Posted by BarbaraCat on July 19, 2002, at 21:12:51
In reply to Re: BarbaraCat, posted by Jill on July 19, 2002, at 8:02:21
Glad Remeron is working so well for you, Jill. I've liked it the best by far. Good luck with the pregnancy. You might want to read the most recent book by Lauren Slater, I can't remember the name of it. She's a psychologist who's written very movingly about her own depressions and love/hate thing with Prozac. She became pregnant on it and decided to stop - for only a while since she simply couldn't handle it without. It's a wonderful read, as are all of her books. If Remeron is working well for you, I'm sure it's a difficult decision to switch. - BarbaraCat
> I've taken Remeron now for 5 years with no "poop-out." My pdoc told me that Remeron actually is less likely to poop-out than SSRIs. It's not an SSRI, but rather a novel antidepressant in a different class (sorry, name escapes me...tetracyclic?).
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> Anyway, I don't have bipolar depression, so that may be why my body's reacted differently to it (I have mild-moderate OCD and major depression.)
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> I feel great on this drug, but my partner and I are discussing marriage/children, so I may have to switch to a more well-know drug during the pregnancy (need to stay on something or get so depressed I can't function). I'm thinking of Celexa??? Any thoughts on that, anyone?
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> Good luck with the Remeron. I just wanted to put my plug in for it.
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> Jill :)
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