"i tried a whole other whack of anti-depressants before trying remeron and nothing. i mean, nothing worked for me. in fact, other anti-depressants made me more depressed. i mean seriously deeply darkly depressed but not remeron. remeron, honestly, is a dream medicine for me. it has improved my cat allergies by 80%, my sleep by 90% and my mood by 80%. it&#039;s amazing. however, it&#039;s true what they say about the munchies. i have to tell myself, almost nightly, that no, i don&#039;t need to get up and make a stack of pancakes at 11 pm. i have dreams about food, chocolate, donuts. it&#039;s pretty funny. the other side effect is my hands are swollen (edema), that side effect i&#039;m not liking but we&#039;ll see how it goes. i&#039;ve been on it for 2 months now."