Posted by stargazer on March 9, 2007, at 20:23:41
In reply to Re: I like homerun hitters like you SG » stargazer, posted by UGottaHaveHope on March 9, 2007, at 17:02:08
Hi Michael...still on Emsam 9 mg, still using 6 mg patches, 1 and 1/2 patches every day. I'm know it is doing something since after trying any medication I usually get worse before I get better. Most meds I've tried have never worked alone, except Nardil and Marplan. All the SSRI's have required the addition of other meds, which didn't always do very much.
Looking back over the years of med trials, with the exception of Nardil and Marplan, the only one that worked pretty well was Celexa with Wellbutrin and Adderall. That's in 20 years!
I just added Provigil the other day, too early to tell. This may be the last thing I try before my Nardil trial. My pdoc will do what ever I want at this point since I've had it with his suggestions.
We could be on Nardil together in a few weeks, you could pave the way since you're further along in your decision to try it.
I sill have another box of Emsam left (6 mg) so I can try it a little longer. If I was almost out of the patches I would try Nardil before getting more patches. I know how expensive they are and I feel I should use them up first. Well, maybe not the whole box.
I bet if you decreased the Klonopin, your anxiety would flare up again. It's probably doing most of the work especially when you went from 1 to 4 mg. That's a huge dose increase.
Is he going to keep you on the Klonopin while starting Nardil? If he does this, you should gradually wean slowly off the Klonopin as tolerated to see what Nardil is doing.
I made a mistake with my last Marplan trial. I was already on either Seroquel or Lamictal when I started Marplan and I never got off those to try Marplan alone. I regretted not trying Marplan by itself, since that is how I took it years ago when it worked.
Have I covered everything? I'm getting excited and eager for you to try it.
SG
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