Posted by ttee on July 27, 2006, at 16:13:56
In reply to Re: Emsam failed for me, good luck to all, posted by SLS on July 22, 2006, at 16:55:53
Hey Steve. Sorry to hear about the Emsam disappointment for you. You gave it your best shot. Enjoy eating anything you want again. Of the two candidates, I would favor a good 8 week trial of Effexor, at the highest dose you can tolerate. Effexor is not easy to get on or off of, but it has a good track record for both depression and anxiety, for those that have failed lots of other antidepressants, especially the SSRI's. I found the intial side effects to be very harsh, but they did decrease with time. Effexor can feel like a freezing cold shower and really punch a hole in recurrent depression, and often works faster than many of the other meds. Good Luck.
> > Why is effexor a must try drug Scott?? I took it for 2 days back in 2000 and went anorgasmic and blew it off, I wasnt that sick yet that I needed meds all the time. My how times have changed...
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> A large multicenter double blind controlled trial demonstrated that Effexor was superior to SSRIs. It helped more people and produced a higher quality response. Other studies seem to support this. Lexapro appears to be the SSRI of choice, and nortriptyline the tricyclic of choice. Those are the impressions I get.
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> - Scott
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