Posted by Tony P on April 29, 2000, at 0:39:11
I've been trying Remeron for a week now and experienced some extremely unpleasant reactions.
While it was as sedating as others have said, I simultaneously had a paradoxical anxiety and insomnia and "restless leg" syndrome. I couldn't keep my eyes open, but every minute or two I woke up with butterflies and an intolerable urge to move my leg. I couldn't sleep and I couldn't stay awake - with this crawling feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I started on 15mg and then cut back to 7.5 after the first bad night. (Have you ever tried to cut an egg-shaped caplet in four accurate pieces? :-) Better but still unpleasant - I had to take a small dose of the Serzone which I used to be on just to cope.
The other side effect I experienced was a build-up of extreme, out-of-all proportion anger. I nearly got a junior employee fired at work, just because I was so angry with him; and came within a hairsbreadth of completely breaking up my marriage last night. I know some of it could be pent-up frustration getting liberated, but I've been round the block a few times now with other meds, and this rage just felt totally disconnected from reality.
At this point I am very reluctant to go any further with trying this drug. I've been closer to suicide this week - or to doing something else destructive - than I've been in many years.
Is there anyone out there who has experienced similar side-effects initially, and did they subside? My Dr. has had no experience with Remeron - it's still experimental in Canada. Help!
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