Posted by RobertDavid on April 1, 2006, at 14:20:23
In reply to Re: EMSAM-YEAH. SELEGINE-NOT SO GOOD. uh!?? » rod, posted by MARTY on April 1, 2006, at 12:46:08
I am one of those treatment resistant people, no luck with the SSRI's, SNRI's and about 20 other psycho tropic meds to treat my social anxiety/depression.
My doctor has been willing to put me on Nardil for years, but I chose to try other med's instead and have been holding out to take an MAOI as a last resort, my ace in the hole if you will. I probably should have taken Nardil when he first put it out there, but I didn't and am one that is excited/hopeful to be taking my first MAOI, EMSAM.
A few months ago I was ready to just throw in the towel, not wait any longer, frustrated with the wait for EMSAM and just go to Nardil. I asked about trying oral selegiline. My doc told me the scoop was that EMSAM was most likely going to be appoved in Feb and suggested I wait just a few more months, keep taking klonopin for SP while I wait.
He told me in detail (and unfortunatly he is a scientist/reasercher and most of it flew over my head) why oral would not work as well as the patch, not just the reduced side effect profile/reduced food restrictions, but that it's benefits would be greater than oral (I wish I could explain it the way he did).
I discussed that I had heard/read that many say selegiline isn't good for anxiety disorters in oral form, but he say's there will be differeces in how they perform. So at this point I'm not going to try to analyze it anymore and just plan on taking it and seeing what happens. I'm a veteran at these drug trials so what's one more.
Since it will be out later this month and is supposed to start working quickly answers are just around the corner. That's when these EMSAM posts will get interesting and we can discuss actual results both good and bad. Those are the posts I'm looking forward to seeing!
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