Posted by JohnX2 on March 4, 2002, at 17:05:53
In reply to Re: Remeron » JohnX2, posted by beardedlady on March 4, 2002, at 6:49:05
hi beardy,I don't know how the Remeron will affect you
the following day (its an individual matter). But like
you said, if you get a good nights sleep you are less
likely to feel tired and groggy the next day. Personally Remeron did not make
me feel sedated the next day. This seems to be more a
complaint with Serzone however. I would just give the
Remeron a test run and see how it goes. Don't worry too
much about tapering into it, its pretty easy to get onto.
Not anywhere near the complexity of something like Serzone.
A quick 2-3 day trial of Remeron and you'll know where it
is at.Zyprexa is in a class of medications called "atypical
anti-psychotics", don't let the name scare you. At the lower
dose it acts more like an anti-depressant,anti-anxiety,sleep
aid. Major side effect is weight gain. At higher doses it
can combat mania (too much dopamine) in manic-depression, which
is one reason I took it (it's a mood stabilizer). Generally doesn't cause
grogginess during the day. Pretty easy medicine to get onto, fast
acting. I think for your goal I would stay away from Zyprexa and focus on Remeron.You can take both Remeron and Zyprexa alone, or in
combo with other meds as supervised by a physician.I asked an in-law who is a pharmacist at a
major chain store about Gabatril and he says that when it came
out there were quite a few scripts written, but now he hardly ever
sees it prescribed (didn't really know why). He's a good
contact for me to have, knows all the "behind the scene"
info/secrets going on between the pharmaceutical makers
/physicians/patients. Don't see too many people talking
about that one on this news group, but on paper it looks
like an interesting medicine.Best wishes. Hopefully you'll be counting
those sheep again soon.-John
> John:
>
> Even at a low dose I will feel sedated in the morning? Last night, I took my 4 mg of Gabitril, my 250 mg. of Serzone, and I woke up at midnight and 2, not able to fall back to sleep at 2, so I took a Sonata and lay awake for another two hours. I feel like crap today, don't know when the Gabitril is going to kick in (and wondering if my carpal tunnel is worse because of it), and I don't feel like doing this again. It was a bad time when I was testing meds for six months.
>
> I think if you don't sleep, depression is worse. If you sleep well, you have better coping skills. But then, I'm only depressed when I can't sleep, so who knows.
>
> So, questions are here: will a low dose of remeron, while taking it only--nothing else--sedate me all day? And what is Zyprexa? And will that sedate me? And can I take that alone?
>
> Sorry for all the questions, but since you've had it all and respond to my best med yet, I figured you're the one to ask.
>
> beardy
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