Posted by missliz on February 1, 2003, at 15:27:45
In reply to Re: SSRIs + MAOIs- BAD idea » missliz, posted by hok on January 31, 2003, at 21:50:16
I'm glad to hear that- people mail order stuff and screw themselves over horribly. Selegiline gets held out as a 'wonder supplement", usually as deprenyl, and I've heard some real horror stories from residents in the program where I'm treated.
I took selegiline, 15 mg a day, for six months and thought it pretty swell stuff. The only mood stabilizers that really work for me without side effect havoc are Tegretol/ Trileptal, which are really dicey with MAOIs so I had to choose the Trileptal.
The cheapest easiest way to juice up your PEA levels is aerobic exercise- not a lecture, a fact. They did the double blind yada controlled yada yada studies in England, and did a big control group of Normals ;) with it. Exercise raises PEA levels in severly depressed people to normal or plus normal quickly, and even a nice walk will do this. I don't have a reference handy, but as a cross country MT bike racer for a lot of years I know it to be true. I've been severely injured and laid up for a few years and a LOT sicker, I miss the exercise fix terribly. It's hard to get started, but if you can get the habit going it works better than more medication. Like fish oil, but a different stink (hahhahhah! couldn't resist!)Actually, theres a study showing regular moderate exercise to be superior to Paxil, too.
Just a thought.missliz
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