Posted by joslynn on December 18, 2006, at 13:13:45
In reply to Is there anyone who LIKES Remeron?, posted by yesac on December 15, 2006, at 18:47:22
I have never been on Remeron alone, but I have been on both Lexapro and Remeron for a few years. Some of those years, I went off Remeron, but ended up going back on during mini-episodes.
Unless it's just a placebo effect (and who really knows?), it appears that adding Remeron to the mix can quickly prevent me from sliding down into a full-blown depression. When I get very depressed or anxious, I can't eat or sleep, and Remeron regulates both of those things for me--does it ever!
Regarding the weight gain...I gained about 10 lbs on it. I am not technically overweight, but right at the top of the healthy level for my height. The holidays didn't help either. The weight gain did level off for me though. For some people, it does not, and they have to stop it. I find that cutting out almost all sugar and white flour helps with the cravings, which can be intense.
Another problem is, I find it hard to wake up in the mornings before work. I cut down from 15 mg to 7.5 mg to see if it would help, but I don't notice a difference. Maybe I will go back to 15 and just go to bed earlier. Even with 8 hrs of sleep, I feel groggy in the a.m. on Remeron. I am ok once I take a shower and get going.
I also think maybe I should stick with Remeron because supposedly it can help with the sexual side effects caused by SSRIs, though there seem to be mixed reviews about this. I am not sexually active now, so, it's not an issue one way or the other, but I am thinking of the future.
My experiences have all been using it as a supplment to an SSRI, not on its own. But I think it's been helpful, as much as I can guess.
The thing is, how do we really know any AD is the thing that is making us well? What if time would have made me better anyway? With three episodes of depression under my belt, two of them very severe, I am not sure I want to go off meds and find out the hard way...unless I have children. Then the whole game changes. But one thing at a time.
Anyway, that's my story about Remeron.
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