Posted by Caedmon on April 28, 2006, at 0:36:51
In reply to Re: Add Risperdal or switch to Emsam for unipolar MDD? » tom_p, posted by Emily Elizabeth on April 27, 2006, at 22:43:37
I might try Risperdal first, and Emsam if that fails. The nice thing about it is that you can usually evaluate how it will end up affecting you within a week, and if you don't like the initial side effects, you can stop quickly (unlike SSRIs where you have to wait them out because they "might go away"). But I would use a LOW dose, less than 1 mg (I would say .25 or .5 are good doses for many people).
Risperdal helps me tremendously, easily one of my favorite drugs. Because it has an antidepressant effect, I used it when bridging over to Parnate to kind of 'smooth out' the transition.
- C
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