Posted by SLS on July 25, 2012, at 10:14:28
In reply to Re: Memantine for Depression - How long to wait?, posted by uncouth on July 25, 2012, at 9:03:51
> Scott, what did you decide?
> For me, namenda seems to be so impactful that I notice the difference even when i go on to a generic version.....maybe i have junk, but last 10 days i've been out of my name brand becuase insurance only pays for 60 a month of the 10mg which only lasts <15 days, so i have to for the rest of the month use generic i buy overseas, at 50mg dose, whoosh totally different...and condition signfiicantly worsened...namenda NAME BRAND was stabilizing me, even when trying to do dose adjustments, the memantine from overseas i dont think was even nearly half as powerful....it may even be total bunk, i don't know.
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> Anyway, did you try namenda again at significant dose? Titrate upward, and only use name brand!
Thanks for the tips!I'm sorry you have had such bad luck with the generic memantine. I have just discontinued my trial of Topamax. I'm going to let things settle down a bit and then consider moving on to memantine.
Thanks for the words of encouragement.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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