Posted by RN320 on March 10, 2007, at 8:32:49
I thought that I'd give all of you who have shown interest on my progress with EMSAM. I appreciate all of the responses I've gotten and some of the suggestions you've offered. I'm also the one who has the T who suddenly became critically ill last November.....for all of you who sent messages of support, I'll be posting on the "Therapy" section of PB to give you an update.
It's been almost 10 months now on EMSAM. I've been holding at 12mg since September, and it's worked really well for me. Orthostatic hypotension not really an issue for me anymore with the addition of Florinef. I've also been on Provigil 200mg since January, and that's really helped eliminate some of the cognitive issues that I've had. All in all it's been a great few months for me -emotionally, that is. The latest battle for me is dealing with the diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia. It's an excruciatingly painful condition, where some of the highest levels of narcotics do nothing to even dull the pain. Am headed to a top Neurosurgeon in an urgent capacity this next week. He now specializes in the treatment of TN. (It normally takes a couple of months to get into see this doc, but I know him personally, and he did my laminectomy over 10 years ago, so he fit me in next Friday the 16th.) I don't know what would have happened to me with the onset of this newest condition if I hadn't been stabilized so well on my psych meds.
Just wanted to give you all an update. if I can get this TN taken care of, I'll be able to got back to a much happier life with the EMSAM/Provigil combo. Regards to everyone!
/m
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