Posted by yxibow on August 21, 2006, at 15:08:33
In reply to Question for maoi, including EMSSAM users:, posted by laima on August 19, 2006, at 16:12:35
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> Have your doctors insisted you get a medical ID bracelet?
> Have you done so?
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> My doctor says it's important, for if I get into an accident and end up unconscious, the medical personel need to know, so I don't end up in a coma or dead from the "wrong" painkiller, etc.
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> EMSAM, of course, doesn't necesarily protect us from MAOI drug interaction dangers.
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> I don't like the idea of something dangeling around my wrist or leg, branding me as "mental patient" on a daily basis. (Yes, I have to accept my lot, but must I advertise or wallow?) And I don't like jewelry! I don't even wear jewelry.
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> Are there alternatives?
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> Thank you.
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Thousands if not millions of people around the world where western medicine is practiced wear medical ID bracelets precisely because a disorder, which is most often not psychiatric, alerts people to... saving your life better. Diabetics, people with heart conditions, etc. They're not huge things saying "mental patient" on them, they just may list a medication or in the case like diabetes , a condition.
Don't forget that EMSAM is selegiline (Eldepryl), which is an phenylethylamine derived (amphetamine related) anti-Parkinson drug at MAO-B, and was only tried again for its antidepressant properties. So I don't know that it says "crazy person" to put a bracelet or a card (I have a card with other medications, not EMSAM, I should update it in fact to change some of the drug ranges) in your wallet, outer area of your purse, etc.
Its there to save your LIFE from drug interactions which cannot be determined in the "golden hour" of a serious event requiring surgery or other life supportive methods, that can be changed only if the EMTs and doctors know that there is something that is going on.
At the same time, I agree, if you are on a low dose, or haven't established any benefits, you dont necessarily need to have a bracelet for EMSAM. But people who have been on things like Nardil -- I don't know, that's a personal choice, but wouldn't you want the peace of mind of some sort of clue? The wallet is usually the second place beyond the bracelet that is searched, for an ID of you, so put it behind your driver's license.
-- tidingsJay
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