Posted by rick alan s on August 20, 2009, at 16:59:47
In reply to How Does Remeron Work For You All?, posted by Rdragon on August 15, 2009, at 9:52:07
Well, i was looking this over. I have just been prescribed Remeron after 25 years on Parnate. I stopped the Parnate after a hypertensive crisis ( and have been very depressed during the 18 days without Parnate. So I have been on Remeron for two days, taking only half of a 15 mg pill. In any case, I just wanted to get involved in the discussion. I don't have a lot to contribute to the question as to how does Remeron work for me, because I have just begun with Remeron.
What would work for me would also be having a good challenging job (I am currently running a small business to earn enough money to live on, but it takes up very little time, and I have too much free time, and feel very under-challenged). And a better support network. I live out of the USA and sometimes feel very isolated here in Costa Rica, even after 20 years. Its a long story as to how I wound up here, and why I am still here. In any case for me, the depression is always interactive with real life issues, but when I have had depressions in the past they have been severe. Parnate previously was what had worked for me.
As a parenthesis I would add (although it is not politically correct, perhaps) that I began taking Vicodin for a physical problem resulting in pain, about seven years ago. I also find now that a small amount of Vicodin (half of a 5/500 pill) takes the edge off of the depression. I am not thrilled about doing this, but at the moment I have found that this helps during this transition between Parnate and Remeron, and I don't feel like I am an "addict". In any case, I have never taken more than two Vicodin per day, and have tried very hard not to develop tolerance avoid 'addiction' in the traditional sense.
any feed back is welcome
Rick in Costa Rica
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