Remeron for Depression User Reviews (Page 4)

• big...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 23, 2015

"I've been taking Remeron for a few weeks. The doctor prescribed it for major anxiety and sleeplessness, as well as depression. He also thought it would help with weight gain, which I needed. It has helped with everything but the depression. Anxiety has mostly subsided to the point where I'm not paralyzed. I have gained about 5 lbs in the past two weeks, and my sleep is uninterrupted. I was very groggy in the morning at first until 10 or 11 am, but that's gotten slightly better over time. Depression has not subsided, considering asking for something else to help with that."

• Anonymous
• June 14, 2010

"Had a deep depression combined with insomnia. I was helped from the first day with Remeron, it was an incredible feeling! The side effect is increased appetite. But since I know it's a side effect, I can control it. It's better to feel hungry than to feel like the end is near... Have been on it for a month now and still fall asleep like a baby after less than 30 minutes when taking the pill. My doctor recommends that I continue with it for approximately 4 more months and then lower the dose (from 30 to 15 mg) and phase it out after a month or so. Let's see what happens, but it's really great now!"

• hus...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 17, 2019

"I took this medication 7.5 mg before bed periodically for about one year, usually for two to three months and then stopped it. It helps a lot before sleep, inducing drowsiness, enhancing the quality of sleep. So, I definitely recommend it for people with insomnia. Moreover, it helps fight anxiety through its sedative effects. This medication also helped me a lot to gain weight, I am skinny and usually have no appetite. I gained 7 kilos with Remeron. In addition, it helps me reduce my sex drive remarkably! Because normally my sex drive is too high, and with Remeron it became normalized! Finally, this medication helped me recover from depressive attacks. I got divorced, which gave me depression. I took the 7.5 mg before bed, it reduced my depressive feelings by 80%, and it worked quickly within a couple of days. However, Remeron withdrawal effects were really bad for me. Despite the low/short dosage/period, I had withdrawal symptoms like severe insomnia, headache, as well as low appetite."

• Anonymous
• September 3, 2008

"Taken in conjunction with Effexor (Effexor in the morning and Remeron in the evening) definitely helps with sleeping through the night. For me, I needed 8-10 hours of dedicated sleep, any less and I felt groggy. Sleep aid definitely. Don't mix with alcohol or anything else to aid in sleep."

• Anonymous
• May 8, 2019

"So I’ve been taking mirtazapine for a while after being hospitalized for anxiety and depression, and it helps knock me out to sleep good and stop waking up in the middle of the night. It makes you sleep a lot, and it’s hard for me to want to get up to go to classes. It makes me feel really tired throughout the day, but it does help with anxiety and depression. I’m overweight, and I’m kinda scared it will make me gain even more. It makes me more hungry all the time."

• JJi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2016

"Excellent for obsessive thoughts, best depression lift in many years...BUT...I am going off of it after five weeks. The initial side effects I could deal with, the normal headache, grogginess, irritability, but then after the fourth week, I noticed a rare side effect of edema (water retention) of an average of 2.5 lbs a day and on my last days, 3-4 lbs. It was serious. It also caused extreme sugar/carb cravings. That I can control, the water I cannot."

• wil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 31, 2020

"If you can tolerate Remeron, then it can be great. It did wonders for IBS/sleep, however, it did make me get irritated easily and helped a little for anxiety, but I was not able to give it long enough to see how much it would have helped. As I raised my dosage, I had side effects that the doctor said would not go away if I continued, so I had to stop it. I can also tell you that doctors seem to think this is a drug that is easy to get off of, but after 6 weeks and being told I can quit cold turkey, it was not pleasant and obvious withdrawal symptoms. It can take a week before the drug is out of your system, so this can last awhile. I would only recommend this as a last resort."

• KJa...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 18, 2019

"This Remeron has legit saved my life after suffering with BPD, GAD, PDD, PTSD. At first, it made me very sleepy and tired, but after taking it for some time, I felt tired but not to the point of passing out tired. I started at a dose of 7.5 mg Remeron and worked up to a 30 mg dose, and when I did, my mood stabilized, and I started to feel better than how I did before. I still have intense moods, but not to the degree as I used to."

