Posted by Lindsay on March 31, 2000, at 13:03:50
In reply to Re: General Remeron Questions, posted by daniele on March 15, 2000, at 15:20:11
> > Can anybody tell me of their experience on Remeron? Specificly, is it really as sedating as many say it is? What about weight gain? Thanks.
> I've been on Remeron about 5 months now for moderate depression.
> I started at 15mg and worked up to 45mg under my psych's direction.
> I take no other psych. drugs. My experience with this has been similar
> to others...at the lower dose there is considerable drousyness...after a
> while and with the higher dose, the drousyness has completely disappeared
> for me. Slight weight gain at first due to increased appetite, but this
> has leveled off and is not a problem now. I have no other side effects
> at all.
>
> While it has helped me feel "better", at times I still feel a little
> "low". My psych. says no problem, try 60mg if you want for a couple of
> weeks and see if it helps...if it doesn't, drop back to 45mg. I wonder
> about that...Question...has anyone had experience with a dosage higher than
> the 45mg per day? Any comments?
>
> kind regards to all!Oops, I'll try this again. I've been on 60mg for past 2 weeks. Dr says if no change is noticed go back to the 45. Myself , I havn't noticed a change, but need to ask perople around me, sometimes it is people we associate with that notice our improvement, and we don't
poster:Lindsay
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