Posted by Annie on October 4, 1999, at 22:50:36
In reply to Re: Selegiline for depression?, posted by Adam on October 4, 1999, at 18:06:04
Wow! Sounds like you're reacting even better than I did on the selegiline patch. I'm very happy to hear you sound so good! I admit to a little jealousy. When the study was over, I begged to stay on it, but it wasn't possible. I was put on Marplan and the effect (for me) was not even close to the relief I achieved with the patch. The side effects were too much for me and I stopped last week. I have no idea what is next, although I've thought of trying to take selegiline sub-lingually to try to achieve something close to the patch.
Adam, do the researchers have any idea when transdermal selegiline should be available on the market? I'm treading water until then.
Annie> There is no way in Hades I am getting off this if it lasts. I imagine once I settle
> in the sleep thing will resolve itself. This is, in a word, great. When they said
> this stuff can work quickly, they weren't kidding.
>
> I think I probably am a little hypomanic at this point, but I'm not out of control.
> I am so glad I held in there and made it to the open portion of the study. I was
> NOT expecting this, to say the least. I don't know. Maybe this will evaporate in
> a couple days. My doc didn't think so. He really kind of sat there amazed. I have
> to say, I made the decision to enter the selegiline study very much on my own, and I
> consulted neither my pdoc or my CBT therapist. This was a bad move, and my pdoc was
> very concerned about me a month after I stopped taking Remeron and had been on the
> patch for only two weeks. I was in pretty bad shape. But I held in there, stuck with
> the CBT (which was an enormous help-and I've got a busy weekend being SOCIAL coming up
> to prove it-with people I met long before the selegiline "kicked in") and here I am.
>
> In January I was in the psych ward at Mass General getting electroconvulsive therapy.
> That I am alive at all is pretty amazing at this point. I can't fathom feeling this
> good unless it's the drug.
>
> So, well, hooray for me!
>
>
> > > Oh-KAY,
> > >
> > > So, here's the deal. I am wired. It took a couple of days, but I am really wound up
> > > here. I have slept, in the past four nights, cumulatively, maybe 15 hours. And I'm
> > > not missing it. I actually feel quite good. I just got through seeing my p-doc (not
> > > the one running the selegiline study but the doc I had before I entered the study) and
> > > he was certainly impressed. He described my gestures, speech, and apparrent mood as
> > > "expansive." I don't know what the hell to think.
> > >
> > > > Has anyone heard of selegiline for depression. I have heard that it can be helpful.
> >
> >
> > Adam - I say enjoy it while it lasts because my
> > experience with such reactions is that it means I
> > can't take the drug!
> >
> > Sean.
poster:Annie
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