Posted by musky on June 12, 2006, at 21:10:46
In reply to To Musky and JohnnyJ, posted by jeninco on June 12, 2006, at 17:08:05
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Thanks Jenico... yes Im hanging in... it is day 19 Off Remeron for me... Been up and down, anxiety, broken sleep, but I am using all of my tools to get me by... Just advil if the headaches get bad, gingerale for the nausea but it has settled a fair amount... acupuncture for the anxiety part and ALOT of prayer, self care, exercise, water etc, etc... I just take one day at a time and ONLY talk to people that are for me to stay OFF the Remeron... To go back on it would be taking a step back not to mention damaging my brain even further... NO, I just tell myself that that option does NOT exist.. I try to remain mentally strong.. I functioned before Without remeron so I figure why on Earth would I need it again.. its just a psychological crutch.. Ive read too many posts here about the horrors of this and other a/d drugs... It doesnt solve anything... I will deal with my issues HEADON!!
Its scary at times and my moods sometimes really freak me out. but i know its the body readjusting and myself finding a new path and way of thinking ..
Good luck to you on your weaning??? Are you taking any other meds?? Im not ,,, thank God... other than the Advil here and there... I managed to overcome my panic without ativan anymore either.. feels good to have that control in me instead of a pill numbing me out..
take care and keep posting..
Hope johnny is doing ok,,, he quit same time as me and was having a brutal time.... havent seen his posts in a couple of days..
Oh yeah.. when you were off for 18days why did you go back instead of pushing ahead... u had already made it 18days... I understand when feeling down or crappy but just keep going... I suggest to go to 2mg if possible...thats what i did .. I just cut my 3.75mg in half sort of..(difficult to do mind you!) and stayed on this small bit for 4months.... i think tapering very slow helps with w/d afterwards...
Musky
Hang in there you two. Know that you are in my thoughts and I'm just waiting to hear that things are getting better. I'm down to 3.75 mg again, working my way down to try again to stop taking remeron. Right now I don't know that I get any benefit or not (sometimes the amount doesn't make me sleepy at all, other times I sleep like a rock-who knows).
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> Anyway, I'm checking all of the time for updates from you two. You may not recall but I made it to 18 days before going back on-so I know how awful you are feeling. You will get through this (and I will too!).
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> Take care and feel better soon.
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