Posted by Hugh on August 23, 2012, at 14:46:34
In reply to Selegiline-good for depression and anti-aging?, posted by brynb on August 22, 2012, at 21:26:40
I took selegiline for a few months in '99, at 5 mg a day, I think. I felt a little less depressed on it, but it was too stimulating for me. But I'm extremely sensitive to stimulants. I decided to try it again a few years ago, and discovered that I was even more sensitive to it than I was in '99.
Dharma Singh Khalsa writes about it in Brain Longevity. He calls it deprenyl, and recommends very low doses of it for neuroprotection -- 1 mg every other day or every third day for people in their thirties, and more the older you get. This site has recommendations on deprenyl as an anti-aging drug. Its author, Ward Dean, claims that liquid selegiline is more potent than selegiline in pill form. I think this claim is very dubious. If you google Ward Dean, you'll find him on quackwatch because he served time for income tax evasion, but he might still be a good doctor for all I know.
http://www.smart-drugs.com/ias-Info/ias-deprenyl.htm
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