Remeron and nightmares

I have been two weeks on Remeron in combo with Ambien. It sure takes care of my insomnia, but I have nightmares every night, sometimes scary. It does not seem to help my mood swings, which seem worse than ever.

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.

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.

I have been taking 30mg for a year and I have gained about 16 pounds I was 129lbs now i'm 145lbs. Started having terrible dreams more like nightmares. Tired all day long no motivation felt very heavy constantly eating without trying to. No pms no headaches increased sex drive but good being that i didn't have one. Once off meds, weight came off pretty fast, bad pms, headaches, decreased sex drive, irritable, dreams stopped. Overall good medication just wish the weight didn't keep going up and there were no unusual dreams.

Yes, a definite weight gain. About 14 pounds in the past
year. Dieting and excercise have not phased the pounds.
He also has the very vivid dreams, more like nightmares. Feels tired throughout the day, cannot wait for bedtime, but, has no trouble falling asleep and sleeps very sound.