Depression
"So far I haven&#039;t seen anyone on here that&#039;s been on Remeron/Mirtazapine 45mg at night for more than 6 years. I&#039;ve been on it for 11 years. I was put on this medicine in 2002 after my daughter was born. To save all the details my physical and mental health went out to rest somewhere leaving me in a body and mind that didn&#039;t belong to me. They tried me on every medicine available and nothing worked. The negative long term of this has been: weight gain, dizzy sometimes, dehydration and laziness. The positive is it gave me my life back. I like others here have found it&#039;s notorious for appetite. I could eat sugar right out of the bowl. I have had to make myself be more disciplined in my eating and exercise. I combat dehydration by keeping a cup of water with ice in it filled and drink on it all during the day. I am also moving into menopause so have to be very careful. I&#039;ve heard some talk about the nightmares. Yep, have them too but only if I eat sugar before bed. Lay off the food 4 hours before you go to bed and it will get rid of those monsters under your bed. I have post traumatic stress disorder and that causes most of my nightmares. Still my sleep is awesome. I still have some anxiety from time to time but use Klonopin 0.5 to cut the edge off only when needed. I tried going off about 5 years ago and after about 3 days I couldn&#039;t sleep, think, or operate at any type of normalcy. I will have to add I also gained a concentration level I never had before. I went from a school drop out that couldn&#039;t learn to a 3.9 GPA (40 year old) who loves to read and learn! Compared to all the other stuff out there (and their side effects) I would have to say Remeron has proven to be the very best antidepressant I&#039;ve ever taken."