Posted by cecilia on June 11, 2006, at 20:47:43
In reply to Re: Emsan-Day 30, posted by rustynail on June 9, 2006, at 7:57:02
30 days of the 20mg (6mg/24 h) patch, 3 days of the 30 mg (9mg/24h). I've given up any hope of being able to stand the 30 mg dose, or the 20 mg dose for that matter, but I just want to stick it out for 6 weeks on 20 mg just so I can tell myself I gave it a full try. I tried Robert David's trick last night, pulling off the 30 mg patch at 3:30 am and setting my alarm so I could put a new patch on at 11:30, so as to get equivalent to the 6mg/24 h. (16 hours of a 9mg/24h patch). Of course, I couldn't sleep, the stuff is still in your system, so I took an extra sleeping pill and finally got to sleep around 7:30, put the new patch on at 11:30. Taking it off before bedtime obviously isn't going to work, I'm sure it must take at least 8 hours before the blood level drops at all, there was certainly still plenty in my system when my alarm went off at 11;30. I might try taking it off 8 hours before bedtime, slapping on a new patch at bedtime along with a sleeping pill and see if that works. Then I'll try two thirds of a 30 mg patch 24 hours a day to see which way works best to get my 20 mg day, after that hopefully it'll be close enough to the 6 week mark so I can in good conscience start weaning off this lousy stuff, I'll go half a patch, 3rd of a patch, quarter of a patch etc until I'm done with this expensive box of 30 mg patches, searching along the way for any "less is more" moment when I feel less depressed, though I'm not sure how I'd know, I have no concept in my mind as to what not being depressed would feel like, though I know for sure I'll feel better once I get this horrible Emsam out of my system. It's just so discouraging, I just can't help getting my hopes up with each new med, even though I know perfectly well it's going to fail like everything else. Cecilia
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