• Dep...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 16, 2024

"I was given Remeron after having a nervous breakdown in 2006. This drug helped me tremendously. I got my appetite back and began feeling normal again. It was very sedating though. I take a quarter of 15mg because I am very sensitive to medication. If I take half, I have to sleep for 10-12 hours. I was on it for nearly 10 years before getting off. However, I try hard not to go back on it because then you have to stay on it for a long time, if not, you get relapsed."

• Ano...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 2, 2018

"I was on Prozac for years following the passing of my father. It stopped working, and I started to feel more depressed. I discussed this with my doctor, and he put me on Remeron to try it out, and he stopped the Prozac. This medication has helped tremendously with my depression, anxiety, and my sleeplessness. I think the way it works for me outweighs the side effects. I did gain a little weight but not much to where I am uncomfortable. I do recommend this medication to people with the problems it is used for. Worth trying it out if other medications aren't working for you."

• 888...
• October 6, 2010

"I tried a whole other whack of antidepressants before trying Remeron, and nothing. I mean, nothing worked for me. In fact, other antidepressants made me more depressed. I mean seriously, deeply, darkly depressed, but not Remeron. Remeron, honestly, is a dream medicine for me. It has improved my cat allergies by 80%, my sleep by 90%, and my mood by 80%. It's amazing. However, it's true what they say about the munchies. I have to tell myself, almost nightly, that no, I don't need to get up and make a stack of pancakes at 11 pm. I have dreams about food, chocolate, donuts. It's pretty funny. The other side effect is my hands are swollen (edema), that side effect I'm not liking, but we'll see how it goes. I've been on it for 2 months now."

• Jag...
• April 10, 2012

"I have been on mirtazapine for about 6 years. Tried Effexor before and found it so stimulating I couldn't sleep, felt like I was high, switched to mirtazapine instead, had proper nights' sleep. Mirtazapine is great for sleep, not too bad on anxiety."

• mar...
• January 4, 2011

"Remeron has helped me a great deal. It has helped me sleep, which was non-existent for such a long time, and I can finally function during the day. Whoever created Remeron needs to be congratulated because nothing - and I tried almost everything imaginable to sleep - has made me able to get some rest. My physical health has benefited from the rest a great deal. The only side effect I have gotten is hunger at night when I take it, but it is a very small price to pay that can be fought off. I have not gained any weight, but I do get hungry easily, though. I am on 45 mg, and it is wonderful, I can sleep and then get up and actually want to do things. I am on it with Cymbalta, which helps with my fibromyalgia. I highly recommend it."

• hap...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 29, 2021

"This medication really did wonders for me! The first days, I felt even worse emotionally, I was miserable, crying, and hopeless, and I even considered stopping. I have gastroparesis too, and Remeron is used to treat GI symptoms, so I decided to give it some time. After the first week, I was a completely different person in a great way. I’m no longer depressed or hopeless. Things that used to put me down can’t do it anymore. I’m calm, happy, and motivated every day. It has helped me a lot with my gastroparesis, and I’ve been able to eat more."

• Anonymous
• April 6, 2012

"I've been on every antidepressant out there. I finally found what works! It is also very mild, which is a wonderful change from all of the other heavier medications I have been on. I too experienced much-needed weight gain."

• Man...
• July 15, 2017

"I've been taking Remeron for a little over a month now. Since taking it, I do sleep better, however, I have been having very strange, unusual dreams that I wouldn't regularly dream about. My dreams are more vivid and lifelike, although I know it's not real. Also, the day after taking the medication, I can't seem to fully wake up - like I never feel fully rested."

