Remeron and anxiety

night sweats, nightmares, anger,chills,rapid heartbeat,sores in mouth and nose. Drs. told me it was all in my head.Increased anxiety. down to 7.5. Getting off this crap. Also bad pin pricks all over my body!

I have been taking Remeron for about 3 weeks now. At first, I thought it was awesome because I could sleep. But I'm sleeping about 12 hours a night, and still feel groggy all day. I've gained 6 lbs. in less than two weeks. I have breakouts of sweating, compulsive eating, anxiety, and I feel like my heart is racing all over the place, even in my throat. My doctor increased my dosage and said to give it another 6 to 8 weeks. I don't feel any difference in my mood, maybe a little more irritable at times. I am confused and don't know what to do.

My psychiatrist has me on two 20mg Adderall everyday. He just added Remeron to my cycle and it ruined everything! It's hard to find something for anxiety/depression that works with the Adderall well. I've tried everything but this one scares me. SSRIs and SNRIs usually make my head tingle, more anxious than usual, and unpredictable mood-wise. After starting Remeron for about a week, I had a massive strange hours long panic attack. I tried to slit my ankle, screamed and yelled things at everyone I came into contact with, walked off down the street three separate times (three diff. people had to come find me every time). My skin felt "creepy-crawly" and I was SO angry and couldn't get away from the anger. I'm still waiting on the Dr. to call me but I told his secretary I just am NOT taking it. I'll take the nerves, shakiness, and sweatiness ANY DAY over feeling crazy like that. Angry and wanting to die.. not for me.

I have had some interesting times with Remeron. I take 30 mg at night. I have gained about 20 pounds on it! It is true what others have written here it makes some people have an eating compulsion. It is hard to describe the feeling but at night you feel like you are forever hungry. I have found I can cope with this hunger side effect by carefully watching what I am eating and switching to healthy snacks like fruits and veggies. I have been on it for 6 months. I tried to go off the medication several days ago but I felt so depressed being off it. I think some of the depression is withdrawal from it. It helps me sleep better and lowers anxiety during the day. It cuts back my panic attacks also. I would not recommend it if you are already a heavy eater. I can imagine it would have a disastrous wait gain. Remeron makes you sleepy too during the day. I find I have to give myself 11 hrs for the sedation to wear off. So I take it at 9:30 and go to bed at 10:00. If I take it later I have problems staying awake at work. Even with the hunger problem and sedation I plan to stay on this medication since it has helped my depression and it doesn't have GI upset I had with Lexapro or Effexor. If you have sleep problems and anxiety Remeron might help you. Make sure you keep up with exercise and watch portion control with food and you can cope with the side effects.

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?