Posted by Donna Louise on June 5, 2006, at 18:38:51
In reply to Re: Is EMSAM Not The Med People Thought It Was?, posted by pulse on June 5, 2006, at 17:26:22
> i'm reposting this from another (advair + emsam) thread.
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> i had 4 short failed trials on emsam, primarily due to very bad - for me - GI side-effects (mostly lower GI). other main, and seemingly intractible, problems were insomnia and urinary ...can't think of the word now, so i'll just call it "hard to go."
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> btw, ppl, i am now on my 5th trial of emsam - day six and feeling great, with NONE of the former side-effects. how did i FINALLY accomplish this?:
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> (once dr. bodkin responded to robert david's emails that you COULD indeed cut the patch (he said in 1/2s); i took a chance and cut it into 1/8s. not that hard to do, even on the lowest - smallest - 6 mg patch.)
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> ***i now apply 1/4 to 3/8 of the patch - AND only this small amount for 3-4 hrs daily - about 4-5 hrs after i get up. i think it's important for ppl to know that, especially if, like me, you always need below norm doses on all ADs, that this may be a option for you, too.***
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>Yippee oh wonderful! I am so glad that you got it going for you. I myself made a 9mg patch out of two sixes so I can report to the pdoc that I need more. May end up on 12. But I have had no side effects and some lingering depression. Seems resolved on 9mg though.
Is this the same Dr. Bodkin that did a study about bupenorphine or am I all confused as usual??Donna
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