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EMSAM 1 month + questions

Posted by KayeBaby on May 22, 2007, at 13:16:51

Hi all,
Been on the 6mg for 1 month today and I am still liking it. I am sleeping fine 8-11 hrs a night.
I have gained a few lbs but I don't blame that on the EMSAM. I quit smoking and taking stims right before I started it. I think it would be worse if not for EMSAM.

I still am unhappy with my level of motivation (always a problem for me) I will see my Dr this week and ask about going up to the 9mg. If I have something to do I do it fine it's just that left to my own devices I will just lay around.

I am not depressed nor anxious and my brain is alert. I am more socially inclined and relaxed around people.

I don't have any side effects to speak of. I am quite happy with this med all in all.

Questions:
will it matter if I put the patch on my lower body? Like hip?

Has anyone overlapped the patches to increase the effect? Example; applying a fresh patch a few hours early and leaving on the old one for a few hrs. I have done this for 2-3 days in a row to see if I could discern a positive effect perhaps indicating that I might benefit from the next step up. The 9mg patch.

Emsam seems to have surged and sputtered here and there on me over the weeks. Like about a week and a half ago I had a few really good days followed by about 5 days of sleeping 1/2 the day and feeling kind of blah. This is when I began to experiment with overlapping and it seemed to help. I did not do this last night and today I feel only so-so. I will try overlapping again today and see if that helps.

Thats all I know for now.
Take Care,
Kaye


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