Posted by Jason911 on February 21, 2002, at 20:38:57
I went to my pdoc and told him about my thoughts and how to cure myself :) I'm sure he felt insulted - the patient telling the doctor what my solution is, heh heh. I wanted to word everything so perfect to get him to prescribe Eldepyl and 2mg Klono for anxiety attacks. He just wasn't buying into the whole deprenyl and dopamine connection thing. I am a little pissed. Because I think that is EXACTLY what Eldepryl does; work on dopamine. Anyway, he thought (after I told him I didn't think the Wellbutrin was working) I should up my dosage. I am now taking 3 75mg tabs in the morning and another 3 at noon. So now I'm up to 450mg per day. It's been 8 days and I think that it is actually starting to work mood-wise. He said that the .5mg clonazepam he previously prescribed in the evening was to not only help get me to sleep, but to help with my anxiety which I had previously mentioned only briefly the trip before. He agreed that it was indeed too low. Just like I predicted he's got me on 2mg/day. This time I bought brand name Klonopin too. He said to take one in the morning and one at night. He also says it takes time for the Klonopin to build up in your body to reach it's peak effectiveness. Well I did as he said...for 4 days and wan't impressed. My anxiety attacks have actually gotten a little worse. So anyway, like I always do, I think I have a better solution. Past 4 days I've been taking 2mg at one time at noon. I begin to feel quite good and I feel a balance with my mood and anxiety now but wears off my 6 or so. So I think I still need more klonopin. I actually feel happy too for a few hours after I take the 2mg at once. I wish it would build up fast (the Klonopin) and get me anxiety free. One weird thing though is that when I lay in bed (I have no problem getting to sleep BTW) if I look to my extreme left or right I begin to see what each eye sees at once! So for instance when I look at my clock it momentarily seems fine but after a few seconds the bright red digits slowly creep away from each other. It's like it multiplies. I think it's pretty cool. Straight on vision is fine though. I left a message with him tonight and he'll be talking to me in the morning about whether or not to increase the dosage. Also, I ordered 50 5mg Jumex (deprenyl) tabs for $47 last night, heh heh. I still think I'm right. It'll get here in three weeks or so. I'll let you guys know how that pans out. I'm getting the impression that selegiline plus benzos actually benefit from each other and leaves you feeling great. Everybody reply and tell me if I'm going the wrong way or something, because I also think the Wellbutrin with deprenyl won't hurt. I plan on taking the Jumex pills 5mg/day for 10 days, and then 5mg every other day for maintenance. Plus it will make the pills last for 3 months. And if this stuff works that's one hell of a deal for $47 (S&H included). I'll just keep reordering and taking the other meds the doctor prescribes. I'm pretty sure he'll up my Klono dosage.
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