Posted by Optimist on October 6, 2004, at 9:42:42
In reply to One month on selegiline now and loving it!!, posted by Ame Sans Vie on October 6, 2004, at 3:45:11
> Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while because I wanted to give my latest medication addition -- selegiline HCl -- a chance to work. Truth be told, I could have written a glowing review three weeks ago, but I didn't want to be premature. Here's is med schedule as it is now (and as I'm confident that it's going to remain!!):
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> Klonopin (Roche brand): 4mg three times daily
> Xanax XR (Pfizer brand): 3mg three times daily
> Adderall (Shire brand): 30mg four times daily (each dose with 30mg Dexalone brand dextromethorphan)
> Eldepryl (Somerset brand): 5mg twice daily with meals
> DL-Phenylalanine (Solaray brand): 500mg twice daily on an empty stomach with sublingual B12/B6/folic acid, pyridoxal-5-phosphate, and Ester-C
>
> I'll write more if anyone has any questions/comments, but for now I'll just say that a) selegiline is *the* best stop-smoking therapy I've tried (though I never expected it to have that effect when I began taking it) -- I haven't had a tinge of a craving since day 1!!, and b) the antidepressant/prosocial/motivational effects are *phenomenal*!
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> ~Michael
> SAD, GAD, PD, OCD, agoraphobia, dysthymia, MDD, ADD, AvPD
>Congratulations on your success! It seems like your meds are more on the stimulant side of things, combined with some benzos.
Have you tried wellbutrin in the past, and if you have how does it compare to the selegiline?
I was asking my pdoc about trying selegiline a year ago but she wasn't too hot on the idea. I'm currently taking wellbutrin 300mg per day, plus 5mg of Adderall XR twice a day. It seems to be working well, but the selegiline has always intrigued me.
Brian
(SAD with some slight social anxiety)
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