Posted by stargazer on January 15, 2007, at 16:19:39
In reply to Re: EMSAM - Stargazer and Ryanz, posted by UgottaHaveHope on January 15, 2007, at 10:51:29
Ugotta...Started Emsam 6 mg on 11/15 so today is 2 month anniversary!!!!!
Well...it is hard to say what it is doing but after an initial boost of energy,which was needed after relapsing on Cymbalta, it has steadily plateaued and my belief is that there is a large unresolved compononet to my depression which has never been treated adequately. So...
Currently I have added Amphetamine to Emsam and my pdoc has sanctioned me to try different doses of this to see what happens to my mood, motivation and overall sense of improvement.
I feel somewaht better on the stims, not sure if generic short acting amphetamine is the right stim but should know better after another week or two of trying differnt doses/times, and keeping notes for my next pdoc appt. since my memory is not something I have been able to rely on.
But I do have more optimism that this combination may be doing something that Emsam alone was not doing. I may have to go higher on the Emsam too but I wanted to try the stims before doing that to see what impact they have first.
I weaned off Seroquel, although I don't think I ever got higher than 100, maybe 150, since I thought it was making me too groggy.
StarGazer
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