Posted by crabwalk on July 12, 2006, at 15:15:11
Wondering if anyone can answer this for me. I've been using 1/2 of a patch for 6-8 weeks now because I wanted to get a primarily dopaminergic effect. It's actually been better than a full patch in terms of my overall wellbeing. However, my goal with any med now is to try to undo the long-lasting damage ssri's caused to my emotional and sexual responses. So far I haven't really come close. If 1/2 a patch is still inhibiting mao-a then I'm thinking that it could be hindering rather than helping my recovery. People have discussed the pharmacokinetics of the patch here before--I know that the 6mg patch is equivalent to 40mg dose of selegiline.
Does anyone know if 1/2 a patch would still strongly raise serotonin? It sure feels like it sometimes, but that could very well just be me still screwed up from prozac.
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