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Anne8 09/09/2013

I have been crying/yelling at my family at the drop of a hat lately, so I went to my doc and asked for an anti-depressant. Anyone take Remeron (Mirtazapine) before? I will take half of one (7.5 mg) tonight. I guess it should help with sleeping. . .

ChrissyH 09/09/2013

I have never even heard of it. Best of luck to u. I hope it does what it is supposed to.

lchoppel 09/10/2013

I took Remeron for quite a long time a while ago. I mainly used it for sleep aide. I don't remember much about it's anti-depressant principals. Good luck and I hope it helps you with your stress and yelling. It is good you sought medical help. Sometimes we cannot pull our boots on by their boot straps and need some assistance.

deleted_user 09/10/2013

worked great for depression with me.

mixedupmelly 09/10/2013

I used it for about a year. It worked well, but caused weight gain. I'm on cymbalta and that seems to work better for me. Rimron did help me sleep better though.

deleted_user 09/13/2013

I was totally unaware that Mirtazapine was an anti-depressant or had any properties to deal with depression.

My Primary Care Physician gave a prescription of Mirtazapine to me as a sleep aid. In fact, here is what it says on the bottle:

TAKE ONE TABLET BY MOUTH EVERY NIGHT AT BEDTIME FOR INSOMNIA

As a sleep aid it was totally worthless to me.

I asked my Primary Care Physician for Ambien; which does work. However, the welfare plan I am on will not cover Ambien CR. They will only cover regular Ambien; the generic name is Zolpidem.

Ambien (Zolpidem) only helps me soundly sleep for four hours or so. However, half is a lot better than nothing.

Early this week the welfare plan I am on expired so when I went to buy Ambien (Zolpidem) it was for the full price. Needless to say I didn't buy it. However, I had one unused bottle of Mirtazapine so I am taking that for now. This upcoming Monday I have an appointment with that welfare plan to get my benefits re-established; which will allow me to resume Ambien (Zolpidem).

In fact, I took a tablet of Mirtazapine while I was typing this post. The tablet is 15 mg. I never thought of slicing it in half. For me, half of nothing is still nothing.

I used Cymbalta for my depression and used it for several years. A few months ago I stopped taking it since I felt that many of the awful issues in my life were now being handled better by me. However, I noticed that Cymbalta was now being advertised as pain relief so that is something else to consider.

Anne8 09/13/2013

The first night & following day that 1/2 a pill really konked me out, but it has been OK since. I don't know if it is helping the depression yet, but at least it is good 4 sleep. I will eventually have to up the dose to 15. I hope it will work!

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