Posted by Elizabeth on May 15, 2001, at 14:30:22
In reply to selegiline: Elizabeth, anyone, posted by shelliR on May 14, 2001, at 10:02:11
> Elizabeth, one of the reasons that Dr. Bodkin suggested selegiline to me was that he said, unlike nardil, you can go way up in dose with selegiline and not have side effects. I remember that selegiline was not successful for you, but I am wondering if you agree about not having any side effects. I have never taken an ad which has not given me rather severe side effects, so I am skeptical. Shelli
I didn't like selegiline, no; and I'm not sure how high I increased the dose. I feel like I ought to give it a shot (maybe with a benzo and/or propranolol to start out, to counter the jitters). It definitely lacks Nardil's special anxiolytic properties, but I think most people can go up to quite high doses and tolerate it well. It also will *not* cause the weight gain seen with Nardil.
Out of curiosity, what recommendations have you been hearing, dosewise? The 60mg that Sal mentions sounds about right. I think I only went up to about 40 or so, which may be why it didn't work so great for me. As I mentioned, I didn't tolerated it too well, but I think this is unusual. (I also had other things going on -- this was when I was about 21 and I'd been having panic attacks that weren't diagnosed until quite a bit later.)
-elizabeth
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