Posted by mayzee on August 3, 2006, at 23:39:07
In reply to Re: My theory on weight gain from meds » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on August 3, 2006, at 12:29:49
> Mayzee I forget are you still on the Emsam? And are your sleeping now? If I don't sleep I'm crazy. And what size patch did or are you using? So no weight loss? Love Phillipa
Hi Phillipa,
Yep, I'm still on Emsam, but I had to back down to the 6mg patch because I had such problems with low blood pressure --drinking water and taking salt pills didn't help. So after a few days back at 6mg, I don't feel faint every time I walk, but my bp is still lower than usual (I finally got a monitor). I may try to go up with a quarter patch. But I just wanted a week kind of back to normal before I try that.
As far as sleep goes, I still have the sleep fragmentation --waking up 4-6 times every night-- but I almost always fall right back to sleep. Plus I go to bed later, cause I feel more alert at night. So I can't be getting much deep sleep, right? But I'm not falling asleep as much during the day either. I am still taking a nap some days, but not as often or long as I used to. So Emsam has really changed my sleep patterns *alot*. My pdoc gave me a script for klonopin so I'll probably try that.
Right now I can't really comment on the AD effect. I just feel so much better not having the debilitating low blood pressure symptoms. It's the old feel-better-cause-the-side-effect's-gone routine.
Wishing you all the best with Emsam!!!
--mayzee
P.S. oh, re. weight, I think it's been pretty stable; not really affected by the emasam. (I have monthly cravings/binges with my cycle and that hasn't changed unfortunately)
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