Posted by Gadu on November 21, 2002, at 21:11:23
In reply to Re: l-deprenyl plus dexedrine ?, posted by missliz on November 20, 2002, at 0:03:21
> Hey, Dennison, you're way off track here, please let me fill you in. L-deprenyl is an old term for the drug selegiline. It's an MAO inhibitor like Nardil and Parnate, selective only for MAO-B at 10 mg or less. Combining SSRI's with MAOIs of any kind is a recipe for frying your brain, which is pretty much what seratonin syndrome is. Very very bad idea.
> There are a number of websites selling selegiline as l-deprenyl and touting it as a sexual aid, stimulant, fountain of youth miracle pill, ect. and totally full of it. These are scams from outside the US and so if this is where you got the idea forget it. Selegiline is used for the treatment of Parkinsons at 5 or 10 mg daily, and is a good antidepressent at doses of 15 to 30 mg, but requires the full MAOI lifestyle at those doses. Special diet et al. It metabolizes to l-amphetamine and l-methamphetamine, but I'm on it and it's not as speedy as it may sound.
> You either need more SSRI or dexadrine, or try another type of speed, or just take the plunge and go to Parnate. I promise you don't want to be doing selegiline and SSRI cocktails. I don't care what you read somewhere about this being OK, it's way too risky. And messy- mixing a lot of types of speed and speed metabolites can get you into some ugly side effects. Read up on MAOIs, they all warn against mixing with other stimulants. I've been on them all and love them, but the warnings are no bull. You can get into scary and even lethal cardiac trouble. Or stroke out.
> Talk to you doc about this. There are plenty of better options.
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> missliz
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>I'm currently taking 5mg Deprenyl, 1500mg L-Phenylalanine, and 20mg Adderall and it's working wonders for me and no side effects. The Deprenyl definitely poteniates the Adderall - I used to have to take 60mg Adderall for it to have any effect. Good luck and if you do add the Dexedrine, start at very low dosages because the Deprenyl will potentiate it...
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