Hello everyone. Here's an update on my Remeron experience...
The first few days it knocked me out hard. I dreamed a lot- not good dreams or bad, just a lot of off the wall stuff and very vivid.
After day three it no longer helped me sleep, but the pit of depression I've been in for years started lifting a bit and I felt better for a few days than I have in a long time. I actually had the motivation to get out and do stuff, which is unusual for me. Then, all of a sudden, the fun was over.
For no reason I started experiencing severe dizziness, anxiety, fatigue, confusion, and I felt like my mind was in a thick fog. (Felt like severe exhaustion, even though I wasn't really tired.) I felt drunk & stoned, which may sound great till you realize it was only the bad things about being drunk & stoned and it didn't go away for days (and still hasn't completely.)
I went to the dr. and he felt that the medicine built up in my system faster than my brain could handle it. (Duh- ya think?)
So I've been out of work since Thursday of last week (I'm in the military) and I quit taking the Remeron altogether 5 days ago, trying to get the fog in my head to clear. I'm still zoned out, but not as bad. Seems to get worse every morning when I take my Wellbutrin, so I'm going to begin titrating that down as I start on the Remeron again. I took 7.5mg Remeron last night, and so far nothing bad has happened. It'll be interesting to see what happens in a few days. I'm beginning to think that, in my system at least, WB & Remeron just don't play well together.
I've tried a lot of AD's, and few have worked. I felt really good for those few days on Remeron, so I'm willing to give it another try at a lower dose. Hopefully it'll work...