Posted by Jasmine Neroli on July 24, 2003, at 0:15:48
In reply to PROZACPUPPET OR ANY ONE ELSE?, posted by crazychickuk on July 23, 2003, at 8:43:40
Hiya CrazyChick: Yes, your symptoms are exactly like mine when I started Remeron (30mg) about 10 days ago. Ist day,very sedated and sleepy. Then after that,not quite as drowsy, but got dizzy and spaced-out (felt drunk a lot of the time).Then, I got REALLY irritable, arguing and picking at ppl for no good reason!. Finally my knees and ankles swelled up. Like you, it felt exactly like very bad PMS. But take heart, I increased my dose to 45mg and right away I felt better. All those side effects went away. Call your doc and ask if u can increase your dose. At the low dose the histamine blocking effect is dominant, so u feel dizzy and drowsy and irritable. Once it's raised, the noradrenergic effect takes over kinda. Refer to my previous posts and the threads....McPac, Essence, Prozacpuppet and Jemma have all been very helpful to me. You don't need to add another med until you have adjusted to this one. Cuz you won't be able to sort out which drug is causing problems if you have them. Very best of luck CC. It's time to be patient and try occupying yourself with other things, if you can. Let us know how you're doing in a day or 2.
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