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Effexor and Remeron

How well can Effexor XR 150 mg plus Remeron 15 mg help depression, and how long does it take to see any improvement?
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Does remeron work for severe anxiety? I could beat weight gain with exercise but sexual side effext are the one that bother me with every med.
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I used to take both drugs. Because they are very different in how they work, they can be taken in tandem and this is not an unusual combination.

I got pretty good relief from that combo for a good long time until they stopped working for me and I had to change antidepressants "again."

My only complaint with Remeron is that it will positivly cause weight gain. Remeron is the king daddy of weight gain antidepressants. It makes Paxil look like a diet pill.

I have yet to encounter anyone that has not gained a lot of weight taking Remeron.
Remeron is in a class of antidepressants called tetra-cyclics. Nice thing about Remeron is that there are no sexual side effects from it. It works pretty good with a good SNRI like Effexor, but I just couldn't tolerate the weight gain from it.

Remeron will also make you feel very bloated all the time which I did not like either.
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