Posted by Jost on July 30, 2006, at 21:02:13
In reply to What would you do? EMSAM, posted by mayzee on July 30, 2006, at 15:11:26
Well, I personally, would stick the with emsam, maybe trying taking it off for a while during the day, or at night--
What was your blood pressure? I may misremember, but it was about 90/50 or so? My is always about 98/55--but that's me-- if you're lightheaded and have no energy, that's not going to work. Mine was lower for a few days at the beginning --about 85/50 and I felt lousy, but only a few days Maybe you'll accommodate. I could be wrong, but I can't imagine a few weeks of low blood pressure would hurt you, unless there's some special reason.
Are you sleeping okay? Because maybe there are contributing factors to your being so exhausted? (Just hoping.)
I noticed that you hadn't tried Parnate or Nardil. How about one of them? The Maoi thing really isn't that bad, you just have to get used to a few restrictions, like soy sauce, aged cheese, etc, and not using certain decongestants, and demerol--the drug restrictions are the same with emsam, I think.
If your pdoc isn't experiencef with Maois, she may be hesitant, but maybe she could look into it more. With a good reaction to emsam, it might be worth it. I took Parnate for about three years, and although I like emsam much better, I think maois are well worth whatever trouble, if nothing else works. (My stopping the Parnate was for other reasons, not to take emsam.)
Jost
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