Posted by damnthislife on August 30, 2013, at 7:31:53
In reply to Re: Emsam Fail » damnthislife, posted by Tomatheus on August 27, 2013, at 15:15:10
Tomatheus,
You're most welcome!
Yes, that blood level is listed as normal, however the next time you get it checked, see if it bounced .5-.7 higher/lower. That will be a sign that you could still have a problem. Did you have your PTH tested in your labs??
Nah, I stopped taking the vitamin D after it did nothing for me. I will probably start taking it again, since the benefits of having higher D levels WAY out weigh the cost. Even though the cost of a few hundred pills of 5,000iu is only 8-10 bucks (lol).
I think I took 10,000 iu for about 6 weeks until my levels hit 70, then backed down until 5,000iu and re-ran my labs again 6 weeks later and they were right around 65, I believe. I took it for another month or so, but never saw any benefit from it. I was pretty bum'd.
I would consider Parnate this time, perhaps. I just spoke with my pdoc yesterday. I'm starting Parnate tomorrow. I would have started it today, but the pharmacy I go to didn't have it in stock (no biggie, what is one day?). So tomorrow, I start. I have high hopes of this med, since many of those that I talk to with our symptoms (esp the the chronic fatigue/excessive sleepiness) is one of the main things it knocked out.
I will be taking 10mgs 3x daily (30mgs) to start and meet back with her in 1 month to decide if we need to go higher. I will also start a journal for Parnate, as well.
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