Posted by zonked on June 13, 2010, at 11:12:49
In reply to Emsam: Did everyone give up on it?, posted by former poster on June 13, 2010, at 1:23:08
> There are very few posts about Emsam. I have started the 6mg patch. I noticed agitation, loss of libido and E.D. only slight mood and motivation and mood improvement.
Before my lovely late '06 (or was it early '07?)-08 Nardil remission, my pdoc gave me a week's worth of Emsam samples. My insurance at my (then) new job hadn't kicked in yet, so I continued with the generic selegiline caps (forget the dose) for several months--it made me *very* anxious/panicky and agitated. Felt very much like Wellbutrin to me, only more anxiety and agitation.
(Wellbutrin did weird things to me. It helped a teeny bit with depression, made me horny as hell, gave me awful anxiety and panic attacks, and made my fuse very short. Goes along with my "too much NE is bad for zonked" theory--I had similar agitation/anxiety from Effexor, Cymbalta and nortriptyleine.. All NE-ergic.)
I have met a woman who'd been on Emsam for some time though and raved about it...should have asked her what dose and how long.
-z
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