Posted by JohnSky on July 30, 2007, at 15:49:46
In reply to Re: EMSAM Dosage + Sleep, posted by dewdropinn on July 30, 2007, at 11:25:59
Thanks for the encouragement Drew.
My doctor and I have discussed this very issue. That if I am bipolar, medications like Lithium and Seroquel will help me but regular anti-depressants just aggrevate the situation. This is my experience so far in the last 1.5 years... but before that I was on a low dose of Prozac for 15 years and did fine.... I don't understand. This aggrevation issue is the case with my brother. He takes Lithium and is doing fine but he is still slowly getting off Paxxil that he says "messes him up".
I will give the EMSAM the 9mg try and then I am done. I am wired today at 6mg and it has been this way for nearly 5 weeks. Enough is enough.
I can't see how giving this 6mg another couple weeks would help... and I simply can't take any more.I hope the Lithium will kick in soon. I did try Abilify over a year ago with very bad results. I walked liked a 90 year old man. But as you mentioned there are other choices.
Maybe I may just need to wait for the Lithium to work. My brother says he feels wonderful and he has been on it 5 months. I have only been on it 2 months. It took a good 4 months for the Lithium to really show it's stuff.
John
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