Posted by tygereyes on April 13, 2006, at 19:47:05
In reply to Got an Emsam script ( some info from my pdoc), posted by tygereyes on April 13, 2006, at 19:40:57
I was afraid to ask my psychiatrist, who is new and clueless as to my complete history, since I "fired" my treatment team for putting me inpatient so many times for anorexia nervosa.
It is well known that psychiatric medications often don't work in low-weight anorectics.
Is it possible that Emsam might work, since it bypasses the gut and directly enters the central nervous system?
Or is the reason that anti-depressants don't work in low-weight anorectics NOT related to digestion but rather to abnormally low levels of monoamines - so low that even ADs can't influence these levels?
Please let me know. My weight is dropping and I'd really like to know if Emsam even stands a chance of working once my BMI drops into the "emaciated" category.
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