Posted by Crazy Horse on July 21, 2006, at 21:56:51
In reply to Re: EMSAM! » Crazy Horse, posted by JahL on July 21, 2006, at 18:25:29
> > I am doing very well on 6 mgs of EMSAM...
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> Glad to hear it. I'm afraid I don't have the energy to read the entire thread so I wonder if you could quickly answer a couple of questions for me:
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> What, if you don't mind me asking, is your dx?
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> Why EMSAM specifically? Are you resistant to other agents?
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> I ask because EMSAM is one of the very few options left open to me. I'm particularly curious, anyone, to see if it has potential for Bipolar depression. I am completely out of the loop.
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> Cheers,
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> Jah.DX is: Major treatment resistent depression with some atypical features, GAD, OCD, Social anxiety disorder, and used to have panic attacks.
Why EMSAM? I ran out of options..tryed em all, including ECT treatments in '97. All the ssri's, all the snri's, and most of the TCA's, along with tons of augmentation agents..lithium thyroid, Lamictal, neurontin..the list goes on and on. Also have tryed 4 benzo's , currently on 3 mgs of Klonopin daily. Parnate worked very well for me for awhile but the insomnia and afternoon fatigue got unbearable!! So, we (Pdoc and I) thought maybe EMSAM would be a good one for me..so far so good, i recently went up to 9 mgs. It certainly hasn't been a cure all, but it's definitely helping the depression and social anxiety. So their you have it. I wish you well.Monte
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