Posted by PsychJ on February 2, 2008, at 8:42:15
In reply to Re: no luck with Emsam... what next?, posted by former trx resistant on February 2, 2008, at 2:52:35
> Hello
> I hope you will look at my journey with EMSAM, go to archives, if necessary. Stay the course a bit is my advice for at least 16 weeks if necessary as literature suggests. Tried all the SSRIs you tried, less helpful for me than it sounds like for you. Except my first drug was Wellbutrin then added dexidrine not as smooth as EMSAM and all I got on 9 months of WELLButrin is 11 seizures in 5 hours, brain damage, lost DL for awhile and forever know as "epileptic" which affects insurance rates, work, etc. So try to gives this a chance. It takes a bit of tinkering perhaps, but really worth it!!
> Good LuckThanks for your input. It's interesting you should mention Wellbutrin, since I was thinking that a combination of WB and Klonopin (or Neurontin) may be effective for my depression and social anxiety/phobia. From reading tons of archived messages it seems like the consensus is that Klonopin is the best for SA/SP (and Neurontin is also good for this), and I'm not really concerned with the whole dependency issue. Wellbutrin could help with energy/motivation and balance out the depressive tendencies of the Klonopin.
Your experience certainly makes me a little wary of WB, although from reading the archives it doesn't seem like that was a normal reaction. I'll def. mention it to my doc, though.
Maybe another couple weeks of Emsam would've made a difference, but I decided it had been long enough and I was tired of the side effects- insomnia, extremely dry skin and irritation at application sites, and anorgasmia (doesn't seem like a common SE for Emsam).
So I'm hoping my doc will agree that my idea of Wellbutrin plus Klonopin or Neurontin may do the trick.
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