Posted by musky on April 3, 2006, at 23:26:44
In reply to Re: mirtazapine/remeron updates?, posted by little mommy on April 3, 2006, at 16:44:52
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Little Mommy:Yes it sure is possible to get delay w/d symptoms.
When i first weaned off amytriptylene, it wasnt until 3months that i started with w/d symptoms,I mean the first week i had the nausea, but the real mood, anxiety,.depression stuff didnt start until 3months off..i was a mess, ended up on paxil, then to hospital so bad and then on remeron.. it has just numbed me... since then i have wisened up and knew all along i didnt feel me .I wish now i had just stuck it out when i was so upset, but like you couldnt take it anymore and ran to my doctor , He of course put me on the paxil, which made me totally freaked out.I figure i weaned maybe too soon with the amytriptylene and the body was trying to adjust.
Remember it takes weeks and weeks to build up the dose when they first put you on an a/d right? Therefore keep in mind it will take a long time to balance. The key here is to MANAGE somehow your symptoms without drugs if at all possible.
That is the goal I think here from the postings.
at least this is my goal. Remember the first thing your doc will do if you get to see a psyche doctor is that they will tell you to take an a/d!!!! and you will be right back to square one.
You have to really be honest with yourself what you want ... I dont know your history and cannot legally tell you what to do, but alot of our anxiety , depression is in our attitude , not our bodies being unbbalanced,,, sure maybe out of whack but not for the reasons that the dr.s CLAIM it to be... it is all a guessing game for them,,
Not to sound so negative, but try to stay calm ,,, keep telling yourself you will make it and this will pass...even if it feels like HELL at the time.. take one day at a time or even one hour or minute at a time... it helps.
See, when this was all happening to me i didnt have the coping skills i do now. I learnt alot in the last 2yrs with some cognitive therapy, courses on anxiety, panic, etc. and some great acupuncture treatments.. Also i know about the not being able to cry feeling...happened to me too. im just getting some emotions now... since tapering from the Remeron.. and it gives me hope that the real me is still there somewhere..chin up
muskyHello all. Is it possible to start having withdrawal symptoms a month after stopping remeron? Gradually over the course of these past weeks the anxiety, panic and depression, tremors, nausea, no appetite (far cry from when I was on the remeron and ate everything in sight) has just become almost unbearable. I can't sleep, not well, always waking in a terrible panic, heart pounding. Up until yesterday, I have not been able to cry which can make one feel better. It felt good, for a while, just to bawl my eyes out. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow and I think I want to be referred to a psychiatrist. This is getting to be too much. I can't believe how horrible I feel. Reading all the other posts about this drug has made me open my eyes. I am still on 10 mg of paxil in the morning but it doesn't seem to be kicking in as well. Problem is if I up it I tend to get worse instead of better. Thanks for letting me vent.
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