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Has anyone tried Remeron?

 
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Shakey



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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:00 pm    Post subject: Has anyone tried Remeron? Reply with quote

Has anyone tried Remeron with success for anxiety or panic disorders?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was on it and it worked pretty well but I hated it. I gained a bunch of weight and had to sleep about 13 hours a night on it. I have since quit meds and joined a cbt group which I just finished after just 16-weeks and feel better than ever.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep. I've been on Remeron (Mirtazapine). I, too, gained weight and it KNOCKED me out.

At the time I was too thin and was an insomniac, so it worked out. But man. My appetite was insane. So insane that I binged one night. Ate so much ended up puking..
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt_H wrote:
Yep. I've been on Remeron (Mirtazapine). I, too, gained weight and it KNOCKED me out.

At the time I was too thin and was an insomniac, so it worked out. But man. My appetite was insane. So insane that I binged one night. Ate so much ended up puking..


I never puked but wish I would have a few times I ate so much tongue
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt_H wrote:
Yep. I've been on Remeron (Mirtazapine). I, too, gained weight and it KNOCKED me out.

At the time I was too thin and was an insomniac, so it worked out. But man. My appetite was insane. So insane that I binged one night. Ate so much ended up puking..


Then again, it seem like even if you are an insomniac and can't eat much, these drugs just go to TOO much of an extreme. Being able to sleep is nice. But not when you feel like sleeping 24/7. And having munchies that would put the finest reefer to shame can't be good, either.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Robbed wrote:

Then again, it seem like even if you are an insomniac and can't eat much, these drugs just go to TOO much of an extreme. Being able to sleep is nice. But not when you feel like sleeping 24/7. And having munchies that would put the finest reefer to shame can't be good, either.


Trust me, I took myself off it very shortly.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:35 am    Post subject: remeron/mirtazapine Reply with quote

I am currently tapering of from mirtazapine and all i can say in my case i wish to god i had never started them.
The first week i had to take 15mg a night,then on week two i had to increase to 30mg at night.
The problem,s started on week 3 when i was and still am having ache,s in my arm,s and legs,i have gained 2 stone in weight and i keep on having a numbness in my arm along with tingling in my hand.
The only good thing that has come out of it is that they send me to sleep.
But if i am to go onto another medication the mirtazapine has to be completely out of my system before another one can be introduced.
But everyone is not the same and there are people who have taken mirtazapine with no problems.
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