Posted by mair on November 26, 2001, at 8:05:04
In reply to Sa-me (sp?) Re: new depression therapy medication, posted by Lawnsong on November 23, 2001, at 14:42:59
Lawnsong - as others have said it's totally none-prescription so you can easily order it from the internet. I got it from one of those herbal medicine groups. Also I think it's sold in Wal-Marts which I assume you have in Canada. It may be more available than you think.
I used it to augment another AD (wellbutrin). I'm not sure I gave it enough of a run to see if it really would help. I went off it at my internist's recommendation because I was having some GI symptoms that she thought might be related. I never tried it again because it was so expensive and I guess at the time I didn't feel bad enough to make that investment. I had only been on it a few weeks I think and had noticed no real improvement.
There's a book about Sam-e written by Dr. Richard Brown at Columbia Univ. He certainly sings its praises and I'm sure it's been very effective for lots of people because I think it sells pretty well. I actually had a telephone conversation with him about using it as an augmentation drug. It seems to be pretty safe although it's definitely not recommended for bi-polars as I recall.
Mair
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