Posted by m0nger on December 29, 2003, at 14:33:06
In reply to Re: Massive Orgasms!, posted by Utopia on December 28, 2003, at 16:37:50
Hi Utopia,
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, you've convinced me i need to proceed VERY carefully, at least :) So the main risk is hypertension? What I am thinking I'll do, is quarter the 5 mg tabs with a sharp exacto knife. Hope they are pre scored by the manufactorer, i already ordered the Jumex brand from an european supplier on Saturday. Something i wish i hadn't done, cuz i found a place in the US that sells a generic selegiline a bit cheaper. Might have required a script tho. You are right about me being impulsive!
Anyway, i will quarter them so i have 1.25 mg doses to start. Will do that for a few days and self monitor my blood pressure (and other vital signs) with one of those digital wrist gadgets they sell at drug stores. if there aren't any probs (BP and/or mental-state wise), i will go to 2.5 mg for at least a few days, and so on. I think I'll stop at 5 mg then. 15 mg a day is too risky, i think, after considering your post, as I don't want to take a chance of an individual nonselective response. 10mg is probably iffy too, so i will stay at 5 mg for awhile and see how i do, provided i work up to that without any probs. I'll keep a hypertension antidote handy too. Quiting smoking will also reduce any high blood pressure risks, obviously.
Does that sound like a good plan? I have at least a couple weeks to consider what I'll do, anyhow. long shipping time for that medication, since its coming from the UK.
And I should find another doc probably too, as you said. I like the one i see, i get the impression he cares about his patients (and not just their money/insurance plan), but he doesn't seem very open minded. Don't understand a knee jerk response regarding *ever* prescribing MAOI's, even the selective one.
Do you (or anybody else who's reading this) know of a nationwide referrel list of pdocs (what does that mean? prescription doc or psychiatric doc?) who aren't afraid to prescribe off-label on occasion?
poster:m0nger
thread:293887
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031225/msgs/294361.html