Re: Remeron and Transient Global Amnesia

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Hi ,

I did what you said (see below), got down to .05 mg of Remeron using liquid

titration, and went off 2+ weeks ago. Everything has been fine - no symptoms at

all this time.

Thank you so much for all your help. You made it so much easier with a minimal

amount of discomfort. My psychiatrist is now using your method with another

patient of his who has also had trouble getting off.

Again, many many thanks! Pam

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> <<Hi ,

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> Getting off this Remeron is really tough. I went down very slowly, and had

been at .2 ml of Remeron from a 30 ml solution (water titrating a 15 mg pill)

for several weeks. The slow reductions you suggested went really well.

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> But I went off last week, and within 3 days, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea,

and insomnia hit. One night I didn't sleep at all - being wide awake as if I

had drunk 10 cups of coffee. So I started taking the .2 ml again. Things have

settled back down. I'm sleeping well, but dislike the drugged feeling in the

mornings.

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> So what do I do? Should I just assume that I will have some withdrawal

symptoms when I go off again, and wait to see if they subside after several

days? The insomnia is the worst.

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> Thanks so much for your help. Pam>>

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> ** Hi Pam,

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> It's a given that you will have insomnia but on the other hand, you

shouldn't have such extreme symptoms. If you made several reductions in several

weeks, you went too fast.

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> If you feel stable at 0.2mL, then try dropping just a quarter of that and

wait again. The last part of a withdrawal is more art than science. I'd drop

a quarter off the dose, wait it out for close to 2 weeks, then drop another

quarter of that 0.2mL dose. If you begin feeling too weird or extreme, bring

the dose back up 1 step to where you were last comfortable for no more than 2-3

days, then try the decrease again. At the end like this it is often necessary

to do this. Anyone reading this, this is not the way to get off a drug. I

never say periods of time unless it is in situations like this at the very end

of a withdrawal.

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> Regards,

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