text: i am currently taking lithium carbonate and adderal xr (and have been on these 2 drugs for awhile now).? i have been on and off many different anti-depressants because none of worked for me so i am still in the process of finding whats best for me.  my dr. jsut prescribed me remeron (mirtazapine).  does anyone have any experience with this drug?  i'd like to know the positives and negatives people had with this medication.  also, if anyone has experienced it with any of the above two medications i am on.  what effects it gave, including side effects.  thanks! can't give you advise on meds but....... i been in psych wards and rehabs and some meds etc etc. serious boozer...recovering alcoholic....i could go on and on for pages but i will keep this short.  i would urge you to read a chapter in a book called "churchills black dog, kafkas mice"....by anthony storr(sic?) churchill was so frequently afflicted by depression he had a name for it... the black dog.... his forebears had depressive tendencies.  what i took away from the book is...if churchill was not somewhat nuts...england would be the smallest province of the german empire and american would be the breadbasket of the reich.  many artists and creative people have depressive tendencies.  i got mild form of depression...its constant ...almost all the time...sometimes i have suicidal ideation....sometimes i am almost euphoric...i trust neither of these feelings....its biochemical and genetic  so i commiserate with you ..  meds are a drag and depression is a drag... but the chapter in the book i mentioned...the one about churchill gave me new perspective.  good luck