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Posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
I started Remeron a little over a week ago. Welloft was working great for depression, but I wasn't gaining the weight I'd lost from depression, and my sleep was still iffy.
My pdoc has me titrating up very slowly--3.75 mg for a week, and I just went up to 7.5. I'm also tapering off Zoloft--was on 100 mg, now I'm down to 50 this week.
The good news is, it's the best sleep med I've ever tried. I sleep so deeply and it's tough to get up in the morning. I think it might be increasing my appetite a little, too, though it's too early to tell whether it will help me gain weight or not (which I need).
The bad news is, I feel more depressed. I feel kind of groggy, disconnected from my life and emotions, and when I do feel, I feel low, empty, and sad. It kind of feels like I'm watching my life on TV instead of living it. Part of the low mood might be those super-vivid dreams. I have trouble getting rid of the emotional hangover from them. If I'm sad or angry in a dream, it's so real that I can't get rid of that feeling for the rest of the day. Then it's time to take another dose and it happens all over again the next day. It's hard to tell if the low mood is from tapering off my other meds, or if it's the Remeron.
Any advice or experiences for getting through these first few weeks? Did anyone else have these side effects, and if so, did they go away once you got up to a regular dosage and adjusted?
Posted by Phillipa on September 15, 2008, at 20:40:04
In reply to remeron advice?, posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
No withdrawal or benefit for me on remeron at l5 mg for over a month. I'm so wierd. Love Phillipa
Posted by g_g_g_unit on September 16, 2008, at 3:36:57
In reply to remeron advice?, posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
hey - the grogginess did go away for me. i also found the amount of time i spent asleep on it began shrinking from like 14 hours over the weeks until i was back to my regular 8-10 hours. i understand what you mean about feeling disconnected but at the same time i felt quite clear-headed and not foggy. unfortunately after a month on 15mg it wasn't having much benefit, so i pushed up to 30mg. i'm not sure if it was circumstances aggravating the fact (i had been left alone for a couple of weeks while my family was away overseas) but i suddenly felt INCREDIBLY anxious at 30mg. i lasted 3 days and couldn't ride it out, so went back down to 15mg, before tapering off. please don't let that deter you though. i wish i had ridden it out to see if it had any benefit
Posted by Partlycloudy on September 16, 2008, at 6:58:53
In reply to remeron advice?, posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
I found the beginning of taking Remeron to be a really rough ride - I felt emotionally very shaky and wondered what on earth I had let myself in for. If you can get through the next couple of weeks of your brain and body's adjustment, I hope you feel the same relief that I did - it was a gradual clearing of the mud in my head (the only way I can describe it). I did a lot of dozing on the sofa in the middle of the day in the meantime, and not a lot of anything else.
I hope it works out for you. I'm very glad for this medication in my arsenal.
pc
Posted by dondon on September 16, 2008, at 8:10:57
In reply to remeron advice?, posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
I take 30 mg of remeron with 200 mg of zoloft and it works great. I also noticed a good stimulant effect from the high dose zoloft, feels the same as ritalin)
Posted by raisinb on September 16, 2008, at 13:32:52
In reply to remeron advice?, posted by raisinb on September 15, 2008, at 19:17:59
Thanks guys, for the encouragement. I'm going to stick it out. My mood is just so low. I had to stay home sick from work today because I knew I'd start yelling at someone if I went in :(. I have faith that it might be a good med for me if I can wait out the first few weeks.
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