Posted by bleauberry on September 24, 2008, at 17:27:36
In reply to Remeron is making me cry all the time, posted by raisinb on September 24, 2008, at 12:30:38
So what's going on? A reaction to recently lowered zoloft doses? Typical, can last a couple or more weeks. A negative reaction to Remeron? Could be, it happens. Too small of a dose of Remeron? Probably. All of the above? Could be.
This stuff is so hard.
I understand your doc is moving slow on remeron, but that really is not how it is usually dosed. The lower the dose, the more sedating and the less good effect. In some countries they jump straight to 30mg or 45mg first day to avoid the oversedation of lower doses. At those doses, if it is going to work, it usually shows something within a week. On the other hand, if it actually is making you more depressed, you would know that too, and could then tough that out for 2 days while you wash out of you what's left of the drug.
Lowering Zoloft definitely complicates the picture. It doesn't mean it was working and now that the dose is too low it isn't working any more. It means the receptors are crying for the serotonin they are accustomed to, even though that didn't do you any good. They will adjust but it can take a couple or three weeks.
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