Posted by medlib on March 8, 2000, at 2:08:29
In reply to Remeron for anxiety?, posted by Michael on March 7, 2000, at 22:24:12
Hi Michael-
I haven't taken Remeron, but wanted to call your attention to several sources of information on this site:
-Search on Remeron from the Dr. Bob's Tips page (midway down on right frame), but keep in mind that this is early info, not recent.
-Search the Babble archives on Remeron (top of this page.
-Do a search on Medline (select PubMed from Dr. Bob's links page) if you're comfortable with medical terminology. My search (from the Advanced Search page) was formulated (Remeron OR mirtazapine) AND (anxiety OR panic attacks) and brought up 25 articles. I can provide a "quick and dirty" one paragraph summary if medical database searching isn't your thing.
-Check out "The Phobia and Anxiety Workbook" on Dr. Bob's booklist if you're not already familiar with it--it's gotten good reviews from several posters on this board, also from my good friend who suffers from GAD (generalized anxiety disorder).Lots of us have long symptom histories; what struck me about yours was how hard you've worked to control or eradicate one expression of anxiety only to have it mutate or pop up someplace else. Sort of suggests an underlying mechanism at fault, doesn't it?
Good luck, and keep us posted on your progress.
medlib
> Hello,
> My agoraphobia started in 1989. I have seen shrinks off and on since then. I have gone to speciallty
> courses and classes on understanding causes of panic attacks. Since 1989
> I have expanded my boundries about 2hrs circumferance, anything
> further creates alot of anxiety. I am no longer an agoraphobiac, I
> am now a "panic disorder" case. I get anxious very easy,
> but I will say that my anxiousness has improved dramatically
> from therapy or desensitization. I have taken prozac for
> one year, zolft for several months, zanax, and paxil. I always
> stopped the medicinal treatment because I wanted to do it on
> my own.
> Well Im 29 years old now and I have a professional job now that I dont want
> to loose. So my doctor has suggested that I take Remeron (I have
> not started yet). I have never heard of this med before. My symptoms are
> that I get extremely nervous when I think that I have to do something
> like speak at our ssales meeting. I may have had panics before, but I have
> never been known to be shy or scared of speaking or being the center of
> attention. Well because of the thought of haveing to speak in front of 14
> of my peers has caused my such anxiety every week, I have not shown up to our
> weekly sales meetings. I may not even have to talk, but I cant seem to control
> my physical reactions. It has now started to cause regression in all the
> progress I have made over the past 11 years.
> My question is: does Remeron help anxiety or just depression? Has it had
> positive results in helping anxiety? Or should I consider another med?
> I am a very active man. I train in the martial arts 5 nights a week, and
> I train to compete. I train hard, in no holds bar style of fighting (Lions Den
> for those who know). So will Remeron get in the way?
> I dont want to loose my job...
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