Posted by Ritch on February 27, 2002, at 0:52:20
In reply to Remeron and Dysphoric Hypomania????, posted by Geezer on February 26, 2002, at 15:56:21
> Has anyone ever triggered Dysphoric Hypomania with Remeron?
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> I am Bipolar II
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> Current Meds:
> 1) Depakote ER 1000mg
> 2) Remeron 30mg
> 3) Ambien 10mg
>
> After 4 days at Remeron 15mg. saw some improvement in depression. Pdoc increased Remeron to 30mg, on day 2 at 30mg anger hit. Seems like anything can be a trigger. Have had some scary times over the last 9 days at 30mg. I suppose the solution is a no-brainer, reduce the Remeron. Just took a little Klonopin to see if that settles things down. Had to fire the new pdoc today - she insists cognative therapy is the answer, good lord, I have a daughter older than she is.
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> Thanks
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> GeezerHi,
I am BPII and became VERY hostile while taking Remeron. I have speculated here before about what *mechanism* may have caused it (alpha-2 adrenoreceptor antagonism), but bottom-line I can't take the stuff. Even tiny doses. I think pdocs prescribe to bipolars a lot because it is so good for sleep. Remeron, Buspar, Effexor, and prednisone are the four meds (out of dozens) that I have tried that have made me the most angry and hostile (I nearly lost my job each time on all of those). If I increased the Remeron from 7.5 to 15.0 mg I got *sleep disturbances*.
Mitch
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