Posted by lymom3 on May 23, 2006, at 13:07:23
In reply to Emsam plus??? some kind of mood stabilizer, posted by lymom3 on May 22, 2006, at 12:25:51
I am looking for opinions here. I am on week 3 of Emsam. I love some of the effects and really want to stick with it. The 2 areas that I'm having issues in are, in my opinion, somewhat entertwined. I don't seem to sleep as well at night...not as soundly. I know that before Emsam not getting decent sleep was asking for me to have a bad day. I am by nature not the most pleasant person in the world. Add to that, not getting enough sleep and you've just amplified the problem. I have read, here and on other boards, of increased irritability on Emsam and feel like it might be partly the medication.
I am not opposed to adding something to the mix to help these problems, but sleeping meds and benzos just knock me out. I did take Seroquel for a little bit when I had trouble sleeping before and quartered the smallest does pill and could still hardly be awake enough to function the next day. I have tried Valium, Klonopin and Xanax in equally as small doses over the years and the same thing. Being in a drugged stupor or half comatose is not a better option than being a crab is.
I really do feel more motivated on Emsam, getting things done. Even when I am being crabby, it's not to the extreme that I do usually carry it. I might still flip off the driver that cuts me off but not yell expletives too or I might get irritated more easily at my kids for not doing things that they are supposed to do, but I'm not as extreme about it. Being less b**chy more of the time isn't a great option either but I do see some improvement in the mood swings. I am thinking that if I could resolve the sleep issue that maybe some of the irritation factor would go away.
I just don't know what to try. I have a pdoc appt next week. I am his only patient on Emsam he knows that I am not a "drama queen". I just don't want to go back to being "fuzzy" like I always have been on SSRI's. Anybody have suggestions, opinions?
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