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Re: selegiline (eldpryl) working for anyone? » matt66

Posted by Jack Smith on March 6, 2003, at 14:07:33

In reply to selegiline (eldpryl) working for anyone?, posted by matt66 on March 6, 2003, at 13:38:09

Hey Matt, a few comments . . .

> Based on what I've read on this site, all my future med trials are going to be for a solid six weeks from now on.

At least six weeks! I would say you need at least four on a max dose unless you are sure you are completely not responding.

>Formerly i was in such a panic to feel good again after the nardil stopped working,

From reading your posts, I frankly do not think that you ever gave Nardil a fair trial. Your initial immediate response seems quite odd and then you gave up on it before a good six week trial at the top dose.

>I also simply couldn't accept not feeling right, and went to bed every night expecting to feel different overnight.

This is a common understandable mistake that I think we have all made. Remember that these meds make you feel better GRADUALLY.

> However, reading some posts here, it seems that in some cases there's a storm before the calm and that lots of people stick with a drug even if it's giving them increased anxiety or seeming to make them worse in some regards.

This has been my response. Worse for a few weeks then gradually, slowly getting better without really realizing it.

From reading your posts, I would say that it is not fair to classify you as "treatment resistant." It does not seem that you have given many treatments a fair trial yet. Please let us know how selegeline goes for you. What dose are you on? From what I hear, you have to get pretty high on oral selegeline to get real MAO inhibition.

I seem to remember you saying you had ECT, did you have no positive response from that??

Good luck and God Bless,

JACK


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