Posted by Enigma on May 1, 2006, at 11:26:23
In reply to Re: EMSAM and *unbearable* fatigue, continue it??, posted by ravenstorm on April 30, 2006, at 16:47:51
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Good, in a way... that someone has had the same problem with doctors. I mean really, how hard can it be to be a good p-doc? It requires 0 effort to be a bad one, but they don't seem to ever get fired or reprimanded.
I'm a software engineer, and man, I really gotta stay on top of things at work, always learning new things, technologies, etc, just to keep up. (On disability now though)
To be a p-doc? You just gotta show up to work, listen to every 5th word a patient says, write some scripts, and bam!, you're employed, and making a ton of money to boot. Med school must have been the only difficult part in their entire career. I wish I could have tolerated college longer, and didn't need to get out and work asap, so I could have stayed for my phd too. Don't get me wrong though, I would have actually TRIED to help people, NOT do what my doctors pretend to do.
You could replace many of my doctors with manaquins and a tape recorder and they would functionally equivalent.
Sad.
Anyway, if you got this far...
Emsam update:
I put the patch back on after removing it for 24 hours, and the rest of that day, didn't get tired. I was SHOCKED. I actually jumped on the exercise bike for 25 mins or so. First time I've done that in a YEAR.
I'm tired today, but not severely tired like previous days. I got away with only 9 hours sleep, not my usual 12+.
The only thing I changed was that I started drinking "Noni" juice a few days ago. I saw some health show on cable (probably a fake show, real infomercial) that said Noni juice is highly recommended for peeps with Chronic Fatigue.
Either the juice is working (tastes nasty though), or I'm getting used to the Emsam, or maybe the 24 off of it really helped.. I wish I knew. Could be 1, 2, or all three of those.
Anyway, I hope this is a turning point, and not just a temporary thing. I'm still kinda depressed though, and only found Emsam to be helping a little (if at all) in that dept. Wednesday (3rd) will be 2 weeks on Emsam, minus the 3 random days I stopped it for a day (cause I couldn't stand the fatigue). Hopefully the MAOI effects will kick in soon.
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