Posted by HSP Woman on February 16, 2008, at 2:12:09
In reply to Re: emsam patch, posted by bellagirl on February 15, 2008, at 22:38:00
Bellagirl~
Wow, worse at 4 weeks... I have a lot of empathy for you.
I've started on 6mg Emsam patch. The first few days I took the patch off at night. Helped some. As of Day 4, I slept entire night with patch on. Two nights so far with pretty good rest over all.
But, I am taking a little melatonin (1 mg) and Lunesta (2 mg) for sleep onset issues.
Seroquel worked for a long while for me to help sleep. But, at that time I was taking 400 mg. Are you trying to avoid taking atypical antipsychotics for sleep or otherwise?
Could your jaw pain be related to your headaches? Maybe it's a TMJ issue that's exacerbated by not sleeping enough.
Maybe it's your cycle? Could the increased acne be a hormonal issue rather than an Emsam issue? Are you perimenopausal? My acne gets worse as my estrogen/progesterone ratio get more and more out of balance before my period.
I am sure you eliminated all these potentially confounding variables and more.
I wish I knew what to suggest. I think that some good sleep could make a great difference though. Maybe some Seroquel for a while -- just temporarily -- to see if some symptoms decrease would be good idea.
I hope you don't have to give up too soon. I am like you in that I have tried everything else for depression. Nothing's worked.
Are you cutting your patch?
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