Posted by alienatari on May 22, 2005, at 8:03:22
Now If I was taking this med, it would explain why I like womens clothes so much ;) hehe j/k I dont wear womens clothes... not yet anyway :D hehe
http://www.selegiline.com/fetishism.htmlReversible transvestic fetishism in a man with
Parkinson's disease treated with selegiline
by
Riley DE.
Department of Neurology,
University Hospitals of Cleveland,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
David.Riley@uhhs.com
Clin Neuropharmacol 2002 Jul-Aug;25(4):234-7ABSTRACT
Dopaminergic therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease may change the quality as well as the quantity of sexual interest and behavior. This 72-year-old man had a 37-year history of Parkinson's disease treated with a right thalamotomy and was later treated with levodopa for more than 20 years. Selegiline (5 mg twice daily) was added for motor fluctuations. He developed a frequent impulse to wear women's clothing but did not act on this impulse until his wife died over a year later. He then began to dress in women's clothing an average of once per week. He stated he had never thought of cross-dressing previously. The selegiline was stopped, and his urge to wear women's clothing ceased. Paraphilias are a rare behavioral complication of Parkinson's disease treatment. Other paraphilias have been attributed to dopamine agonists, suggesting that the action of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor responsible for the patient's transvestism in this case was dopamine potentiation. Drug-induced paraphilias and hypersexuality may represent a reversal of the putative premorbid Parkinson's disease personality traits of introversion, cautious behavior, and lack of "novelty-seeking." A biologic basis for transvestism, and paraphilias in general, is not known. Rare clues emerge from cases similar to this one.
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