Posted by Last Chance on May 30, 2006, at 11:16:37
In reply to Re: Is EMSAM Not The Med People Thought It Was?, posted by RobertDavid on May 30, 2006, at 10:01:26
This will be my third day on the "Patch" - I cut in half, and so far I have had increased anxiety, but tolerable with the help of .5mg Xanax in the evening, and my usual .125mg Klonapin (have slowly been reducing from 1mg over the past year, always experiencing strong withdrawal symptoms 4 or 5 days after miniscule reduction).
Yesterday I experienced pretty strong gastro-intestinal distress, like the stomach flu - may or may not be a side effect. So I'm optimistic, though I can't say I have felt anything good, yet. I have a question. If the half life is only a couple hrs., and one removes the patch at night - well, I guess what I don't understand is, if you are not supposed to have full therapeudic response for 4 to 6 weeks, how does that happen if you remove every night. It seems like you would be starting over every day? Richard
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