Posted by Adam on October 4, 1999, at 18:06:04
In reply to Re: Selegiline for depression?, posted by sean on October 4, 1999, at 16:07:41
There is no way in Hades I am getting off this if it lasts. I imagine once I settle
in the sleep thing will resolve itself. This is, in a word, great. When they said
this stuff can work quickly, they weren't kidding.I think I probably am a little hypomanic at this point, but I'm not out of control.
I am so glad I held in there and made it to the open portion of the study. I was
NOT expecting this, to say the least. I don't know. Maybe this will evaporate in
a couple days. My doc didn't think so. He really kind of sat there amazed. I have
to say, I made the decision to enter the selegiline study very much on my own, and I
consulted neither my pdoc or my CBT therapist. This was a bad move, and my pdoc was
very concerned about me a month after I stopped taking Remeron and had been on the
patch for only two weeks. I was in pretty bad shape. But I held in there, stuck with
the CBT (which was an enormous help-and I've got a busy weekend being SOCIAL coming up
to prove it-with people I met long before the selegiline "kicked in") and here I am.In January I was in the psych ward at Mass General getting electroconvulsive therapy.
That I am alive at all is pretty amazing at this point. I can't fathom feeling this
good unless it's the drug.So, well, hooray for me!
> > Oh-KAY,
> >
> > So, here's the deal. I am wired. It took a couple of days, but I am really wound up
> > here. I have slept, in the past four nights, cumulatively, maybe 15 hours. And I'm
> > not missing it. I actually feel quite good. I just got through seeing my p-doc (not
> > the one running the selegiline study but the doc I had before I entered the study) and
> > he was certainly impressed. He described my gestures, speech, and apparrent mood as
> > "expansive." I don't know what the hell to think.
> >
> > > Has anyone heard of selegiline for depression. I have heard that it can be helpful.
>
>
> Adam - I say enjoy it while it lasts because my
> experience with such reactions is that it means I
> can't take the drug!
>
> Sean.
poster:Adam
thread:5905
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/19991001/msgs/12534.html