21) So... It took about two weeks to tweak the dose for Remeron and find the right one, but all I needed was 4 mg. It works such that the lower the dose, the more sedative the impact. 7 mg is more sedative than 15. If taken for more depressive purposes, 15-30 mg is the typical dose. - ThreadSky

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social • 19 days ago

21) So... It took about two weeks to tweak the dose for Remeron and find the right one, but all I needed was 4 mg. It works such that the lower the dose, the more sedative the impact. 7 mg is more sedative than 15. If taken for more depressive purposes, 15-30 mg is the typical dose.

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kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

22) However, 7 mg was way too sedative and I was too weak to really move. Opposite of what we wanted. I had a choice: I could either increase to 15 and see if the weakness and sedateness goes away, but if they were side effects and not necessarily the sedative impact, it would likely get worse.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

23) My other option was to decrease to ~half of 7 mg. The lower the dose, the more sedative, but prob only to a point. I thought it is likely a nonlinear relationship. It is not like if I take a crumb of Remeron, it would make me more tired than 7. But at what point would the effect decrease for me?

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

24) So I take 3.5-4 mg. It works PERFECTLY. Zero side effects, sedative but not incoherent or weak. I am not tired in the morning, my sleep duration is better but so is the QUALITY (unlike many sleep aids that actually make sleep quality worse, this has been shown to make deep sleep more likely).

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

25) Here I am, 6 months later, and I take it consistently at the same time each night. I fall asleep at nearly the same time each night now. I wake up and get out of bed at the same time each MORNING. I went from 1 PM, to 12:30, to 12, and now 11:45 AM.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

26) I am able to adapt and hold down jobs that start in the early morning, even if it is above my current "baseline," because I still fall asleep with better quality, and it is adjusting accordingly. I have longer days. I function better. I focus better.

kellyannnavarre.bsky.social•19 days ago

27) Well.. my autoimmune hives ALSO disappear and have never come back. Like years with autoimmune skin issues and even tested SSA positive, but the symptoms disappeared when I started taking Remeron. I got moved off the medication I was taking for some autoimmune symptoms, in order to take Remeron.

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