Posted by john anderton on May 7, 2007, at 23:21:43
In reply to Re: Emsam Feedback and Request!, posted by Phillipa on May 7, 2007, at 21:29:48
Thank you for responding so quickly. Shortstop mentioned that I should maybe highlight why I am taking Emsam and what other drugs I have tried.
For starters I most likely have been misdiagnosed as GAD/depression for the last ten years in lieu of my new diagnosis which is soft bipolar disorder. What we noticed is that the SSRI's although effective at first seem to increase the cyclical nature of my illness and sometimes put me into an agry agitated state. After much effort with atypicals and lamictal as a mood stabilizer I finally settled in on Depakote which seems to have squelched the rapid cycling and or mixed state. Now I am just left with a nice case of depression that needs to be treated.
Since we had only limited success with SSRI's as monotherapy and nasty bouts of discontinuation on each of them we decided to give Emsam a try. My depression has historically not been atypical it is the anxious depression that most people deal with.
Anyway any feedback you all can provide on Emsam would be great and I look forward to posting on here about my progress.
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