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Posted by nutsandmore on September 21, 2006, at 9:31:44
I have been taking remeron for 3 months, and it was giving me severe chest pains, bad leg cramps, sore throat and flu like symptons and my dr told me to keep taking it anyway. I stopped taking it anyway and my chest pains have quit, but the other symptoms are worse and now i have these shooting pains in my head, they hurt so bad that they are scaring me. Is this from stopping the remeron, and will it ever quit??
Posted by jeninco on September 25, 2006, at 0:37:05
In reply to withdrawl from remeron, posted by nutsandmore on September 21, 2006, at 9:31:44
It sounds like you just quit taking the medication. Is that right? This is referred to as quitting cold turkey and it is HELLLL!!! I had splitting head pain, my eyes were racing, I can't even tell you how bad the pain and nausea were. I was terrified. My advice: go back on at small amounts (how much were you taking at a regular dose?), and taper off. If you taper off slowly, gradually, it really isn't too bad. Versus what you are feeling right now-I seriously thought I was going to have to check myself in to rehab to get off. I made it to about 17 days off when I went back on. I started with 1/3 of a 15 mg tablet for about 10 days and went down to as little as 1/8 pill. I think I stayed on each dosage about 7-10 days. Then I went to the 1/8 pill every other day, every 2nd day, every 3rd day etc. It may seem tedious but it is so worth it. Remember it's not a race to get off. Do a search for remeron and chest pains and see what you find. I never had that problem associated but I know I've heard it before. I've been 100% remeron free for about 6 weeks. It doesn't have to be as bad as you are feeling!
Posted by musky on September 25, 2006, at 23:45:58
In reply to Re: withdrawl from remeron, posted by jeninco on September 25, 2006, at 0:37:05
Hi jenico:
Good to hear your off that remeron too... and for me I too did a very slow taper.. 10% of the original dose every 2-3months at EACH one... yes it took me almost 2yrs but I did it.. and also did acupuncture to help with my withdrawls... it totally works... smooths out alot of that stuff.
Me now Ive been off for 4months... and I feel better OFF than I ever did ON That CRAP!good luck
Musky
It sounds like you just quit taking the medication. Is that right? This is referred to as quitting cold turkey and it is HELLLL!!! I had splitting head pain, my eyes were racing, I can't even tell you how bad the pain and nausea were. I was terrified. My advice: go back on at small amounts (how much were you taking at a regular dose?), and taper off. If you taper off slowly, gradually, it really isn't too bad. Versus what you are feeling right now-I seriously thought I was going to have to check myself in to rehab to get off. I made it to about 17 days off when I went back on. I started with 1/3 of a 15 mg tablet for about 10 days and went down to as little as 1/8 pill. I think I stayed on each dosage about 7-10 days. Then I went to the 1/8 pill every other day, every 2nd day, every 3rd day etc. It may seem tedious but it is so worth it. Remember it's not a race to get off. Do a search for remeron and chest pains and see what you find. I never had that problem associated but I know I've heard it before. I've been 100% remeron free for about 6 weeks. It doesn't have to be as bad as you are feeling!
Posted by nutsandmore on October 10, 2006, at 11:37:55
In reply to Re: withdrawl from remeron, posted by jeninco on September 25, 2006, at 0:37:05
yeah i quit cold turkey, i had to or i was going to have a heart attack, i have researched it and it seemed to be the safest thing to do, before i had one. Each night the pains got worse and lasted longer. It has been almost 4 weeks now and i think that the withdrawls are almost gone, except that i have lost my mind and cant find it now. It was hell, but at least i didn't have a heart attack, and can you beleive my dr told me to keep taking it!! I go to see him tomarrow and give him a piece of my mind, i went for help and all he did was made me worse. I really wonder about his credibility as a dr.
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