• 101...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 11, 2021

"I've struggled with anxiety for years, but once I started college, it got to be unbearable. I started having physical symptoms like dizzy spells, chest pain, and severe memory loss. Last semester, my anxiety caused me to get stomach cramps so severe that I would pass out and literally poop straight blood. I was undiagnosed for anxiety at the time, so my doctors ran countless gastro tests on me, only for them all to come back negative. I got so bad that I couldn't keep anything down besides oatmeal, and my weight plummeted. No one could figure out what was wrong with me until I switched primary care doctors. My new doctor took one look at me and had me put on Remeron for anxiety. I honestly wasn't expecting much, but this medication did wonders for me. My stomach cramps stopped completely, and I started getting the best sleep of my life. I gained a small amount of weight back (which was needed), but I didn't experience any crazy weight gain or appetite increases."

• Anonymous
• June 17, 2010

"Remeron saved my life. I was unable to take SSRIs and SNRIs - they made me horribly nauseous. It was a year before my doctor prescribed Remeron. Thank God she did. After a solid year of almost total sleep deprivation, I could finally sleep beautifully. Keeps the depression and anxiety completely in check. I regained the weight I had lost (about 20 lbs) due to the depression but have not gone over my pre-depression weight of 150 lbs - 5'7", 50 years old."

• Anonymous
• April 4, 2011

"I started taking this medication 4 days ago. I was given a prescription for 1 30mg tablet to be taken at night. I am sensitive to medication, so the first night I only took 1/2 of a tablet (15mg). I couldn't sleep at all. I was up all night. Finally slept about 2 hours early in the morning. On the flip side, I felt GREAT all day. So that night, I took the same dosage. Slept well, and no grogginess. The next day, I took the whole tablet (30mg) and slept from 10 pm until 8 pm the next day! I could NOT get up. My husband was worried, so he finally got me up and into the shower. I was okay after that. I took 1/2 tablet (15mg) and went back to bed that night around 2 am. Felt fine in the morning. Proper dosage is the key with this medication!"

• fre...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 3, 2012

"Remeron helped very much initially. After trying a host of other depression meds, this one seemed to work and had minimal side effects after the first week. However, at a low dose, it stopped doing the job, and I have had to go up twice to the max dose of 45 mg. I no longer sleep well and have had HUGE weight gain and ended up with diabetes. I plan to gradually wean myself off and treat the depression with natural means-exercise, diet, supplements."

• Anonymous
• December 16, 2012

"Took Remeron/mirtazapine a few years ago for about one week and gained about 15 (unwanted pounds). I just ate and slept, so I stopped after a week! Was taking it first thing in the morning at the time, but this doc said to take it at night. I need the appetite stimulation now, so I'm prescribed it again. Don't know if I could handle the ravenous, uncontrollable appetite it gives, though, and don't remember the effect on my depression as I was too consumed with eating."

• Pai...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 10, 2019

"Been on 45 mgs of Remeron for 2 months, which enables me to get some sleep. Everyone is different because nothing else really worked for me. With the exception of Seroquel, but I had to be on a ridiculously high dose (600 mgs). Remeron has caused me to eat more than I usually do. I just hope that it continues to work."

• sta...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 26, 2012

"Only been on this for 3 days, but don't think I can take this medicine anymore. Important note: this was added to 50 mg Zoloft. I have really bad depression, anxiety, and fatigue in the mornings. The first night I took Remeron, I hadn't slept in 20 hours, hadn't eaten for 8 hours, thought it would help me sleep. Wrong, couldn't lie still, and massive erection for 2 hours, finally got up after 4 hours tossing and turning, ate something, then was able to sleep. The 2nd night, I took it with dinner, had tacos, I ate like 7 tacos, couldn't stop. Went to sleep 45 minutes later even though I was not tired at all, woke up 12 hours later. Incredibly hard to get out of bed, felt like I was hit by a train all day."

• TLC...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 23, 2012

"About 2 years ago, I was prescribed Remeron. I immediately got my appetite back. But then, unfortunately, about a week later, my legs, ankles, feet, hands, and wrists were terribly swollen. So much that it hurt to walk. The doctor told me to stop taking it, and the swelling went away."

• And...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 13, 2022

"Dangerous drug caused me spasms, heart racing, no sleep, and it’s near impossible to come off. Severe anxiety, anger, shivers, suicidal thoughts. Stay clear, it may work in the short term, but long-term dangerous should be illegal."