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Posted by Crazy Horse on March 29, 2007, at 16:57:30
I took remeron from 1999 to 2003 and it worked very well for me until it finally pooped out.
I'm having a 'not so fun time' on parnate (tired all of the time) so i am thinking about giving remeron another try. With remeron i was able to live a fairly normal life, play and take care of my boys, do chores, etc. With Parnate all i want to do is sleep..i've been sleeping 13-14 hrs a day..may be a record w/Parnate(120 mgs tid) .. it's weird and ruining my life.-Monte
Posted by Phillipa on March 29, 2007, at 19:39:02
In reply to Any good stories about Remeron?, posted by Crazy Horse on March 29, 2007, at 16:57:30
Monte tell you what I'll give you my insomnia for some of your tiredness. I did try l5mg of remeron for sleep with chloryl hydrate xanax and something else and still didn't sleep. Oh and called again not home. Love Phillipa Don't they say the higher doses of remeron are where it takes care of depression?
Posted by Tom Twilight on March 30, 2007, at 2:19:13
In reply to Any good stories about Remeron?, posted by Crazy Horse on March 29, 2007, at 16:57:30
I found a combination of Remeron & Effexor worked great for my depression & anxiety!
I felt so good that I took myself off it thinking I was cured-Idiot
Anyway the problem with P-babble dare I say it is that its biased toward MAOIs
I don't think they work great for everyone.
Posted by Squiggles on March 30, 2007, at 8:14:50
In reply to Remeron-Yes!, posted by Tom Twilight on March 30, 2007, at 2:19:13
I'm sure a lot of drugs work well, given half the chance. Remeron is very sedating but with a stimulating SSRI, i bet it's very good. I wonder if part of the problem of using psychiatric drugs isn't that not enough time is taken to adjust dose, combination with other drugs, readjustment, patience, feedback, use of feedback as information, and time. Serial drug use, one after the other according to monograph average dose, without adequate monitoring, may just backfire on *every* drug. It's very much like cooking, but exasperating for a time-pressured practitioner, unfortunately.
Squiggles
Posted by Crazy Horse on March 30, 2007, at 10:05:54
In reply to Re: Remeron-Yes!, posted by Squiggles on March 30, 2007, at 8:14:50
> I'm sure a lot of drugs work well, given half the chance. Remeron is very sedating but with a stimulating SSRI, i bet it's very good. I wonder if part of the problem of using psychiatric drugs isn't that not enough time is taken to adjust dose, combination with other drugs, readjustment, patience, feedback, use of feedback as information, and time. Serial drug use, one after the other according to monograph average dose, without adequate monitoring, may just backfire on *every* drug. It's very much like cooking, but exasperating for a time-pressured practitioner, unfortunately.
>
> SquigglesDo you think i'm bailing to quickly on Parnate? It's been 2 mos. and all i do is sleep. Please be honest w/me, i can take it. :)
-Monte
Posted by kaleidoscope on March 30, 2007, at 15:01:29
In reply to Any good stories about Remeron?, posted by Crazy Horse on March 29, 2007, at 16:57:30
Hi
>120 mgs tid
120 mg tid means 120 mg three times a day ie. 360 mg per day. Did you mean 40mg tid? 360mg a day would be very rare!
Ed
Posted by Crazy Horse on March 30, 2007, at 16:28:35
In reply to Re: Any good stories about Remeron? » Crazy Horse, posted by kaleidoscope on March 30, 2007, at 15:01:29
> Hi
>
> >120 mgs tid
>
> 120 mg tid means 120 mg three times a day ie. 360 mg per day. Did you mean 40mg tid? 360mg a day would be very rare!
>
> EdYea, 40 mgs. 3 times a day.
Posted by mattye on March 31, 2007, at 12:17:08
In reply to Re: Remeron-Yes!, posted by Squiggles on March 30, 2007, at 8:14:50
I was on Remeron for 6 months titrated to 60 mgs, and I still take it occassionally for sleep. It did nothing for me. I even added Wellbutrin and that did nothing either. I eventually went on Lexapro and I am doing great, except for the the sexual side effects. I went off the Remeron almost cold turkey and felt no change whatsoever. As far as I could tell, all Remeron did was make me tired and hungry.
Its funny how some things work for some people and do absolutely nothing at all for others. I really wish Remeron worked for me, because there were no sexual side effects. Guess you can't have it all though!
Matty E
> I'm sure a lot of drugs work well, given half the chance. Remeron is very sedating but with a stimulating SSRI, i bet it's very good. I wonder if part of the problem of using psychiatric drugs isn't that not enough time is taken to adjust dose, combination with other drugs, readjustment, patience, feedback, use of feedback as information, and time. Serial drug use, one after the other according to monograph average dose, without adequate monitoring, may just backfire on *every* drug. It's very much like cooking, but exasperating for a time-pressured practitioner, unfortunately.
>
> Squiggles
Posted by Squiggles on March 31, 2007, at 13:47:00
In reply to Re: Remeron-Yes!, posted by mattye on March 31, 2007, at 12:17:08
You're an example of how the medication has
to be tailored to the person. I was thinking of
what the books call "anergic" major depression--
where the depression saps your energy and at the same time is major or treatment-resistant. It is my imagination that it would work. Sometimes the doctor might go along with that.Squiggles
Posted by elanor roosevelt on April 7, 2007, at 22:42:00
In reply to Re: Remeron-Yes!, posted by Crazy Horse on March 30, 2007, at 10:05:54
Parnate worked not great for me
spaced out
had to stay very task oriented
slowly i began to realize what a worthless excuse for a human being i was. was pretty sure i would never be okay again
the parnate messed with my head big time
my self loathing made it impossible to see that the med was bad for me
i cried every night
woke up hating myself every morning
i was lucky to escape parnate
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