Posted by Elizabeth on October 9, 1999, at 3:18:21
In reply to Re: Selegiline for depression?, posted by Adam on October 4, 1999, at 18:06:04
> 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!I second that! Congratulations on sticking it out, Adam.
(How was MGH, BTW? Never been there except for emergency late-night (and weekend) x-rays when I was an undergrad. )
poster:Elizabeth
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