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Posted by rainbowlight on December 18, 2002, at 20:30:42
This is in reply to your post to me above, wasn't sure if you would see this way up there.
I needed a laugh today, and you had me rolling about the "grazing" in the fridge, lol!!!!!! At night, right before bed I have to have like 4 snacks, gee, no wonder I have gained 25 pounds! I am stuck in "fat" pants right now. I REFUSE to buy new clothes. Do you think I should restart the Zoloft and try to ditch the Remeron to see if it is the Remeron that caused the weight gain? I am thinking that may be the way to go. I have tried to cut the Remeron back before, just by about 5 mgs. (I'm on 30) and it gives me nausea and agitation. Getting off it will be hellish, but at this point I am desperate to shed the weight. The new Lexapro I am on (2 weeks into it) isn't making me feel as good as the Zoloft did. Kind of blah, not happy, not sad, just "here" if you know what I mean. With the Zoloft I get anxiety relief almost immediately.
Posted by EGR on December 18, 2002, at 20:46:02
In reply to Ritch, posted by rainbowlight on December 18, 2002, at 20:30:42
Sorry to cut in... I think that "blah" "just here" feeling might be what it's like to be normal instead of either high or low... and I don't particularly like it... I was like that on Wellbutrin. Quite frankly, I like the high that these SSRIs aren't supposed to be giving us.
Posted by Ritch on December 18, 2002, at 22:51:16
In reply to Ritch, posted by rainbowlight on December 18, 2002, at 20:30:42
> This is in reply to your post to me above, wasn't sure if you would see this way up there.
>
> I needed a laugh today, and you had me rolling about the "grazing" in the fridge, lol!!!!!! At night, right before bed I have to have like 4 snacks, gee, no wonder I have gained 25 pounds! I am stuck in "fat" pants right now. I REFUSE to buy new clothes. Do you think I should restart the Zoloft and try to ditch the Remeron to see if it is the Remeron that caused the weight gain? I am thinking that may be the way to go. I have tried to cut the Remeron back before, just by about 5 mgs. (I'm on 30) and it gives me nausea and agitation. Getting off it will be hellish, but at this point I am desperate to shed the weight. The new Lexapro I am on (2 weeks into it) isn't making me feel as good as the Zoloft did. Kind of blah, not happy, not sad, just "here" if you know what I mean. With the Zoloft I get anxiety relief almost immediately.
Oh yeah, that stuff will make you eat like crazy if you are susceptible. I clearly remember taking Remeron a couple of hours before bedtime (taking it earlier trying to avoid a hangover in the morning like doxepin used to do to me), and it would kickin before I went to sleep and I just HAD to hang out at the fridge and sample and consume all sorts of stuff. You need to talk to your pdoc about doing the switchback. It *sounds* like a good idea. BTW, I would get a mild rebound hypomania from dx'ing Remeron which was similar to stopping TCA's previously. A lot of it was like: "Thank God someone turned on the defroster so I can see out the windshield!". :0)
Posted by rainbowlight on December 19, 2002, at 1:51:49
In reply to Re: Remeron munchies » rainbowlight, posted by Ritch on December 18, 2002, at 22:51:16
I have already eaten 2 bowls of cereal and I haven't even TAKEN my Remeron for the evening. Good excuse to try the new flax seeds I bought! (Not bad by the way!) I definately think I want to switch back. I don't care for the Lexapro. Feel blah, yucky, don't want to do anything and don't even care that Christmas is almost here! I see the pdoc Friday, I'll let ya know what she says. Oh, and if I do dx the Remeron, how do I do it? Any advice?
Posted by Ritch on December 19, 2002, at 8:33:12
In reply to Re: Ritch, posted by EGR on December 18, 2002, at 20:46:02
> Sorry to cut in... I think that "blah" "just here" feeling might be what it's like to be normal instead of either high or low... and I don't particularly like it... I was like that on Wellbutrin. Quite frankly, I like the high that these SSRIs aren't supposed to be giving us.
I didn't really feel "blah" before I took an SSRI for the first time. I was just getting tired (only on lithium), and it was seasonal depression time, and I was supposed to start the Prozac (1991). It worked marvelously, but it also changed my personality back into a kind of silly adolescent which I didn't figure out till much later was hypomania. Also, I seemed to "feel better" whenever I was pissed off. Now, I limit the dose way down just enough to quell some anxiety and that's about it. If I stop an SSRI entirely, however, I just feel flat and humorless, and antisocial. That *might* fade with some time, but I don't want to go there.
Posted by Ritch on December 19, 2002, at 8:37:20
In reply to Re: Remeron munchies, posted by rainbowlight on December 19, 2002, at 1:51:49
> I have already eaten 2 bowls of cereal and I haven't even TAKEN my Remeron for the evening. Good excuse to try the new flax seeds I bought! (Not bad by the way!) I definately think I want to switch back. I don't care for the Lexapro. Feel blah, yucky, don't want to do anything and don't even care that Christmas is almost here! I see the pdoc Friday, I'll let ya know what she says. Oh, and if I do dx the Remeron, how do I do it? Any advice?
I never had any problem stopping a VERY sedative antidepressant like Remeron (or a sedative TCA). I just felt better because my brain woke up and I had energy to do things again. It's got a pretty lengthy half-life. I could "feel" the Remeron for about three-four days after I quit it previously. If you restarted Zoloft at the same time you stop the Remeron you *might not* have any problems. Good luck..
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