true as I have NEVER thought these thoughts in my life!!
ONce i started to taper these thoughts have DRASTICALLY gone away!!! That is proof enough for me to kick this sh*t.
I think the mind is so strong that when we BELEIVE something will help we actually make this happen... If someone tells you that a drug will help you you tend to psyche yourself up for that response.. Some reports are saying that the FEEL GOOD from some a/d is really just the high from the extra serotonin/epinephrine that is being pumped out due to the a/d effect on the serotonin system..(putting this roughly). No more than what your athletes get after a long distance run..
runners high..
When we get depressed coming off we tend to play mind games THINKING that we need the drug.. thats how the body works... just like the alcoholic or whatever it is that you do to feel better..
IM no doc, but again all these posts are suggesting people having MORE problems with the meds not less... and that we need to really try to help each other with coping skills than with meds..
If they are helping people,, fine I guess if thats what they want to believe.. different strokes for different folks..
All i know is that I have never ever been happy while on this med and the two other brief encountters with other a/d were exactly the same horrible side effects... and messing with my thought patterns... wished I had just SuFFered out my health issues on my own 3yrs ago instead of ending up down the road of a/d!!!
Boy have i learnt alot...
ONe thing that Remeron has taught me and thats to GET OFF of itSorry to ramble
Good luck to everyone... again if we tell ourselves we cant, we cant then guess what... WE WONT.... so thats why i keep telling myself I CAN
We didnt learn to first walk without trying..and falling first... the test is not the falling, but the getting up EVERY Time we fall... then we walk.
Remeron isnt the only prevention for S... there are so Many other healthy ways to beat s.. and depression /anxiety..
When they say that rEmeron stops the suicidal thoughts well ya,, it does all right ,, and stops all other thoughts as well... no thanks..
If i ever get that bad again,, which i dont plan to (depends on how my withdrawl goes). I will even go into the mts or where have you where I can not even attempt any thing to hurt myself...
sorry to even post this but I am very very frustrated at this whole thing and I know in my heart that there is more than one way to fight this ... like i said i never had to deal with these issues before .. this has been such a totally different world for me since starting with these drugs..
bye again!!Musky
Musky
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