Posted by War-Face on November 15, 2007, at 21:21:45
In reply to Re: Need Help ASAP finding New Antidepressant!!!!!, posted by d0pamine on November 15, 2007, at 19:05:37
I wonder if you couldn't try cutting the patch in half before application, and peeling one half off before sleep? That seems to help me when I'm having trouble. Although I really haven't had too much difficulty sleeping on Emsam. I've been leaving the whole 6 mgs on all night and sleeping 7-8 hours. It could be Provigil that is "regulating" sleep.
I am over 3 weeks in on Emsam, with about a week spent on 3 mgs in week 2 because of anxiety, which seems to have subsided. So far, pretty good. Some days are better than others, still not feeling as good as I did on Wellbutrin XL and low dose adderall. My only real problem now is my inattentive ADD, which is frustrating and leaving me sometimes depressed. It can be pretty bad and I haven't been getting everything done that I am supposed to, but I've been keeping my head above water and holding out hope that the inattentiveness will improve as Emsam's action does (fingers crossed for the 6 week threshold).
Started taking Provigil to transition from the stimulant and to keep me awake in the afternoon. It's not doing much for concentration and I hope to drop it within the next few weeks, esp. if the Emsam really kicks in. My pdoc was not interested in adding low dose adderall, which is fine with me for now, because I am hoping to break the stim cycle. But this ADD is a real bummer.
Any thoughts?
poster:War-Face
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