Posted by willyee on April 1, 2005, at 18:55:34
In reply to Re: Selegiline » willyee, posted by Ron Hill on March 31, 2005, at 17:02:13
> > Deprenyl alone should hardly ever be used unless you want to be a maniac shaking hornball.
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> Willyee,
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> I'm just checking for understanding. Are you saying that the increased sex drive caused by deprenyl is bad enough to warrant the discontinuation of the medication? What other problems did you have with deprenyl. What dosage did you take?
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> I am considering a 5 mg/day trial of deprenyl as a possible treatment for my atypical depression symptoms (low motivation, low energy, hypersomnia, etc.).
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> I appreciate any and all feedback.
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> -- Ron
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> BP II and OCPD
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> 600 mg/day Lithobid
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> 900 mg/day Trileptal
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> 50 mg/day Lamictal (level limited by rash)
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> 5 mg every other day of Adderall XR as tx for atypical depressive symptoms; more frequent use causes "pstim burnout" symptoms.
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> Note: If I add deprenyl, I plan to discontinue Adderall XR.
For me Deprenyl was like parnate in a sense because it was in consistent for me.It definatly is capable of providing anti-depressant effects,however for some it isnt that simple.For me taking it alone would cause anxiety/mind racing/agigtation etc.
And yess,when it did caused anxiety there was usualy a strong sex drive with it,not a pleaseant one because the anxiety is bad at this point,so its just a extra annoyance to the anxiety,i remeber laying in bad tossign and turning due to the anxiety and sex craving.
Having said that,on a few occasions where i had taken substantial amounts of klonopin,a dose of deprenyl counteracted the depression of the klonopin,as well as synergized with it and provded a great anti depressant feeling.
I also expereianced this with high dose GHB,and a time or too when i had extreme fatique and depression while taking parnate a drop or so of deprenyl helped change that.
So to make it short,(too late) i best used deprenyl as a side med taken occasionaly when i felt it would help.And in those cases it mostly did.
Taking it alone however was not an option,the negative effects ,the anxiety,insomnia,agitation,high sex drive,social avoidance,etc comes on rapidly and is a horrable one.
This of course is my results,i never had a sex drive problem on any med,i work out a lot and always seem to be a bag of hormones and ragining adrenaline and hyperactivtity,so my results with it might not be true for everyone.
I do know unlike most medication,deprenyl is in a class of a minor few that can provide true anti-depressant effects.I cant say the same for a single ssri,and i took em all!
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