Posted by Karen44 on December 11, 2006, at 21:31:41
In reply to Re: Will Ensam work when Parnate no longer did, posted by stargazer on December 11, 2006, at 19:37:22
> Karen,
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> Parnate did not work for me, although I did have success on Nardil and Marplan years ago. A retrial with Marplan this year failed, along with failure on Cymbalta.
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> I started on Emsam about 4 weeks ago and it seems to be working OK. After the Cymbalta trial failed my pdoc put me on Seroquel which got me out of a bad depression, so when I started Emsam I was no longer in the throes of a depression, but so far it has kept it from returning.
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> Like any AD's time will tell but so far it has given me more motivation and energy which were definately missing. And I have had no side effects to speak of which is VERY unusualfor me but welcomed.
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> I would give it a try like I did. What do you have to lose? For me ECT is not an option either as I have seen more harm than good with it. I have enough memory problems now, if I had it, my memory would cease to exist and that is not someothing I would risk losing. Life with depression is bad enough, depression with loss of memory would be worse.
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> Good luck.
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> StargazerThanks Stargazer; I just got a scrip for the Ensam patch but won't be starting it for several days as I am going in for surgery on my hand tomorrow. I am hoping it works as this is the last AP I have not tried. I told my pdoc I would be willing to talk to someone he is checking re ECT, but I just don't see it as an option myself. I would most definitely kill myself if I were to get ECT and developed either verbal or nonverbal cognitive deficits. I rely on both in my work, and my work is very important to me.
Karen44
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