Posted by SLS on July 24, 2006, at 11:04:36
In reply to anybody tried 1/4 patch of EMSAM?, posted by crabwalk on July 24, 2006, at 10:39:45
> thoughts? i'm on 1/2 a patch now, I think less is more for me since a full patch felt way too powerful...
I get the impression that there are two components to the psychotropic effects of this drug. One is stimulatory, the other is antidepressant. For some people, the stimulatory effect is a bonus and appears almost immediately. It affords them more mental and physical energy. However, for others, it produces problems like irritability, restlessness, insomnia, etc. The antidepressant effect does not appear for some weeks later. Therefore, one must endure these adverse effects in the interim or until they dissipate or until you treat them with a short-term course of an anxiolytic. This is a scenario not unlike what occurs occasionally with SSRIs. Having reduced the dosage to avoid the psychostimulant effects, you might also be precluding the antidepressant effects. That being said, there is still so little clinical experience with this drug to use as a guideline. For all I know, you might be doing exactly the right thing!
- Scott
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