Posted by d0pamine on July 3, 2007, at 5:13:33
In reply to Re: EMSAM Insomnia No More » d0pamine, posted by Viking on July 3, 2007, at 4:41:48
> Very interesting.
>
> How much did it change your blood pressure and how long did it take ?
>Well as I said, the bp change was much less significant than the sleep change, but to answer your question, it went from about 145/98 to 122/74 (give or take) and it took about a week. (just imagine how significant I’m trying to say the sleep change really is (I simply can’t overstate it)) I should further note that prior to starting EMSAM, my bp could easily be 180/105 or even 110 or 115 (yeah I know that's seriously bad). It always struck me as strange that it tended to run that high as I'm not at all over weight, fairly young, fairly active, and I am a vegetarian with an almost impeccable diet. Incidentally I should mention that I’ve tried samples from pretty much every class of hypertension medication and although my bp responded well to pretty much all of them, I found them all to be intolerable due to this or that side effect or long term prognosis.
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