Posted by BrightEyed+Blueberry on May 8, 2008, at 14:02:52
In reply to Re: EMSAM Success Story » KarenRB53, posted by Nadezda on May 8, 2008, at 13:40:45
Nadezda,
When do you measure your blood pressure = how soon after you patch the EMSAM do you note the rise in blood pressure? And, when does it go down--and does it go down to your normal level or lower?
I haven't bothered to measure mine, but maybe it's a good idea to? Or would I *know* -- feel it if my blood pressure were rising? Could that be what the initial 4 hours of feeling really impatient and kinda tense in that amphetamine-way have been about, the first couple weeks I was on EMSAM?
I should probably check only because I was reading pretensive (?) on blood pressure but that was last fall when my weight was up and since then I've lost at least 10 pounds and been exercising fairly regularly (3x/week, not hardcore-no stamina for more than 20 min on treadmills, while on my blackberry/listening to books on my iPod, and then another 20 minutes on strength machines and situps. Then stretching - love stretching - feels good - you're done with the exercise, on the floor, practically nap-ready--best part of exercising!)
-Bright
***> Although Maois lower blood pressure, Emsam raises mine after I take it-- although it goes down after a little while.
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> That's probably not a typical response-- but I've observed it, more at some times than others.
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> So it's something you should at least check for at first, if you do start Emsam.
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> Maois are thought to begood for atypical depression-- that's why my pdoc prescribed them for me.
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> Nadezda
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