Posted by reenie on March 14, 2001, at 11:31:51
In reply to Re: Remeron, posted by Daveman on March 13, 2001, at 21:45:59
Hi there Daveman. Well I saw my doc yesterday afternoon and she still thinks I need to be on the medication. She said I could try an experiment and go off of it for 4 days, it should be out of my system by then and see how I feel or I can stay with the 30 mg. for 2 more nights, that'd be a week at that dose and then go to 45 mg. I asked how one knows when they are ready to come off the medication and she says that a person can tell - well I guess I have to believe she knows what she's talking about, she's a psych. and has been doing this for some time. I know other people that go to her and they really like her and feel she knows what she's doing. I was wondering if taking this stuff can give you too much of the serotonin, norephinerine or dopamine or whatever it's increasing. Maybe it fills these receptors up and then the excess just gets spilled over? I know that this med works for sleep and anxiety but did it help your depression? I notice today that I took it last night at about 9 p.m. and went to bed at 10 and this morning I was tired but I don't appear to have as much fog as days past. I keep telling myself to just take the med and forget about it and see how it does but on the other hand I feel like I'm controlled by the med because at present in order to fall asleep I need to take it and that means taking it at 9 p.m. so I get tired about 10 and can't even watch the news. If I'm in bed later than 10 I'm foggy next day but as you say maybe the increase in meds can take care of this. Thanks so much.
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