Posted by Ritch on December 5, 2002, at 20:54:48
In reply to Started Remron...yuck..yuck...YUCK!, posted by jay on December 5, 2002, at 18:58:52
> I am still on Effexor XR, 150mg's, but noticed the following side effects on my first time on Remron (7.5 mg's)
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> -MAJOR increased vivid dreaming..which I HATE...as I find it 'disassociative', and woke up not knowing where I was, which was scarry as HELL..and I think this is HORRID for someone with PTSD. (It should be noted...many depressives have TOO MUCH rem/dream sleep....and most a.d.'s supress or normalize rem sleep)
> -increased appetite right away...
> -hang-over upon awakening
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> I am going to try it for a bit more, otherwise I may just go back to a benzo and small dose of Serzone. Serzone has the 5-ht1 antagonism.
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> What I am happy about is I am not stuck in the 'lull' I was with just taking Effexor. It seemed I was becoming too apathetic on just Effexor...and the little bit of a different antidepressant approach/augmentation jarred me out of that apathy.
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> Just my thoughts..but for many who have a fairly positive response to Effexor, I don't think completely switching to Remron *is* a good choice. Of course, YMMV, etc...
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> Jay
My sentiments exactly! I had all sorts of bizarre (not quite asleep, but awake) lucid dreaming episodes, and then of course, when it came time to wake up in the morning I would stumble all around and forget things and sit on the couch for hours totally unmotivated to do anything. One of the worst meds I have ever taken. I also had trouble grasping glasses/cups for some reason. Some of this I think was related to the orthostatic hypotension that I experienced with it. If a med makes me the slightest bit *hypo*tensive it bombs big time. What seems to work the best is something that tends to cause a *hyper*tensive situation that I need to watch closely. Not sure why.
poster:Ritch
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