Posted by laima on August 21, 2006, at 21:51:47
In reply to Re: EMSAM + DLPA? » laima, posted by Phillipa on August 21, 2006, at 21:13:26
Yes, I'm still on the "9" and I owe you an email. It's working out reasonably well. For the first few weeks I considered it to be nothing but unsticky scotch-tape, but now that I went up on the dose I think it's doing something. I've also recently been "unofficially" been experimenting with using teeny amount of l-phenylalanine with it (breaking the 500mg capsule and using about a 5th of it) and that seems to have made a colassal difference. But don't tell my doctor...Main side effect that I've been grappeling with is unstable, meaning usually VERY low blood pressure (like 90 over 60) -that means weakness and sleepiness. I was using 15 mg ritalin while using the 6, but doctor took that away once I went up to the 9 because he thought it was contributing to anxiety. But it seems to me that my blood pressure and anxiety went way up during a recent heat spell that we had here were I live. I'm going to talk to him about wanting to go back to using perhaps a smaller amount of ritalin, because it kept my blood pressure up to a livable and stable level. Basically, having gone up on the Emsam, I think I should go DOWN on ritalin, not cut it altogether. If he agrees, I'll probably dump the phenylalanine.
> laima are you still on EMSAM and what dose and side effects. We need a journal like Scott has from all the EMSAM users. Day l Day 2 and what happens on those days. Love Phillipa
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