Posted by Lorraine on March 24, 2001, at 1:10:16
In reply to Re: Andrew, re: mirapex... one more time, posted by AndrewB on March 22, 2001, at 23:50:31
Andrew: You posted a while back about my Selegiline (which was a 10 mg) being scaled back to 5 mg/day. I have done this and added 2.5 mg dexidrine. In addition, I am taking 300 mg of Neurontin 3x day. This is day one of this combo and, you know, the day went pretty well. I think you were right about the Selegiline impacting the anxiety. For one day only, I tried augmenting 10 mg Selegiline, 900 mg Neurontin with .125 Mirapex. Really felt wiped out. Funny, I thought the Mirapex would be activating. No so, at least at this dose. Also felt like I would fall asleep at the wheel--which I know can be a side effect of Mirapex--don't know if it gets better over time. I know I didn't give the Mirapex an adequate trial--I'm leaving on vacation and it was more important to have something workable in place than to do it right. Maybe when I return I'll give it a better trail. I think I've read that Mirapex needs a little time before its effects are apparent. Actually, the Neurontin, dexedrine, Selegiline cocktail is not bad, but I still have the physical anxiety (tightness in chest, difficulty taking a deep breath). Maybe time to add some Pindolol to the mix. In the drug intereactions on Dr. Koop, I had read that Neurontin and Mirapex have a mild interaction and my wiped out feeling my have been Mirapex enhancing the Neurontin--so it might have smoothed out over time. Just wanted to let you know what's going on with my meds since our meds seems to be overlapping a bit and to thank you for the tip on cutting back the Selegiline, although I couldn't have done the without the dexedrine addition.
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