Posted by cache-monkey on October 6, 2004, at 23:54:39
In reply to One month on selegiline now and loving it!!, posted by Ame Sans Vie on October 6, 2004, at 3:45:11
Michael,
Congrats on the success with selegiline! I'm very glad it's working for you. I actually met with my pdoc today to see about starting it and he agreed.
I'm wondering, though, about the DL-Phenylalanine. This is the chocolate-happy amino acid, right? I seem to remember reading somewhere (here maybe) that this acts synsergistically with the selegiline. What has been your experience with this? Did you start the DLPA along with the selegiline, or before or after or what?
I guess I'm wondering if the DLPA has made a significant difference for you. Please let me know when you have the chance.
Thanks,
cache-monkey<< Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while because I wanted to give my latest medication addition -- selegiline HCl -- a chance to work. Truth be told, I could have written a glowing review three weeks ago, but I didn't want to be premature. Here's is med schedule as it is now (and as I'm confident that it's going to remain!!):
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> Klonopin (Roche brand): 4mg three times daily
> Xanax XR (Pfizer brand): 3mg three times daily
> Adderall (Shire brand): 30mg four times daily (each dose with 30mg Dexalone brand dextromethorphan)
> Eldepryl (Somerset brand): 5mg twice daily with meals
> DL-Phenylalanine (Solaray brand): 500mg twice daily on an empty stomach with sublingual B12/B6/folic acid, pyridoxal-5-phosphate, and Ester-C
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> I'll write more if anyone has any questions/comments, but for now I'll just say that a) selegiline is *the* best stop-smoking therapy I've tried (though I never expected it to have that effect when I began taking it) -- I haven't had a tinge of a craving since day 1!!, and b) the antidepressant/prosocial/motivational effects are *phenomenal*!
~Michael
SAD, GAD, PD, OCD, agoraphobia, dysthymia, MDD, ADD, AvPD
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