Posted by dean on February 12, 2000, at 17:22:45
Since taking only two 30 mg tablets of Remeron almost 3 months ago, I've been plagued by a hangover of the initial stupefaction it induced and that caused me to discontinue it immediately. Up to that point, I'd been taking a combination of Luvox and Risperdal successfully for several years as a treatment for depression. The two instances, about 12 hours apart, in which I took the Remeron, I took it as a substitute for the Luvox, in combination with the Risperdal. I'd like to know if there is any information out there on negative interactions between Remeron and Risperdal (or, for that matter, between Remeron and Luvox, which would then still have been in my system). The "hangover" consists of a continual mild grogginess/wooziness and a permanently incipient tension headache, at the back of my head where the head joins the neck, that sporadically becomes an actual tension headache accompanied in worst cases by some dizziness and nausea. I may note, too, that when, some weeks after I discontinued the Remeron, I tried to resume taking my former antidepressant medications, I suffered a return of the original Remeron-induced stupefaction, and accordingly immediately ceased taking (and have not since resumed taking) these medications. The psychiatrist who suggested I try the Remeron has confessed himself clueless as to what might be going on and evinced no interest in finding out, so I'm initiating this research. Has anyone reading this suffered a like reaction, know anyone who has, and/or have any information concerning what can be done about it?
poster:dean
thread:21303
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