Mirtazapine (Remeron) weird dreams?

Treatment and medication
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Has anyone had awful/weird nightmares/dreams on this drug?Its getting do bad for me that I’m afraid to go to sleep.

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Hiya, yes all the time. Sometimes not bad dreams just really vivid. Saying that it's the only downside for me. I don't sleep without it, sad to say.

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Thanks for your reply Jules . This is getting so bad that my boyfriend had to wake me up AGAIN to tell me that I was screaming "HELP ME HELP ME" . I remember the dream like it wad reality too.I remember all of them. I am willing to give up this med. I'll stick with my Prozac onlyRemeron was just an add on for my lack of appetite I have not only gained a ton of weight but am now having these AWFUL dreams.I even have them if I only take a short nap.

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Hi, I'm not sure what your dose is but I find around the 15mg dose the dreams can be very vivid and very strange. Sometimes I have woken up and it takes a short while for my dreams to dissappear completely. I started at 15mg and dreams plus eating lots were bad and when I went up to about 25mg and higher the vivid strange dreams go. Im coming off after a year of being on 45mg and back down to 15 and my dreams are back. The dreams are a normal side effect of this drug im afraid

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I was on 3.75 mg for 5 days. I did have strange dreams but i cant remember what exactly they were about,just that they were unsettling. I didn't have nightmares but i get you when you say that you're afraid to go to sleep.

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Yes VERY vivid weird dreams. The med helped me sleep, but wayyyy too many side effects. (Major Weight gain, extreme fatigue). I had to come off it. I do hope it works for you.

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thank you SO much for your reply It made me feel better actually. I've begun to think that I am losing my mind.

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thanks for your reply, Mnair. Were you only on it for 5 days?

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yeah i did really bad n is one of the reasons i came off it, been off 3 weeks and 5 days now x

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Thanks Rossalynyes- thats why i want off how are you doing since going off of them?

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Thank You So MUCH Smiley for your responseI WANT OFF OF THIS but cant seem to get my doc to call me back. I have dropped from 15mgs to 7.5 but cant find out how long before i can stop them completely. I'm frustrated & scared at the same time HOPE this is an easy fix. Stop the drug & no more night terrors

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Oh yes!! The worst dreams ever. I was afraid to go to sleep also. I have been off for 6 months mow and thankfully the dreams have mostly gone away.

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I thought I was losing my mind too. That is a very scary thing! I would have trouble figuring out which was real, the dream or present time. I honestly thought I was going crazy. All that has mostly cleared up now that I weaned off. I was on it for 4 years. I also got where I could not remember anything.

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THANK YOU Darla How long were you on them, what dose & how did you come off of them? I need help. I must not be too important to my psych Dr. Still waiting for a call back

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Yes barbara, was getting jolts and twitches while taking this medication.my doctor told me to continue, but it was getting unbearable.

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I was on them for 4 years. Gained 30 pounds, had terrible nightmares, couldn't remember anything along with so many other dreadful side effects. I was started at 15mg and never went any higher. I weaned off by cutting a little off the pill each night for 10 months. I would make a cut then stay there for a month or 6 weeks, then another cut. It wasn't easy but so worth it. I have lost 20 of the 30 pounds. The nightmares have settled down greatly and my memory is improving daily. Best of luck getting off. You can do this!

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YW Barbara. Yeah I can't blame you there. I couldn't wait to get off the drug. Hopefully you can get through to your Dr. Just a heads up, the lower the dose, the more sedating the drug is. These psych meds are crazy and what they do to our brains. UGH...

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Darla, you gained the same amount of weight as me. I weaned off super slow like you but I was only on Mirt for about 6-8 months. I just kept shaving off a little at a time until I got to a speck. Worse drug ever!

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THANK YOU EVERYONE!Your responses to me mean more than you know I have only been on them for one month Wondering if I can just stop them now that I'm down to 7.5 mgs

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Hi. For me before taking this medication I had vivid dreams every hour then straight after them I would suddenly wake up. My doctor said dreaming a lot then waking frequently is usually signs of depression. But since taking the Mirtazapine I don't dream as much. I usually sleep through to my alarm but don't remember dreaming. If I fall back to sleep after my main sleep that is when I can dream though. But that's only after 6-8 hours sleep.