Posted by paul on long island on May 18, 2006, at 12:50:38
In reply to Re: My Experience with Emsam...anyone else have th, posted by notfred on May 18, 2006, at 11:26:17
> Has anyone else had this kind of experience or anything similar with Emsam? I keep wondering if because I do well on the SSRI's I was less likely to do well on the Emsam. It seems by the postings, that the people who do very well on Emsam are those who didn't respond well to SSRI's. Anyone care to share? Paul
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> On almost every AD I have tried they make me feel
> worse the first few weeks. Cry at the drop of a hat. However, if the AD is going to work, at 6 weeks or so all this changes. I have learned, for me, initial effects for AD's (in the first few weeks) are no indication of how the AD will effect me long term. I just have to wait at least 6 weeks.
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> If I stopped every AD that made me feel bad at first, I would of never found an AD that works !
> For me, AD's have worked well for over 20 yrs.
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>Hey NotFred. Thanks for the input. I usually respond very quickly to antidepressants if they're going to work. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very patient guy. Luckily, in this case, I do usually respond quickly. I've tried many antidepressants over the years for a combination of depression, anxiety and OCD, and while many of them didn't necessarily give me the relief I needed, Emsam is the ONLY medication I've ever taken that made me feel that horrible. I've never felt such a profound depression, and the anxiety was awful. I guess if I didn't already know that prozac would work, if I was just willing to put up with the side effects, then I might have made a longer effort in the hope that the horrible feelings would go away. But when you know something else will work, and you've gotten to the point where you can barely function, it's time. For those that don't tend to respond super-quickly to medications, then I would wholeheartedly say they should stick it out, within the advice of their doctor, of course. Paul
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