Posted by musky on May 16, 2006, at 18:25:46
In reply to Re: Cut dose to 3.75 last night? » musky, posted by johnnyj on May 16, 2006, at 9:31:52
>Hey johnny.
yes i agree with your theory about the side effects/w/d .. makes sense as I too never had these issues before remeron or any of the past meds that they gave me(long story).. I am just going to tough it out... Im determined to get off this med! and as far as your dose... dont worry it took me along time to stabilize my mood after cutting back.. It took about 2-3months or more
and now that you mention it... I too had some startling stuff going on... I think that the acupuncture I have been doing has definitely "smoothed " things outGood luck
Musky
Musky,
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> I have some thoughts about the remeron doses but I am not sure how accurate they are. When I went off last November I went back on after something like 10 or 13 days. I felt more depressed than ever for over one month. The I was so up and down for months. We all know that remeron at lower doses is more sedating so I have a theory that at the low doses remeron is not helping depression but could probably make it worse?? That is why I am really caught between trying to stabilize or cut down to zero and deal with things.
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> I had a pretty good weekend as far as sleep was concerned but still had this chest heavy and anxiety. Last night didn't sleep as well and feel down today little anxiety. Since it has been 3 weeks from my cut dose to 3.75 I know most is w/d.
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> I have this startle stuff too that causes anxiety and affects my sleep. Before I went on remeron I never had this and this is the biggest problem for me right now. So, if I go off remeron will this clear up rather soon? I don't know but I wonder if these lower doses cause continued side effects that we have deemed w/d? I wish I knew. I don't know if what you are experiencing is w/d or just side effects at lower doses? Other people have mentioned things as side effects they never had before the med.
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> Anybody have any ideas? Take care
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> johnnyj
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