Posted by bleauberry on September 4, 2009, at 19:19:31
In reply to Tried to Go Back on Remeron And It Doesn't Work, posted by Karen's World on September 3, 2009, at 11:06:43
Remeron induced restless legs is not an uncommon experience. So you certainly are not an oddball case in that regard. Longterm usage of ssris can also contribute, due to lessening of dopamine function. The primary meds for restless legs are dopamine agonists.
7.5mg may prove to be a more potent sleeping dose than 15mg or 30mg.
It is my opinion that previous med usage often causes permanent or longterm changes in genes or receptors that make a return to that med different than the first time. Not always, but often.
Our bodies and brains are not static. In other words, aging happens. We are never the same as we used to be. Your biology was probably different when you took remeron the first time. Time has passed. Things are differnt. It is like hitting a moving target. Things do not stand still in the human body as time elapses.
I don't have any good suggestions to counter the restless legs because I do not believe in piling meds on top of each other chasing an endless rainbow. Simply put, if a med is causing restless legs, it doing something wrong. We don't want to be ingesting something that is doing something wrong.
Experiment with other sleep aids. Magnesium, melatonin, gaba+glycine, ultra low dose remeron, ultra low dose seroquel, lunesta, klonopin, valerian, skullcap, I mean, there is no shortage of things to try, including biologically natural, herbal, and meds.
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