Psycho-Babble Withdrawal Thread 896094

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remeron

Posted by heidegger on May 16, 2009, at 16:10:31

Only two months off remeron I have lost twenty pounds without trying. My systolic blood pressure is twenty points lower. I'm 6'1" and now weigh 190.

But I feel physically horrible and I look horrible.

My skin is dry. I have dark circles under my eyes. It's not in my head. Someone else told me I looked like I had tuberculosis. In those two months I look like I've aged five years. I feel physically as if I'm 95. (I'm 35.)

I had a blood sugar test of 150 a month ago (a few days ago it was 81). It's never been over 99 before.

Something weird is going on. I've taken many antidepressants and stopped and there was no withdrawal.

Re: remeron

Posted by tonyz on June 2, 2009, at 20:49:53

In reply to remeron, posted by heidegger on May 16, 2009, at 16:10:31

I took remeron for a time and it was not helpful to me but I can't say that I had any side effects with any certainty.

You probably know about the rare reaction as mentioned on the webmd site posted below:

In premarketing clinical trials, two (one with Sjögren's Syndrome) out of 2796 patients treated with REMERON® (mirtazapine) Tablets developed agranulocytosis [absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 500/m³ with associated signs and symptoms, e.g., fever, infection, etc.] and a third patient developed severe neutropenia (ANC < 500/m³ without any associated symptoms). For these three patients, onset of severe neutropenia was detected on days 61, 9, and 14 of treatment, respectively. All three patients recovered after REMERON® was stopped. These three cases yield a crude incidence of severe neutropenia (with or without associated infection) of approximately 1.1 per thousand patients exposed, with a very wide 95% confidence interval, i.e., 2.2 cases per 10,000 to 3.1 cases per 1000. If a patient develops a sore throat, fever, stomatitis or other signs of infection, along with a low WBC count, treatment with REMERON® should be discontinued and the patient should be closely monitored.

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