Posted by Another Phil on October 1, 2006, at 1:16:41
In reply to Re: discontonuimg Emsam, posted by jealibeanz on October 1, 2006, at 0:15:27
Just to add my two cents.... I started with oral selegeline in January, then switched to the Emsam 6mg patch about a month after it came on the market (the end of March?). For me it was a fantastic antidepressant. I've tried a lot of others and had very limited success. For the first time in a few years, I had the energy and motivation to work out every other day, and even worked up the nerve to ask out a woman I work with (previously unthinkable).
The reason I had to stop taking it is that I simply could not pay attention. I'm a highly-organized person; but while on Emsam, it got to the point that I was afraid that I was going to really screw up my finances, because I just couldn't pay attention. For years, I've taken Dexedrine spansules to help me pay attention. I thought that maybe the combination of the two was too activating, so I'd try not taking them sometimes; it really made no difference to my ability to concentrate whether or not I took the Dexedrine.
Well, I'm taking Parnate now. It is a very good antidepressant, as some have mentioned, but I wouldn't make the decision to take it lightly. I had a *very* traumatic ramp-up period. But...that's another topic.
Phil
P.S. I almost forgot, I gained about 7 pounds while on Emsam (and I hadn't gained a single pound in the past 12 years or so--except while taking Zyprexa), but that may have due to the Neurontin I was taking because I couldn't sleep otherwise. Lot's of laughs.
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