Posted by KayeBaby on May 27, 2007, at 22:50:25
In reply to Emsam Patch, posted by Seeking Peace on May 27, 2007, at 21:06:59
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> So my questions..
> 1) anyone else experienced this? Is it normal? I don't know if it's me being anxious taking the meds or it's anxiety due to the meds.Anxiety is extremely common at the beginning with EMSAM speaking from my own personal experience and reading ebverything I can find on the net about EMSAM. I have been on the 6mg patch for a little over 1 month. I have some slight anxiety, less than most people experience. I have had only slight problems with sleep at the very beginning. I also take ambien and quit taking stimulants when I started EMSAM so this probably accounts for my lack of tr4ouble in the sleeping dept.
> 2) I guess low bp is another problem that may come with it which i'll have to talk to doc about as I'm usually a lil on low side anyways.Mine has been pretty normal when I have checked it 130's over 70's and 80's. I believe the higher dosage of EMSAM may tend to cause more hypotension that the lower.
> 3) does it cause insomnia. I had mentioned it to her and she would've put me on something for that but I decided to start only one new thing at the time. I'm very afraid to try new things...Yes. Ask for something to sleep if you need it. I think quality sleep is very important.
> 4) Has it helped you? or not? How long before you see a change?It has helped me a lot and I have not had good luck with SSRI or SSRI's in the past. I have ADD and mild depression that is of the overeating/sleeping and just sort of blah variety. For me the energizing effects were noticable right away but the anti depressant effects didn't start kicking in until about 3 weeks. I feel like the anti-depressant effects are continuing to gradually increase almost day by day.
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> 5) has anyone experienced the side effects (high bp) by not following the restrictive diet? My doc doesn't think i should be concerned but i'm still following it esp in beginning stages.Wouldn't hurt to watch it and see how you react to various things. The people in the trial did not react significantly if I am remembering correctly.
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> I decided due to anxiety to take off patch for the night and put it on in a.m. Anyone else tried to adjust the meds that way or by cutting off the patch? Any ideas? being a holiday weekend, I don't want to call or know if I should call the doc. so I'm trying to survive until Tuesday on my own. any ideas?
If it were me I would cut the patch in half till you could talk to your Dr. and maybe take it off before you went to sleep if that helps. Seems like many people take it off before bed.> Would appreciate any insight/advice/shared experience...please...thank you...
Hope this helps. Try to stick it out if you can because compared to other ant-depressants I think EMSAM has so few side-effects. Weight neutral or some even lose, not much sexual problems etc.
Best of luck to you!
Kaye
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