Posted by Donna Louise on June 20, 2006, at 22:17:59
In reply to Re: Are Family Doctors prescribing EMSAM?, posted by jealibeanz on June 20, 2006, at 21:41:37
> It really does seem worthy of a trial for me. I was worried that it would be negated since I've taken, actually still take, Straterra, which is a NE and DA reuptake inhibitor. This does help with my concentration, but not so much with the depression. It probably does with the motivation to a small degree. I keep trucking myself through life (a very challeging one , academically and socially, at that!)when I'd love to sleep all day, avoid people, and never work a day in my life. I'm miserable, but try to hid it to further myself.
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> Did you ever have problems with insomnia previously to EMSAM or with EMSAM? I've dealt with it for the past year and take Lunesta. I had a 2 week period when starting Straterra where I couldn't sleep. How did the SSRI's, SNRI's affect you (depression/anxity relief, weight, apathy, motivation, nausea)? Do you have any noticeable side affects with EMSAM? Is this the best you've ever felt?Let's see if I can answer all the questions without forgetting one. First thing I want to say is that you can't take an MAOI with Strattera. You would have to do a week's washout before starting the patch.
I have always slept alot, never had problems there. I have not with EMSAM but I am the only one on the board that I know of that has not had problems with it. At first, I did not sleep as well as usual but now I do so I think it is something that you adjust to after awhile if you do get insomnia, and you hang in there, I think it may pass. I do take klonopin at night and that probably helps but I do sleep like a log. I feel like you do when I am depressed. Just want to sleep and avoid people and not work, can't work. When I first started taking ssri's in 1990, prozac worked great for me and later so did paxil. But when I quit paxil for sexual side effects and tried wellbutrin, I got almost psychotically paranoid. And when I tried going back to paxil it didn't work anymore. Before, I really had no side effects other than the sexual one. After the wellbutrin experiment, I had wait gain, apathy and anhedonia, very zombie like. Some weight gain but not that much. No nausea, I have a cast iron stomach. Stomach and sleep are my assets. I just felt depressed in a different way than before. Effexor was a little stimulating at first and then back to wanting to sleep all day and all night.
The only noticable side effect with I had with EMSAM was irritability but that has is not an issue any longer either because I went to 9mg and hence more serotonin effects for anxiety or because of the lamictal. Or both. Yes, this is the best I have felt maybe in my whole life. since I have always had anxiety and then later depression too.donna
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