Posted by Rainbowlight on March 9, 2003, at 14:23:28
And so the saga continues... Thought you might be able to help me make some sense out of what is going on with my meds. Restarted Remeron a week and 2 days ago. 45 mgs. this time instead of 30 mgs (to counteract weight gain). Kept Zoloft 50, Lamictal 100, and she lowered the Ativan to 1 mg. in the morning (instead of 1 mg. morning AND 1 mg. at night). First 5 days or so of restarting the Remeron I was pretty manic, getting tons of stuff done and talking a mile a minute. The past two days have been horrible, nausea, bad headache at the back of the head, sedated AND severely agitated all at the same time. I feel HORRIBLE. IN the meantime, the first 5 days or so I was taking 1 mg. of Ativan at night because the Remeron alone was not putting me to sleep. The past 2 days I have taken NO Ativan at all, have not needed it for sleep, the Remeron was enough. ALSO, 3 days after I started the Remeron I put 8 pounds back on. My regular pdoc said it was water weight and started me on a diuretic 5 days ago. The first day it seemed to reduce the bloating a bit, but not much after. SO here is my dilemma, I am not sure if I am feeling so crappy because of restarting the Remeron, cutting out the Ativan, or adding a diuretic to the mix. I am SOOOO frustrated. Do you have any ideas for me? I can't think straight today, thought maybe you could take a look at the mess for me and give me your input.
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