Posted by JohnL on April 23, 2000, at 4:45:31
In reply to Anipryl, posted by Noa on April 22, 2000, at 15:54:36
> I was leafing through a magazine, ok, I admit it, it was Martha Stewart Living, here at the library, and I came across an add for Anipryl, which is selegeline hydrochloride for dogs. Is this the same as the selegeline for humans?
Forget it Noa! :-) LOL. Dump anything that has to do with antidepressant. That includes Deprenyl. You can always come back to these time-consuming things later if need be. For now, you need the potential for FAST improvement. Once again, I mention comparing all the stimulants and several antipsychotics. Why? If they are to work, they will do so FAST. Since other classes haven't been working all that well, the odds are in your favor that these may. Please please please. I would LOVE to be able to say "I told ya so". But I won't. :-) Just do it! Kick that doctor into gear!
One thing I've neglected to say in all my previous posts on this topic is that during these trials it may be a good idea to lower the doses of Effexor and Serzone first. In a perfect world we would stop them completely first, as other posters have suggested. But I'm very aware that is much easier said than done. So we'll just have to do the best with the situation we have.
Let's say for example you've tried all the stimulants I mentioned and they were no good (I doubt that will be the result though). But just for the sake of example. So then you move on to the antipsychotics. You discover after two days on Zyprexa you are feeling better than you have in a long time. After a week you are very pleased, EXCEPT the combined sedation of Serzone and Zyprexa is just too much to bear. At that point, you would know Zyprexa is the one credited for the good response, so you could very likely taper off the Serzone at that point. I really think though you may find one of the other NE stimulants will work nicely. If not, antipsychotics next.
JohnL
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