Remeron and sleep

I have been on Remeron for 3months, and have went from 125 lbs. to 144 lbs. I want to eat all the time, especially at night. I always feel hungry. I also feel like my legs are swollen, and they ache when I walk on the treadmill, trying to exercise and quit gaining. The depression is better, and I sleep very well, but I am going to really get depressed about my sudden weight gain. Never was this big, except at 9 months pregnant. I am stopping this drug. I also have numbness in my right hand. I don't know what that is from. Last of all, I am more forgetful, and a little OCD now about things.

I have been having difficulty with my legs from the knees down since taking Remeron for over a year. Normal walking is a chore, but let me get in a department or grocery store and I am in such agony with leg pain from the knee to my ankles. It is a heavy, throbbing ache. Pain pills, heat and sleep is the only cure. Never had this problem before this. If I ween myself off them, my migraines come back with a vengence.

I have been taking Remeron for about 14 months. I have gained about 12 pounds. It's almost like a compulsion to eat. Don't get me wrong I already liked to eat but at this point I have a crazy urge. I started having night sweats. I used to sleep with a lot of covers and that is ABSOLUTELY not possible any more. I've also noticed that I sweat more during the day. I was never a person who sweat a lot and this is totally new to me. But I sleep very soundly and that was the initial reason to start taking the meds.

I have been taking Remeron for about a year and a half. I started out with
30mg at bed time. It helped eating habits and helped me sleep. However I started gaining Weight big time. I am a 52 year old male and weighed 130 Pounds before taking the medication. I now weigh 196 pounds and have cysts on both of my breasts. I went to see a cancer clinic and was told there was no cancer ! Thank GOD , However the doctor told me it was a possible side effect of the Remeron. So I stopped taking Remeron cold turkey
2 day's ago and so far so good. I hope I don't have any withdrawal from stopping but I WILL NEVER TAKE IT AGAIN !!!!!!

I have been on Remeron for last month, the first week was wonderful. I fell asleep for 12hrs the first night. The following nights of the first week were great, I slept like I hadn't in years. The third week it started to all crash down on me. I couldn't sleep, my legs felt like I had bugs crawling all over me, I kept my poor husband up all night, getting up and down, kicking and turning all night. I then started realizing I was angry over nothing. My mother is very sick and will not get better (one of the reason I started Remeron in the first place) and I am noticing I am irritated if she needs something or just calls to say hello. I don't want to talk to anyone, not my friends, husband or even my children. My son is a diabetic and I told my doctor if I took any medicine it couldn't just knock me out, I had to be coherent enough to take care of his needs. The medicine didn't bother me the first couple weeks. The third week, I would forget how much insulin to give him, and that is a scary feeling if you gave your son the right amount of medicine. I would think after I gave him his medicine, did I give him the right amount or am I going to make him go into shock. I also have gained weight, I have never liked sweets and that is all I think about. I go to dr. this week, hopefully she will find a new med that won't make me forget everything, want to be such a hag to everyone, and help with those crazy leg tingles. I was on 15 mgs to start out on, I even took an extra one the other night because of the leg tingles, and it made it worse. So I took an over the counter sleep aid and I finally fell asleep at 4:00 in morning. I am so glad I found the site, I thought I was losing my mind. Thank You to all of you, you have helped me tremendously.

My father who is going to be 80 on July 15th started taking remeron back in January of 2008 for depression he was in and out hospital and rehab since October. He almost died in October but he fought his way and hes physically doing better now. He was put on remeron cuz his depression was so bad that he just wante to give up, he started on half a pill at bed time..(7.5 i believe) he was doing his exercises and again..he bounced back from a deep depression within days :) February 7th 2008 my dad finally came home after being away for 4months he became very very talkative like hyper, couldn't sleep and got agitated very easily(thats not my dad) on June 18th 2008 the doctor that comes to the house asked what was going on..i told her HES NOT SLEEPING..and hes very like hyper, so she INCREASED HIS REMERON!!! full dose 15mg. well.. July 2nd things changed for the worse, He talked about things that happened years ago, he went as far back as the days of THE DEPRESSION..yeaaaars ago;
just things he never talked bout before...July 3rd he was showing signs of being VERY LOST..VERY DISORIENTED...like he would get up to use his potty(as he calls it) and thats rite next to his bed, and he went rite past it and into my kitchen way. just standing there, NOT KNOWING WHERE HE WAS. and he would repeat himself over and over and over, not remembering what he said, :( very sad )
The 4th of July i had him taken to the HOSPITAL to be checked out cuz he just wasn't acting right, i thought maybe he was on the verge of another stroke his BP was 150/101 HIGH....i think maybe cuz of the agitation,(HE GOT MAD...DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL: )but i needed to know what was going on..they sent him home, they said possible early dymentia, NOT..i don't agree....june 18th -july 2nd IS EXACTLY 2 WEEKS..WHICH IS HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR MEDICATION TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM...i believe its the REMERON causing these problems.i took him to his psych and he asked my what was it increased? i said the doc increased it cuz he wasn't sleeping, well the psych was NOT HAPPY wit this...he was like U CANT DO THAT ITS NOT FOR SLEEP ITS FOR DEPRESSION..U DO THAT AND UR GONNA HAVE BIG PROBLEMS.... Well thats exactly what we are having.So then i was told to decrease him back down to 7.5 and if no change in a week -2 weeks...to stop it...well im stopping it tonight. I am hoping to see him better soon..if anyone agrees with me PLEASE LET ME KNOW...he was perfectly fine b4 the increase in this medication...BESIDE THE EXCESSIVE TALKING..but i am willing to deal that..i just want him back to the way he was. Its soo frustrating and sad to see him this way :(

I was prescribed Remeron (Avanza in Australia) for a neurotransmitter deficiency that was causing "depression-like" symptoms including lack of energy, low libido, poor sleep, pessimistic thoughts, brain fog etc etc. I really wanted to give Remeron a good try because most other anti-ds that I've taken have an even worse effect on my sleep. Remeron was good taken at 30mg to help me sleep (I found 15mg knocked me out even more and was ridiculously tired the next day). I however progressively slipped into depression over a period of 3 weeks where I had zero energy, complete apathy and was really irritable to the point of having a massive blow up with family and girlfriend. I was told these effects would lessen in time and I would feel "lighter" and "better" - This didn't happen at 4 weeks and although I should keep going at a higher dose before knowing for sure if this medication doesn't work for me, I read on this page that feelings of irritability and agitation continue while on the med - This is cause enough for me to not be on this medication. Within 48 hours of stopping, I feel better already! Remeron - apparently works for most but not for me.

I began 15mg of Remeron per day about 1 month ago. At first, it was wonderful. I slept better than I had in years and my depression was reduced greatly. I felt hope for the first time in ages. However, about a week into it, I started to become aggitated VERY easily. I would get angry at anything. This has not subsided at all...in fact, it's worse. Now I wake in the middle of the night with my mind racing and either in a rage or STARVING. I eat a lot. It's nice to have my appetite back, but I crave sweets too much. I can accept that symptom if it wasn't for the rage and inability to stop my mind from switching between utter numbness to anger. I'm going to give it longer, in the hopes that it brings me back to where I was when I started taking it. If this keeps up though, I'll be in trouble.