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Posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 5:08:45
Has anyone experienced bounts of anger while on Remeron? I've started to notice sometimes If I am in a conversation that starts to get heated, I just get really angry and actually feel like throwing something or breaking something, but I don't because I realise it would be pointless, but it still feels like I am easily becoming angrier than usual.
Posted by linkadge on July 21, 2003, at 6:25:58
In reply to Remeron anger.., posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 5:08:45
Yes I had that problem,
some people say its attributed to
the antihistamine effect, and that
as the sedation leaves so will
the anger.YOu probably feel angriest in the mornings,
do you ?Linkadge
Posted by SLS on July 21, 2003, at 9:48:59
In reply to Remeron anger.., posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 5:08:45
> Has anyone experienced bounts of anger while on Remeron? I've started to notice sometimes If I am in a conversation that starts to get heated, I just get really angry and actually feel like throwing something or breaking something, but I don't because I realise it would be pointless, but it still feels like I am easily becoming angrier than usual.
Hi.Linkadge might be right. I don't have enough of a "feel" for Remeron to be able to comment on his input. However, there is another possibility. I have noticed over the years that as I emerge out of depression, one of the first things that happens is a return of emotions like anger. I am to a degree irritable. My depression is so bad otherwise as to totally blunt my affect. I am too depressed to be angry - or bored for that matter. When I feel myself getting board, I know I'm getting better! Controlling the emerging anger that had been previously blunted might be difficult in the beginning, but you will learn to control it as you gain more experience with it. However, the initial period of irritability due to a treatment success will pass.
I am not sure that this applies to you, but it is a possibility. I hope that it does apply. Otherwise, it might simply be a side effect that will more than likely pass soon.
One more possibility I just thought of: If you are bipolar and experience mania, Remeron might have triggered a mixed-state hypomania.
- Scott
Posted by crazychickuk on July 21, 2003, at 15:00:56
In reply to Re: Remeron anger.., posted by SLS on July 21, 2003, at 9:48:59
Hi, i started my remeron last night, i took it at 11pm came back on the computer and i felt all funny, weak and just panicky... i went straight to bed as i knew i was having a panick attack because i took my med first time on remeron.. all sorts of thoughts were going in my mind.. am i gonna have a fit? am i going to get seritonin syndrome? I cant breath etc etc.. any how when i woke up this morning i was in such a bad mood, shouting all day, i can not be bothered to clean up, sand and washing all over my kitchen floor, 3 kids AHHHHHHHH, i bathed my daughter and she wouldnt wet her hair, so i pushed her head under, she screamed so did i? i can not be bothered to do anything? not even come on the internet? It is like dont mess with me today? Tommorrow it is pay day for me i need to go down town, i like to catch the bank first thing so i avoid the crowds.. ? but i didnt even want to get out of bed this morning? is this normal i only took 15mg? will this get worse? shall i continue? plse anyone reply..
Thankyou
Posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 17:48:59
In reply to Re: Remeron anger.., posted by linkadge on July 21, 2003, at 6:25:58
Yes, I do mostly think I get the anger from the astihistamine.. because it's usually when I feel a bit tired..it can get really bad where I have really bad fits of anger..and actually I've noticed I've been acting like a bit of an asshole to everyone even after I've had a good sleep, like I might say something insulting..after talking to someone..I've just uped my dose so it might start to go away.
Posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 17:56:04
In reply to Re: Remeron anger.., posted by crazychickuk on July 21, 2003, at 15:00:56
I havn't completey ruled out the possibility of me being bipolar yet..I don't go throuth different moodes very often though, I'm usually pretty depressed most the time, but if I'm out drinking I'm usually alright and pretty happy, but that's probably just the alchohol...and crazychickuk you way want to try to up your dose a bit to get over the sedating effect, 37.5 for me is starting to clear that up a bit.
Posted by crazychickuk on July 21, 2003, at 17:59:42
In reply to Re: Remeron anger..SLS Crazychickuk, posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 17:56:04
doenst sedate me, i get panicky when i take it as i hate taking meds and i am angry the following day, doctor told me to stick at 15mg till he sees me in 2 weeks..
Posted by Jasmine Neroli on July 21, 2003, at 19:45:21
In reply to Remeron anger.., posted by ProzacPuppet on July 21, 2003, at 5:08:45
Hi: I've been on Remeron for just over a week, starting at 30mg. (If you read my previous posts you'll see my list of side effects!). I experienced irritability by day 3 and was downright argumentative for no good reason at all. I picked a fight with my husband several times...which is unusual for me. I was also very drowsy and light headed at the time, even at the 30mg. Last night I took 45mg and today feel MUCH less drowsy and very even-tempered!! So I do think, like others, that the irritability comes with the sedation. This seems to be due to the dominant histamine affect at lower doses. You might want to suggest to your Doc that you increase your dose. It looks like that's working for me anyway. Good luck.
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