Posted by Oppycat on January 24, 2007, at 16:31:22
In reply to Remeron 7.5 mg or 15 mg?, posted by joslynn on January 22, 2007, at 12:55:29
> I was taking Lexapro 10 mg in a.m. and 15 mg Remeron at night. But it was getting hard to wake up unless I got nine hours of sleep, which seems excessive. So I decided to cut Remeron to 7.5. (I have been without any Remeron at all at times, so it seemed safe to cut down on my own, though I know pdoc will give me the Stern Slightly Annoyed Look when I reveal this. But it is also annoying to need nine to ten hours of sleep!)
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> Anyway, on the 7.5 mg, I still feel very tired in the morning if I get only 8 hours of sleep. Then I read on this board that 7.5 can be even MORE sedating.
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> I do not feel a marked change of mood since going down to 7.5...maybe a teeny bit less happy? But I am under some stress, nothing bad, just busyness. I do not feel depressed though, considering that it's so dark and cold here now! Hello January. Bleah.
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> My question is...at the 7.5, am I even getting any of those receptor blocking actions that could offset side effects that could come with the SSRIs? (I may be miswording this.) Or, is 7.5 just a sleep aid, and it does not affect the things that could cause depression, nor offset SSRI side effects?
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> I am wondering next steps, because I am getting married soon, which is wonderful, but I don't want to have any sexual SE from SSRIs, since I will be married, and I want to be in the best mood possible. Remeron could help with both those things, but is 7.5 enough?
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> On the other hand, since we may try to get pregnant in a year or two, it seems unwise to go back to 15 mg of something when 7.5 seems to work ok. The fact is, if we do decide to try have a child, I will want to get off BOTH meds for the pregnancy.
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> But, for the short term happiness of my marriage and myself, should I go back up to 15 mg? Does 7.5 Remeron even work as an antidep or is it strictly a sleep aid at that point?
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> Could the 7.5 still offset any sexual SE I may have from the lexapro (assuming I have SE in this department, maybe I should just think positive).
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> It's hard to weigh the different pieces of one's life and how to make med decisions. And pdoc's don't always consider all the nuances of things.
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> Thanks.When I was on 10mg lexapro and 15mg Remeron, my libido was fantastic. Whether or not you'll receive much of an antidepressant effect at 7.5mg Remeron is unclear, but I would give it a shot.
Michael
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