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My husband has been taking Remeron for about a week. The first ef...

Posted at 9:40 AM on Feb 23, 2006 by lor-joe, #13292
My husband has been taking Remeron for about a week. The first effect was, totally knocked out and slept for almost 24 hours. That soon wore off and now he is abusing the drug he takes not the 2 at bed time but 4 throughout the night. He has used up 22 pills in one week. He is not sleeping at all and is extreamly diffacult to live with. He is edgy & rude to me and our 16 year old daughter. He feels like he can do and say anything, not just to us but to anyone. He also had nightmares and talked all night in his sleep when he was taking 30mg a night. I hate this drug and what it is doing to our family. My husband has a brain injury(1988) but he has few motor skill problems just depression and cognitive trouble. Has anyone had suicidal thoughts? He has had them in the past and I'm hopeing we won't have to go through that again. He cut his wrist in 2001, and spent 2 weeks in the mental hospital. I know this is an extream case but I need help.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Feb 17, 2008 by dausten, #4889

I lost my wife in 2004 to Remeron. The main illness was extreem obsessive compulsive disorter. This is much like extreem depression and treated the same. She had been taking Remeron for about 2 months and was experiancing bad dreams which she would wake me and tell me she was frightened. She was seeing both doctor and shrink. She seemed to be getting better when all of a sudden she killed herself leaving a note saying she could not carry on any longer. We had four childern and two grandchildern. I think that if any of these drugs are used the patient should be in the hospital for the first three months so any reactions could be monotored. She was 56 years old. dlausten@shaw.ca

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