Posted by bissie66 on February 9, 2007, at 11:39:48
In reply to Re: Remeron dosage + poop-out, posted by med_empowered on February 9, 2007, at 11:05:08
aaah, dumptruck! i didn't know remeron was notorious for poop-out. i've experienced it with other drugs but this felt so *clean* or something. to be honest with myself, i think if it were going to work again at an increased dose i'd feel it by now. i always feel effect of good A/D's within 24 hrs. i told my doc i was willing to be fat and happy, but if i'm miserable i'll be damned if i'm gonna keep taking this and keep gaining weight. at least i'll be depressed and thin.
thank you SO much for your words and advice. (I always get a lot more out of this site than my own doc!) i was on adderall for a while and i liked it for the depression but i think my dose was too high and it made me crazy/manic. also, my doc now doesn't want me to take it bc he knows i'm in AA. there go my refills of klonopin too, which he was so very liberal about for years. i still have a bunch left though, so i've been taking it for a couple days (another way i know i'm HAPPY is i don't even want to take a benzo and step on my 'buzz'.)
do you think klonopin helps some people with depression? i'd like to discuss this with my doc before he cuts me off. i've never even heard of provigil. is it better than adderal? i'll also try changing around the bipolar meds a bit.
thank you SO MUCH.
> remeron is notorious for poop-out. You can ramp up the dose above 60--some go up to 90--but thats not really guaranteed to help. You might want to try a different AD or a different augmentation strategy. Have you tried Provigil or any other stimulants? Or benzos? Some people find 1-3mgs/day Klonopin helps a lot. You could try switching it up w/ the mood-stabilizer...upping lithium and/or lamictal, lowering lithium/raising lamictal, that sort of thing. In Bipolar depression, some people respond when the mood stabilizer(s) dose is increased; other people end up getting flattened-out on effective dosages, and a dosage reduction and/or switch to another medication is a better idea.
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