42 patient evaluations for Mirtazapine

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Jul 17, 2012 (Started Jun 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for reactive depression)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for self harm thoughts or urges)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Apr 28, 2012 (Started Jun 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

May 15, 2002 (Started Feb 15, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for major depressive disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 45 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This drug was fantastic except for the excessive sleepiness. It took care of my depression and my anxiety and I slept much better at night. I would definitely recommend it to other to try, because if you can handle the side effects I think it is a fantastic drug. After only a few months I had to stop taking it. I ended up having a car accident because I was way to tired. I called my psychiatrist while I was still in the car to tell him I had to get off the Remeron.
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 3, 2012 (Started Jun 19, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for unrefreshing or poor sleep)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, grogginess)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It really did help me sleep. Well it helped me fall to sleep, but I always woke up feeling majorly exhausted like I haven't slept all night. It was supposed to help me sleep and it did, but the problem was even after I awoke I still had that "drunk" feeling like I still needed to lay down and sleep. I really didn't like taking it, it became to much of a habit and not to mentioned within just a few months I gained over 50 pounds. That's not good for anyone and I am already "considered" obese, so I had to put a stop to it. It was one of those things that wasn't worth taking. I'd rather go without sleep than take this medication again.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Sep 19, 2011 (Started Jun 19, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for unrefreshing or poor sleep)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I take this medicine to help me sleep at night, but it also helps a bit with my depression and anxiety.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 19, 2012 (Started Oct 19, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 30, 2010 (Started Jun 23, 2009)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 18, 2011 (Started Jun 15, 2000)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2009 (Started Sep 15, 2009)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2009)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Jan 31, 2011)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 16, 2011 (Started Dec 15, 1999)

  • 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
  • 0 helpful marks
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