I've been on Namenda now for about 3 weeks and it has helped me. I've been taking 2.5mg twice a day, which means it's been costing $3.65 per pill (we split a 5mg). After 3 weeks of waiting, my generic came from Canada today. This means mom can now up my medication to 3.75mg or 3/4 of a pill twice a day to see if my symptoms improve even more.
Mom charts my response every day and from day 9-14 she saw a good 25% improvement, but I leveled off after that and that's about the best I got. I still shadow watch quite a bit, but my fly snapping is better. It still can still get pretty significant if I get over-excited.
Mom took me off the Xanax when we started the Namenda and my really wild and erratic behavior hasn't started up. Mom took me off it once before when we tried another medication and I was so bad, mom either had to put me back on it or start taking it herself. She chose to put me back on it. So that's one of the good things that came out of this so far. I also seem to be spending more and more time up in the dog bed rather than out in the yard watching everything so I don't miss a thing. That's a real change for me. I haven't really been one to just "hang out" but that seems to be changing for me. I walk around the house now, more settled, except if someone comes over; then all bets are off. I just can't help but get so excited about new people. I love everyone and I am just so thrilled to meet people. Hopefully as we change my dose, I will be able to control my excitability; then again, that may just be who I am.
- Gracie
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