Posted by RobertDavid on May 15, 2006, at 18:40:34
In reply to Re: Everyone PLEASE share your ENSAM updates?, posted by cecilia on May 15, 2006, at 17:50:54
> Robert David, I thought the 6mg patch was designed to give you 6 mg in 24 hours, so wouldn't taking it off at night only give you half as much? Of course, some people may only need half as much. Anyway, since this patch has no terrible side effects, no real effects of any sort so far, I plan to give it a fair trial, probably the 6mg patch 24/7 for a month, then if tolerated the 9 mg for a month, then the 12 mg for a month. Anyone know how long there's still medication in the patch after 24 hours? If it really lasts longer than 24 hours, which I suspect it does, a cheaper way to determine whether you're going to be able to tolerate higher doses would be to leave the old patch on for a while after placing the new one on. Cecilia
Cecilia:
I don't really know how much less medicine that I will be getting by taking the patch off at night. I don't think it's half the medicine. And in thinking about it I have the patch on 16 hours, off 8. The way I understood my doctors reasoning was that I would still have selegiline in my blood (it takes weeks to get it out of your system), but I wouldn't be releasing more of it during my sleep which might help me sleep.
He thought the dose would still be theraputic, but I'm just "testing" it as the level certainly is less, but not sure how much less. Since I'm feeling still feeling fine after 3 days I suspect it's only slightly less and perhpas it's all I need, but?
If I in any way start feeling worse, I'm right back to wearing the patch 24/7. It's just a something my doctor gave me to try as an option opposed to adding more drugs to help my lifetime of terrible insomnia.
Rob
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