RE: Medication adjustments

[Guest guest]

My doc is taking me off Nortriptyline 75mg and putting me on

Remeron 30 mg. And I'm suppose to slowly decrease the Zoloft from

200mg to 100mg over 2 wks. Anybody have any experience with Remeron?

I sleep but awaken 2 - 3 times a night and wake up worse than when I

went to bed.

Pat in STL

Hi Pat,

I'm on Remeron, 45mg. I was put on it because of depression, but also

because of my insomnia since Remeron has a sedating effect. I like it

because I go to sleep the most naturally that I have in a couple of years. I

take it a little while before I want to go to sleep. I'm also happier and

it's had the nice effect of lowering my anxiety. I feel like I sleep fairly

well on it, although I've been going through a flare here lately, and so am

not sleeping quite as well. I do dream on it.

Hope this helps.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

Sorry for speaking out here, but boy, I get so concerned when I see how much

meds the doctors give out. My mother died from pills.....they caused so many

different symptoms that she had to take pills for the symptoms. I have been

lucky in that I can bear the pain I guess.....(cry when that is bad:-)

But, I try to stay away from meds as much as possible. (Even tho it looks like a

pill arsenal in my medicine chest)

By the way...I do take the Wort pills when I need to ...and for me they work

right away..like in a day or two.....I never have to be on them for more than a

week it seems, as I realize I am back in the land of the living.

I don't mean to imply it is bad to take meds, but boy, please be careful.

I find the docs are so easy to prescribe everything.....and don't seem to

concerned about it.

Jill

RE: Medication adjustments

My doc is taking me off Nortriptyline 75mg and putting me on

Remeron 30 mg. And I'm suppose to slowly decrease the Zoloft from

200mg to 100mg over 2 wks. Anybody have any experience with Remeron?

I sleep but awaken 2 - 3 times a night and wake up worse than when I

went to bed.

Pat in STL

Hi Pat,

I'm on Remeron, 45mg. I was put on it because of depression, but also

because of my insomnia since Remeron has a sedating effect. I like it

because I go to sleep the most naturally that I have in a couple of years. I

take it a little while before I want to go to sleep. I'm also happier and

it's had the nice effect of lowering my anxiety. I feel like I sleep fairly

well on it, although I've been going through a flare here lately, and so am

not sleeping quite as well. I do dream on it.

Hope this helps.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

Sorry for speaking out here, but boy, I get so concerned when I see how much

meds the doctors give out. My mother died from pills.....they caused so many

different symptoms that she had to take pills for the symptoms.

I don't think you need to apologize, Jill, you didn't say anyone who takes

medication is whimping out! :-) I would think with what happened to your

mom (sorry to hear that!) you would be very concerned. I think you bring up

a valid point, it helps if you only have one or maybe two doctors giving you

prescriptions. It helps even more if you get them all filled at the same

pharmacy so that drug interactions can be caught if the doctors don't catch

them.

By the way...I do take the Wort pills when I need to ...and for me they work

right away..like in a day or two.....I never have to be on them for more

than a week it seems, as I realize I am back in the land of the living.

Jill

In my particular case, I had tried to struggle through for several years

with each year adding another death or large family problem. I knew I

couldn't do it on my own when I started to tell my husband we should be

giving away my crafting supplies (which is my outlet) because I wasn't using

them. I've always heard that giving away of possessions, especially ones

that mean a lot, is a warning sign of a major depression if not suicidal. I

wasn't suicidal, but I wasn't keeping up with the world either. I had

gotten to the point where I needed a doctor's help. I've gotten it, and to

be honest with you, I haven't been this happy in years. I had forgotten how

good it felt to feel like this. And when I can, I've gone back to crafting

as well.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

Hey Darcy,

this was interesting to me, as I was giving my possesions away also! I just

figured I'd probably die soon and didn't need them. I had *many* people die with

in a year, and because of that, I do have a sort of paranoia about dying.....not

the dying itself, but just not being ready when it happensLOL....hope you know

what I mean.

I understand about your crafting. I was doing the same thing with my horses...

Glad you are feeling so good.....<big hugs>

Jill

RE: Medication adjustments

Sorry for speaking out here, but boy, I get so concerned when I see how much

meds the doctors give out. My mother died from pills.....they caused so many

different symptoms that she had to take pills for the symptoms.

I don't think you need to apologize, Jill, you didn't say anyone who takes

medication is whimping out! :-) I would think with what happened to your

mom (sorry to hear that!) you would be very concerned. I think you bring up

a valid point, it helps if you only have one or maybe two doctors giving you

prescriptions. It helps even more if you get them all filled at the same

pharmacy so that drug interactions can be caught if the doctors don't catch

them.

