Posted by Adam on September 4, 1999, at 20:20:49
In reply to Selegiline for depression?, posted by Brandon on May 10, 1999, at 23:07:11
It has been a little over four weeks for me on the transdermal selegiline
study. As for the effects, or lack thereof, the drug has had on me, I have
some thoughts.I have had days and more prolonged periods where I have almost felt as good as did
after receiving ECT, which was unequivocably the best form of treatment I have
ever received for depression. (Of course, after a while, the effects of ECT faded.)I have since had days when I felt wretched, mostly in response to a bad recent event
in my life. I experienced depression as badly as I ever did. I was convinced
again that I must be on the placebo or that selegiline wasn't working for me.I have rebounded from these dark moments. The times that I rebounded I kept
telling myself "no doctor will come and wave a magic wand and make your cares
go away. Selegiline or no selegiline, you've got to fight, to bear the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune, to reach very deep inside of yourself and find
a way to survive and grow and learn."This seemed to work. Maybe it's working because I'm responding to selegiline.
Maybe it's something more complex. I don't know.What I do know is that fighting depression is incredibly hard, but that I may be
winning. The key is to keep fighting, by any and all means. There are rewards, and
I wonder if my life will not end in some far off suicide after all.Well, like I said, just some thoughts.
> Has anyone heard of selegiline for depression. I have heard that it can be helpful.
poster:Adam
thread:5905
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