Negative Side Effects of Anti-Depressants

[tiredmomma]

Hello,

I started Remeron (a.k.a. Mirtazapine) about a week ago. It’s an anti-depressant, I’m also taking it to help with insomnia.

I am on the smallest dosage, 15 mg. The first dose knocked me out for two days, more or less, and then for about 2 more days I felt intoxicated. Now that has stopped, and I’m sleeping better than I have in years. I feel great, rested, I’m getting up in the morning with no problems, 7am!

The problem is I have been having these outbursts of anger, sudden and so far impossible to control. I’m wondering if this is a side effect, and will it go away? This is not something I’m willing to live with, my husband and kids can’t be expected to deal with it. I feel terrible for putting them through it.

I was on Celexa 2 years ago, it didn’t have any real positive effect, at all, just a bunch of negative ones. I was on it for 1 year and stopped.

Any advice and any one with experience in this department is so welcome.

Thank you, Erin

 

[Jimmy]

Hey tiredmomma,

I was on 20 mg of Mirtazapine and had to stop it. The side effects I had outweighed the benefits; however, it is different for everyone.
I had the weirdest funkiest dreams, totally unrelated to my traumas, and yes I had some real serious anger issues as well. So I stopped it for my son's sake.
For me since giving up my chronic substance abuse 14 weeks ago,the medication I was on just stopped working. So now I am having to try all the different medication to find the right one, I hope I do soon.

Good Luck

 

[insomnia]

I was on zoloft ans prozac before and I't made me depressed and I felt like a zombie. It was horrible and I hope I never feel like that again. I just recently started welbutrin and so far I feel a little better.