Posted by Christ_empowered on May 29, 2011, at 8:10:37
In reply to Re: coping w/ emsam and anxiety » floatingbridge, posted by Phillipa on May 28, 2011, at 23:44:54
I dunno man. I'm no expert, but I did do a little bit of googling on this, and it appears that old school docs would prescribe a tranquilizer of some sort (antipsychotic, benzo, or in the REALLY old literature, meprobamate) for a while and then it would settle down.
I don't know anything about how upping the dose would affect your anxiety. All I found was information on the maoi diet, which for EMSAM is apparently an issue when you start upping the dose (according to the PI sheet; your doc would have actual clinical experience on what to do there).
So in short...no idea. :-(
Have you considered a tiny dose of a neuroleptic for a little while? I know, I know--antipsychotics, they're scary, plus its one more drug to take, which sucks--but I was thinking you might want to try a tiny bit of risperidone or even a little bit of perphenazine (less weight gain potential than risperidone, and minimal EPS at tiny, tranquilizer doses...plus its cheap) until the anxiety simmers down.Good luck!
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