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Emotional Eating (Expert Forum)
Remeron, biPAP, and dry mouth
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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
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Remeron, biPAP, and dry mouth
by RMClarke, Apr 25, 2009 06:49PM
When sleeping with the biPAP at night after I have taken Remeron (30 mg, sometimes 15 mg) and Klonopin (1/2 mg), I often start breathing through my mouth and it becomes extremely dry. My tounge and lips get like dry leather and it wakes me up, disrupting my sleep patern. I have to sip/swallow some water and then try to get back to sleep again. This may happen 3-4 times per night. I try to focus on sleeping on my sides and not on my back.
When I sleep during the day with the biPAP (10 hours or more have passsed since I last took Remeron), I do not have the problem. I am thinking that Remeron is the dry mouth problem. I have not been able to tolerate the SSRI's to date for anxiety and depression as a subsstituste for Remeron. Any comments or ideas on what else I may try?
Randy
When I sleep during the day with the biPAP (10 hours or more have passsed since I last took Remeron), I do not have the problem. I am thinking that Remeron is the dry mouth problem. I have not been able to tolerate the SSRI's to date for anxiety and depression as a subsstituste for Remeron. Any comments or ideas on what else I may try?
Randy
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Apr 27, 2009 05:02PM
, Apr 27, 2009 05:02PMTo: rmclarke
You might consider splitting the dose of remeron so you take some in the morning if that does not make you too sleepy.
