Experiences with

Emsam

These include: –desvenlafaxine (Pristiq® ) –levomilnacipran (Fetzima® ) –selegiline (Emsam® ) –vilazodone (Viibryd® ) Has anyone ever had experience with any of these medications for their OCD symptoms? If so, how was your experience? Thank you, in advance, for your feedback.

List of MAO-B inhibitors: Eldepryl® (selegiline hydrochloride) Carbex® (selegiline) Zelapar® (selegiline hydrochloride, orally disintegrating tablet) Azilect® (rasagiline) Xadago® (safinamide, tablets) Emsam® (selegiline patch)

I have most of the side symptoms of the Emsam now without taking it. Ativan has to be ingested. Back to thinking about Emsam. It might help and it might make those side effects miserable.

Do you have helpful info. for me/us in this group to decide about taking Adivan (I've ingested every med on the market in the past 4 yrs. 97% keep me feeling sick.) or going for the Emsam and risking "significant interactions?" Either way is a risk of more sick feelings.

i just increased my Emsam dosage from 6 mg to 9mg. the new patch came with a dietary warning. i cant eat any tyramine rich foods and need to decrease/avoid caffeine. tyramine is an amino acid by product (the amino acid it comes from is tyrosine).

Right now I use a combination of long acting Requip (Ropinirol) and a transdermal Emsam (Selegeline) patch. Both have their drawbacks (vertigo, dehydration, localized paresthesia) but so far I feel they manage my symptoms well without completely destroying my quality of life.

I have been back to my Psychiatrist and reported no improvement in depression/anxiety with Emsam patch-selegiline. This is after numerous attempts with SSRI's and SNRI's. He wants to try lamactil which is used for bipolar and seizures thinking I might be bipolar.

It was good with him prescribing a patch called Emsam, a selegiline MAOI. I think it is like Azilect. Any comments or observations? Thanks