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Originally Posted by still_crazy
hi. 15mgs/remeron can be helpful for low mood and anxiety. it can also be very sedating. weight gain is fairly common with remeron, although I've read that higher doses (30, 45mgs, for instance...) can help some people and the higher doses are less sedating and cause less weight gain.
75mgs/effexor isn't a whole lot. i think that dose is pretty much ssri-action. have you talked to your doctor about trying to increase the effexor, instead of adding another drug? both approaches, of course, have pros and cons. the effexor (full-dose) and remeron combination was/is somewhat popular in "treatment-resistant" depression for a while there...its been nicknamed 'California Rocketfuel," because the combination affects all kinds of neurotransmitters and helps some people who had previously not responded to treatment, or whose treatments had stopped working.
i hope things get better for you soon.
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Yes before adding the remeron, i tried upping my effexor but after 2 weeks , I couldn't handle the side effects. I know weight gain is common but for now if it'll help I can deal with that. I'm just nervous on adding it because I don't want it to make me crash , I want to gently fall asleep and the vivid dreams worry me and the next day drunk feeling . I have kids and I wouldn't want to be able to not care for them the next day , ya know