My first panic attacks began last year (right around the time I closed escrow on my house). Shortly after, I had some non-specific (and very scary!) thoughts of suicide. I was recommended to a psychiatrist and began taking Remeron in August 2002. Since that time, I have completed Lucinda Bassett's "Attacking Anxiety and Deprerssion" program in conjunction with taking 15mg daily. By September I was already feeling better.
Needless to say, my life and the way I approoach it are vastly different today. My doctor and I decided that I would start to transition off the Remeron and live life using the skills I learned in the course. Unfortunately, I think I am beginning to have very serious withdrawal symptoms (diarrhea, nausea, malaise). Basically, I feel like I contracted food poisoning. This has been going on for a week now.
My doctor is out of the country until next month, and I was wondering what your patients experience when discontinuing drugs, especially Remeron.
There are many posts regarding withdrawal on various boards on the web, and most people indicate they feel lousy. Their doctors, however, suggest that they should not have withdrawals (it's difficult to discern the truth, though).