Posted by Darkness At Noon on July 22, 2007, at 9:09:08
I am now entering my 7th week on EMSAM. I went up 9 mg a few days ago.
Benefits: none to date.
Side effects: still more difficulty sleeping. Increased Klonopin to 3 mg at bedtime.
Mild, but tolerable constipation seems unchanged by dose increase.
Loss of libido continues, may be worse. But how to tell if the loss is greater when loss means you didn't have have it to begin with? (Loss of libido is side effect of drug, not symptom of depression.)
For several days after increasing dose, I notice a few hours of heightened activation after putting on patch, followed by a few hours of fatigue. Then just a more activated state (that is, couldn't sleep without sleep meds). The few hours of fatigue seem more intense after going up to 9 mg, but were less so yesterday.
Again no problems at application site.
Still marking time, still darkness at noon. In my world, noon is 24/7.
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