Posted by chucked on November 15, 2000, at 6:33:26
In reply to Re: Remeron vs Paxil, posted by Cari on June 7, 2000, at 13:31:52
> Has anyone been on both Remeron and Paxil at the same time? I'm on 45 mg of Remeron and 30 mg of Paxil (plus 2mg of Klonopin) for severe depression/anxiety. Remeron saved my life. Doctors had been messing me up with medications for the past 8 years yet I was still too depressed to work or function and finally got referred to a brilliant doctor after my last suicide attempt over a year ago. The doctor told me there was a medicine out that "has helped people who haven't responded to anything else and were at the end of their rope." This was Remeron. He asked if I was willing to try it, and at that point it was either death or trying it so I said "sure." Well the SECOND day I was on it I noticed that I felt NORMAL. Hard to explain exactly but all of a sudden, sitting at my desk, I realized that for the first time in YEARS, I did NOT feel like jumping out of my skin, or frantically waiting for the minutes of the day to go by, or the overwhelming sadness. Just felt NORMAL!!! That was about 15 months ago, and now I'm working a regular full time job and have my own place, and haven't had any severe relapses of depression.
> The only bothersime side effect I've had is I've gained 30 lbs in 2 months. I'm 30 yrs old and my entire life I've been super thin and now I feel like a cow, but I'm not about to go off what has saved my life. Has anyone else had weight gain with Remeron??? If so, did you find anything to get the weight off?? I've tried Metabolife but all that speed made anxiety come back.I am currently using remeron and have been on paxil as well, I just started the remeron and sincerely hope that I don't gain any more weight as my gain has been significant with paxil, celexa, effexor, etc. (Tried different medications to keep my wife happy). The problem with Metabolife is that not only does it contain ma huang (ephedra) it also contains caffeine. I distribute a product called ThermoChrome which uses Sida Cordifolia which is about 1/12 the potency of ma huang and contains no caffeine. You could give it a try. I works quite well for some people for me the problem was my blood pressure tends to get high even without the help of the ThermoChrome.
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