Posted by Zeke on December 16, 1999, at 3:23:43
In reply to Re: Hanging from a thread - E, Z..., posted by Adam on December 15, 1999, at 22:44:55
But as it mentions, and I mentioned, coadministration of deprenyl allows the dose of L-Dopa to be decreased without decrease in desired effect. Likewise it slows the tolerance of L-Dopa. I suspect when psychotic features present the deprenyl can be dropped and L-Dopa therapy agressively increased. I think this protocol would still allow a longer course of effective treatment than just L-Dopa.
Re MDMA + deprenyl + SSRI, remember this would be only be done once or twice. Its not an ongoing thing as typical antidepressant treatment. A single experience (or two) should be enough to precipitate self discovery, approach of traumatic events, insight, etc... Subjective reports of MDMA experiences in people include seeing people in an objective fashion ("as you've never see/perceived them before") and often verbalizing true deep thoughts we protect from awareness. It reminds me of the situation where all your friends say, "Why are you going out with that shmuck, what do you see in him/her" Except you can see it as others do -- without all the psychological baggage that are our rose colored spectacles, and let us really mess up our lives and miss the important things.)
Better stop psycho-babbling!
PS, meperidine was also one of the drugs given Libby Zion who died of serotonin syndrome. The MAOI phenelzine(Nardil) was the other.
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