By the way...I do take the Wort pills when I need to ...and for me they work

right away..like in a day or two.....I never have to be on them for more

than a week it seems, as I realize I am back in the land of the living.

Jill

In my particular case, I had tried to struggle through for several years

with each year adding another death or large family problem. I knew I

couldn't do it on my own when I started to tell my husband we should be

giving away my crafting supplies (which is my outlet) because I wasn't using

them. I've always heard that giving away of possessions, especially ones

that mean a lot, is a warning sign of a major depression if not suicidal. I

wasn't suicidal, but I wasn't keeping up with the world either. I had

gotten to the point where I needed a doctor's help. I've gotten it, and to

be honest with you, I haven't been this happy in years. I had forgotten how

good it felt to feel like this. And when I can, I've gone back to crafting

as well.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

Hey Darcy,

this was interesting to me, as I was giving my possesions away also! I just

figured I'd probably die soon and didn't need them. I had *many* people die with

in a year, and because of that, I do have a sort of paranoia about dying.....not

the dying itself, but just not being ready when it happensLOL....hope you know

what I mean.

I understand about your crafting. I was doing the same thing with my horses...

Glad you are feeling so good.....<big hugs>

Jill

RE: Medication adjustments

Sorry for speaking out here, but boy, I get so concerned when I see how much

meds the doctors give out. My mother died from pills.....they caused so many

different symptoms that she had to take pills for the symptoms.

I don't think you need to apologize, Jill, you didn't say anyone who takes

medication is whimping out! :-) I would think with what happened to your

mom (sorry to hear that!) you would be very concerned. I think you bring up

a valid point, it helps if you only have one or maybe two doctors giving you

prescriptions. It helps even more if you get them all filled at the same

pharmacy so that drug interactions can be caught if the doctors don't catch

them.

By the way...I do take the Wort pills when I need to ...and for me they work

right away..like in a day or two.....I never have to be on them for more

than a week it seems, as I realize I am back in the land of the living.

Jill

In my particular case, I had tried to struggle through for several years

with each year adding another death or large family problem. I knew I

couldn't do it on my own when I started to tell my husband we should be

giving away my crafting supplies (which is my outlet) because I wasn't using

them. I've always heard that giving away of possessions, especially ones

that mean a lot, is a warning sign of a major depression if not suicidal. I

wasn't suicidal, but I wasn't keeping up with the world either. I had

gotten to the point where I needed a doctor's help. I've gotten it, and to

be honest with you, I haven't been this happy in years. I had forgotten how

good it felt to feel like this. And when I can, I've gone back to crafting

as well.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

I took Remeron for a while for sleep. At first I was overjoyed to get such

good sleep. Even though it continued to help my sleep, I developed one little

problem. I got to where I wanted to punch my fist through a wall the next

day. This went on for about a week before I talked to my doc and he took me

off of it. No more wall punching!

I am now on Ambien for sleep and so far so good.

Hope you are having a good day.

Patti

[Guest guest]

Hey Pat, I always heard dreaming about snakes was something to do with sex..:-)

seriously I did read that before!

Jill

Re: Medication adjustments

Regarding Rememron again.... I take it about 7:30 and go to bed at

9PM. It takes me a little while to get to sleep, less that 45 min.

Then I wake up about 3 AM and can't get back to good sleep. I have

to get up at 5AM. AND, my dreams are sooo vivid! And last nights was

frightening...I HATE snakes!! If this is a frequent side effect I'm

not going to take this stuff anymore. I don't trust the list of side

effects in any drug book. They HAVE to list almost everything and it

can scare you to death, even as an RN. Plus I'm still tired, so

tired. Any insites? Pat

> I took Remeron for a while for sleep. At first I was overjoyed to

get such

> good sleep. Even though it continued to help my sleep, I developed

one little

> problem. I got to where I wanted to punch my fist through a wall

the next

> day. This went on for about a week before I talked to my doc and he

took me

> off of it. No more wall punching!

> I am now on Ambien for sleep and so far so good.

> Hope you are having a good day.

> Patti

>

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[Guest guest]

Yeh, I heard that too. I would have believed it with my first

husband who turnd out to be a snake in the grass! LOL But this second

one that I've been with for seven beautiful years...well...I don't

want this board to be X-rated.<BEG = big evil grin> Pat

> > I took Remeron for a while for sleep. At first I was overjoyed

to

> get such

> > good sleep. Even though it continued to help my sleep, I

developed

> one little

> > problem. I got to where I wanted to punch my fist through a

wall

> the next

> > day. This went on for about a week before I talked to my doc

and he

> took me

> > off of it. No more wall punching!

> > I am now on Ambien for sleep and so far so good.

> > Hope you are having a good day.

> > Patti

> >

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