Posted by SLS on May 20, 2000, at 15:02:38
In reply to Re: General Remeron Questions, posted by Berl on May 18, 2000, at 12:34:04
Remeron is not addicting. (See end of post)
> >I have been on Remeron 15mg for slightly over a year. Should I be concerned about addiction? I tried lowering my dosage to 7.5mg and had a sleepless night. I resumed taking my 15mg and it took me 4 days to recouperate. What are my chances getting off of this drug completely?In addition to losing sleep, did your depression return?
It is recommended that one remain on an antidepressant for an absolute minimum of 6 months after full remission is achieved. Discontinuation should be performed as a very gradual taper of dosage. The risk of relapse is greatly reduced under these conditions.
If one has been extremely treatment resistant, suffered many recurrences, is elderly, or has been depressed for a very long time, it is more likely that they will need to take medication indefinitely.
> At first I didn't want to take drugs. I started out of desperation because I had become suicidal. For a long while I thought I would get off them someday, but the more I read this board and other sources, the more I am becoming accustomed to the idea that I may be on these drugs for the rest of my life. For whatever reason, it may be that my brain chemistry never will be normal (in fact, now I often wonder whether it ever was) and that I will need some chemical supplements to avoid the downward spirals or at least keep them from being so severe.
> allison
Many diabetics are insulin-dependant. Without any major breakthroughs in treatment, they must look forward to injecting themselves several times a day for the rest of their lives.I guess it probably didn't help very much to say that.
- Scott-----------------------------------------------
ADDICTION
1: being abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: dependence, dependency] 2: an abnormally strong craving
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University-----------------------------------------------
I think the two important operators are:
1. Habit-forming
2. CravingRemeron is not addicting.
Psycho-Babble is addicting.
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