• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for anxious mood)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for decreased appetite)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 7.5 mg Daily

Side effects: dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for major depressive disorder)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: After being diagnosed with depression and anxiety my doctor put me on this and I can't praise it enough. I also suffered from bad insomnia and was severely underweight and this tablet was a godsend for those - it made me sleepy and sedated and increased my appetite so I was able to put on weight. I had no sexual side effects, it never made me feel sick and it worked extremely well for my conditions - I stopped having random panic attacks while on it and it kept my depression away. Sadly after 5 years on them they pooped out on me and I developed extreme mood highs and lows so I had to change meds. Withdrawal was manageable but since I stopped I'm averaging about 3 hours of sleep a night due to difficulty sleeping, and it isn't just difficulty getting to sleep but staying asleep too. As I said before I have nothing but good things to say about Mirtazapine, however I was lucky as all the side effects that affected me were positive. I can see why other people can have problems with the constant drowsiness and increased appetite/weight gain, but for an anxious under-eating insomniac for me it was ideal.

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for insomnia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for bipolar disorder)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (urinary retention, morning sleepiness if taken too late in the evening)
• Adherence

  Sometimes
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: This drug had the effect of making it very difficult to wake up in the morning to get to work. When I was depressed, it was very effective and my body adjusted to the sedation effects. As my depression lifted, I experienced more and more difficulty in waking up. Also, it tended to have the effect of urinary retention. A plus when incontinence becomes an issue.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: urinary retention, morning sleepiness if taken too late in the evening

• Effectiveness

  None (for major depressive disorder)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Really didn't seem to do much. I was hoping it would help me sleep plus help with my depression.

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for Tourette syndrome)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 45 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: MISDIAGNOSED WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME BY AN RXHAPPY DOCTOR. This was prescribed when Trazodone gave me headaches so bad they made me vomit. When my Narcolepsy came about my doctor saw how tired I was, assumed my sleep wasn't restful, & put me on sleeping pills while refusing to give me a polysomnography/MSLT. Remeron was markedly better than Trazodone but for obvious reasons only made my fatigue worlds worse, although I did enjoy the lucid dreams. Also, take the spontaneous orgasm warning seriously.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for sleeplessness)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Never taken as prescribed
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 15 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I took it as prescribed, but it had no effect on helping me sleep. The pain still kept waking me up every half hour or so to turn onto a new position, fall asleep, then wake up again & again to do the same til about 5 am when I finally fell asleep for about 3 hrs of solid sleep, only to wake up again in restless pain, and just give up for the day.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for major depressive disorder)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 15 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Should be taken at bedtime, helps you sleep.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for obsessive-compulsive disorder)
• Effectiveness

  None (for depressed mood)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 15 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Hopefully they changed this, but the way the REMERON SOL TABS were packaged (some type of blister pack) made them nearly impossible to open! It was very difficult and required extreme dexterity. REMERON is a strange drug. The more you take, the LESS severe the fatigue side-effect becomes. Thus, if one were to use REMERON as a sleep-aid, a doctor may likely prescribe only 15mg nightly. Higher doses mean less fatigue. having said that, I was surprised by how much energy I had when I went off the drug completly

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for insomnia)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily