Remeron (Mirtazapine) — Does Anyone Have Problems with It?

[bob bauer]

My ears are still blasting away, I take 15mg remeron, 2mg lorazepam and 15mg restoril. Does anyone have problems with Remeron?

 

[bob bauer]

Has anyone heard of remeron causing sudden hearing loss?

 

[MariaH]

Hi Bob,
Try doing a search on this forum for 'Remeron' and you'll find a lot of information. I'm one of the people whose tinnitus became worse after taking Remeron. A few years after I quit taking Remeron things starting improving for me though. Personally I would never touch antidepressants again.
All the best, Maria

 

[volsung37]

I started getting a lot of body twitching after starting remeron. Haven't touched the drug since and the twitching has disappeared. That said I think body twitching is a side effect of remeron that is quite common when starting dosage and they say it calms down after time. I found it quite scary though.

 

[bob bauer]

Anyone get tinnitus from mirtazapine? Mine is worse now from mirtz or the two benzos, lorazepam and temazepam.

 

[Tinniger]

Mine is worse

What do you mean by "worse"

 

[NimQ]

I think mine got aggravated from mirtazapine. I've been taking it to be able to sleep for a long time now, but only in very small doses - like a crumble out of one pill (so like 2,5-5 mg). Not long ago I tried upping the dose, in order to try whether it would help my anxiety. So I slowly took my dose to 15 mg. I think there was a quite clear increase in my T volume - no new noises or anything, just somewhat higher volume. It would have been worth it, if it cured my anxiety or something, but as it did not help anything, I went back to using it as sleeping aid. The spike I got lasted a couple of weeks maybe, but wasn't permanent.

I think it may have something to do how these medications affect serotonin. There was new research information just months ago that serotonin may worsen tinnitus. It's a bit scary news for some of us, but I think it's better to know and discuss it with doctor than just use medications without knowing the effects. All in all, I think minor increase in T would be worth it if it meant I would be healed from anxiety, OCD etc.

 

[bob bauer]

Mine is worse now because it's louder and I have the morse code sound too. I'm trying to taper the remeron.

 

[Tinniger]

I am sceptical about causalities, my T-intensity varies considerably from day to day and I have not yet found any connections... (food, sleep, medicine, weather, stress...).

 

[Tweaker]

Mine is worse now because it's louder and I have the morse code sound too. I'm trying to taper the remeron.

I've been taking it on and off for years. I take a quarter of 15mg every other day and a little temazepam sometimes. I think the mirtazapine makes the electrical static sounds worse for me. My ears have worsened a lot over the years which could have happened anyway or could be related to the mirtazapine and sleep aid combo. Who really knows? I just know that I need help with sleep so I can keep working to support my family. I wish I was completely free of meds but am on very tiny amounts now and not taking every day. But I need sleep to cope. My tinnitus is insanely loud. I can't sleep with this electrical storm in my head, without some help every other day.

 

[bob bauer]

Do you having beeping morse code sound.?

 

[Giacomo1967]

Has anyone heard of remeron causing sudden hearing loss?

There's only one clinical case reporting sudden hearing loss after taking one pill of 30mg.