Posted by yxibow on January 18, 2005, at 0:05:11
In reply to Remeron and HUNGER, posted by pretty_paints on January 17, 2005, at 15:38:44
> Hiya
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> I am on 15mg of Remeron, and yes it has increased my appetite a lot. However my doc is thinking of increasing my dose to 30mg.
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> Is this likely to increase or decrease the hunger? What about sleeping, will it make me more or less tired?The theoretical literature has claims that as the dosage of Remeron increases, fatigue and weight gain will decrease... I never experienced this and my doctor never saw this in practice.
If Remeron is working well for you as an antidepressant then I would say, continue.. it can be a fairly effective antidepressant with somewhat different properties from the SSRIs.
But from someone with an unmentionable weight gain (since have come off the Remeron, it was taken for a somewhat complicated off label reason) I say, put time delayed padlocks on the refrigerator! No, I'm not trying to discourage you from the medication but weight is a significant issue with it, just have to watch the portion intake and say "enough" at a given point.
-- Hope your experiences prove well
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