Hello,
I’ve been on Remeron for my depression for about a year now and it does help with majority of my depression symptoms, however I gained way too much weight while on Remeron because it makes me feel constantly hungry.
I’ve been talking to my psychiatrist about this problem and she says its relatively common thing to happen while on Remeron, and she suggested switching me to Effexor. All I know about Effexor is that it can cause bad withdrawals, but is it effective for treating depression?
Hi,
similar thing happened to me on Remeron, after I became almost anorexic from fluoxetine (Prozac). I'm now in my fourth month on Effexor and I read the same scary stories about withdrawal like you did, but so far I had virtually no side effects and I feel like I'm slowly getting out of my depression.
That's just my experience, of course, and some people do react badly to Effexor - but we are all different and there is no way to know in advance how you'll react to any medication.