Remeron and anxiety

Been taking remeron for two years and switched to a generic version 8 weeks ago. I am starting to notice my ability to concentrate has deteriorated and I am becoming forgetful. I am taking remeron for anxiety and insomnia. Its not the silver bullet for anxiety that seroxat was but it has really helped the insomnia. I have gained weight and no matter how much I exercise I cannot lose weight. The memory problems are affecting my life to a point where I will go back to seroxat and find another solution for the insomnia.

Horrific drug. I was prescribed it for anxiety-related insomnia, but only took half-doses (7.5 mg) every third night or so. Still, I began having sharp electric jolts in my head upon awakening, eventually getting to the point that I was afraid to sleep for fear of the terrifying explosions in my head that would be triggered by saccadic ocular motion, pulse, or sometimes nothing at all. They go away within about 10-30 minutes. The net effect on sleep was devastating, of course, and with its "20-40 hour" half-life and the rule of thumb that it takes 7 half-lives to clear, even 6 days after my last dose I have been feeling residual effects. This is apparently rare and your mileage may vary, but the doc can be very quick to prescribe something that's dangerously powerful. Flushing these nasty things!

I was on 30 mg of remeron for 7 months for depression. This drug is a nightmare! Severe cravings for sweets, and an unsatified hunger that nothing seemed to please me at night, munched about anything. I gained weight and slept through about anything at all. 3 months ago I developed a constant anger/rage feeling, and I was ready to take on anybody who crossed me. Sometimes I even became violent, I would break things, scream and yell at my BF for no reasons at all. BF left a few times, and friends stopped coming around. I felt like I was going insane. I would be happy one minute, and then either angry or sad and crying for no reason at all. I have started to ween myself off this drug for 8 weeks. I DO NOT recommend remeron.

When I took it, it was because I was only able to naturally sleep 1h per night, and after a month of this I was fairly suicidal. It did knock me out, hard, and it kept doing so every night I took it. I slept at least 10h a night and was groggy most of the time. It did decrese my anxiety and my chronic pain though and got me to sleep at night, so all that was good. Plus I do tend to not eat enough, so this increased my appetite, and I agree it increased cravings for sweets, but I needed it since I was working out 5 days a week. Now that I am off it, my shoulder hurts to much to work out at all anymore, and I still have trouble sleeping, but my depression is under control so I'd rather not take it just to sleep better. I will have to find some other way to control chronic pain so I can get back to the gym.

Hi guys, i have been taking remeron for just over 3 months and i had no side effects after the first month onwards. Then i started to feel like the effects were wearing off so a week ago my doctor doubled my dosage to 30mg. Lastnight i had my first 'anxiety' moment for 4 months and this morning i have woken feeling EXACTLY like i did before i started taking and medication. Racing thoughts, dizzy, irritable, head ache, neck ache and worry. Its like the increase in dosage has sped up the wearing-off process. I dont know whether to stick with it or goto docs. Anyone experienced anything similar?

Hi guys, i have been taking remeron for just over 3 months and i had no side effects after the first month onwards. Then i sratted to feel like the effects were wearing off so a week ago my doctor doubled my dosage to 30mg. Lastnight i had my first 'anxiety' moment for 4 months and this morning i have woken feeling EXACTLY like i did before i started taking and medication. Racing thoughts, dizzy, irritable, head ache, neck ache and worry. Its like the increase in dosage has sped up the wearing-off process. I dont know whether to stick with it or goto docs. Anyone experienced anything similar?