[degas]

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else has any experience with metabolic syndrome caused by remeron? I'm taking 45 mg daily and within about six months I have gained twenty-five pounds, I now require high blood pressure medication, high cholesterol medication, and I have become pre-diabetic. I weigh 150 lbs, female, 5'8" tall. My psychiatrist prescribed metformin to counteract the effects but I can't take it because it made me feel weak and faint.

It seems obvious to me that I should not be taking a medication that causes me to develop these health problems but remeron has helped my depression a lot and even though I feel well enough now I'm probably going to have problems again if I discontinue it.

I have an appointment with my psychiatrist and my gp to discuss which is the best way to go but I think it will come down to making a judgment call and would welcome any input from you all.

Thanks

[qwerty68]

You could ask your doctor about dropping to 30mg. Remeron is just weird. Between 15mg, 30 and 45 I have three completely different sets of side effect profiles. I gained a lot of weight on Remeron and switching doses fixed that.


If that doesn't work, it sounds like you need something else. Unless you think what you are experiencing is a good trade-off and that is something only you can answer.

Good luck

[degas]

Thanks, I've tried so many other meds besides remeron with no real relief that I'm willing to put up with some unwanted side effects in order to lift my mood. I guess I need to assess how risky the metabolic syndrome is to my health. On the one hand I'd rather be depressed than have a stroke but I wouldn't mind being fat and happy if that's all there is to it.