Hi,

(Thought I'd start a new thread on this since some of the other posts are a bit old)

I was on Remeron for about 2.5 months. I helped me sleep for the first week, but that's abougt it. Anyway, I started on 7.5mg, went to 15mg for a while, then back to 7.5mg, then 2 weeks at 15mg when I decided to get off the med. I tapered back to 7.5mg for one week then 3.75mg for 5 days then quit.

On the day I took my last dose, I started feeling like I had lost my appetite and my mood dropped, feeling just ill and feelings of pending doom/hopelessness. I was feeling emotional about things, never like I had before. The next day I started feeling ill, flu like, some nausea, and insomnia. This lasted for about 1.5 weeks. I was miserable. Then the nausea went away, and my appetite came back but I was still feeling low. (I was feeling better just before my last dose).

I thought I was getting better again, then about after a week, I was hit with lack of appetite again, some nausea I guess, insomnia, worse mood, abdominal cramps, aches and pains all over including my foot, and back, and sides. And just a general feeling of ill again. My stomach feels tight and full, my chest feels tight, etc.....

Can withdrawal symptoms come in waves like this, feel bad one week, get a little better then feel really awful again?

I'm completely off meds now, and I'm hoping to get better using 5-htp. I started using it just before coming off Remeron (talk to your doctor before using 5-htp with any meds). And I started to feel better, but then the last day on Remeron that all came crashing down and I haven't felt good since.

I was only on Remeron for 2.5 months about, so how long can this withdrawal last?

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Update... I'm on my 4th week of Remeron. Someone else on here mentioned that withdrawal symptoms peeked at 3-4 weeks. Well, I was doing a bit better last week, then later in the week, I started feeling awful again. but then two days later, I felt a little better for a couple of days, and now today, I have had constant anxiety, a feeling of too much adrenaline, heart palps, a bit fullness in my stomach, fast pulse, (blood pressure good), headache, etc... Not sure if this is still Remeron or not? Seems like the withdrawal side-effects come in waves, a bit different each time, or somtimes the same side-effects come back. Anyone experience this?

Thank you,

Soccer