Help with Remeron Taper, Please!

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Hello,

 

My sleep specialist recently informed me that he cannot help me with my chronic insomnia and has decided to quit my Remeron. Any suggestion on how to taper off this drug?

 

I already have a lot of anxiety, nausea, and difficulty with appetite.

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

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I took remeron almost 3 years...22.5-30 mg/day.

 

I did a 2 week taper. (15 7 days, 7.5 7 days, then off).  No problem.

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Did you feel nausea or difficulty eating afterwards? I was also put on this med for these reasons so worried it will come back. Thanks for the response!

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Concerning builder's taper, I think it is wonderful he was able to discontinue the drug so smoothly, but really, I think you may want to also consider doing a search for some of the more lengthy Remeron threads to attempt to get as full a breadth of information as possible.

 

Also, as you probabaly are aware, the drug is somewhat unique in that certain mg threshold's produce very different responses-- 7-15 is generally the sedating range, but the 20-30+ similair to builder's dose is meant to act more as an AD-- and it's sedating effects become significantly more diminished. It's also confusing as to why more doctor's don't make this clear to patients, but that's irrelevant here I suppose.

 

Just as with Benzos, there isn't really a 'magic number' regarding taper time. At the same time, there is a significant difference between 2 weeks and 2-4 months, so I would attempt to try and weigh your dose and time on drug with other people who had a similair range, and see how they fared with their own tapers. More specific knowledge like this can be powerful in the long-run.