Posted by Quintal on December 5, 2006, at 15:39:56
In reply to Re: Anyone tried oral selegiline? » Quintal, posted by yesac on December 5, 2006, at 13:57:52
>Why would oral selegiline not be as effective an antidepressant as the EMSAM patch? Have you tried the patch?
There is a difference between the two, something to do with amphetamine metabolites I think. I've not paid much attention to the EMSAM patch given my poor response to oral selegiline so I can't really comment on that.
>It's just that I seem to have gotten worse since being off it, so now I'm wondering if it was doing something, even if it was very minimal.
Oh I do think it has some positive effect, but nothing useful to me personally. I'm in a similar situation to you with regards to poor antidepressant response so I'm not trying to discourage anyone from trying it. Just doesn't seem an outstanding med for treatment resistant patients.
Have you tried Nardil, or Parnate plus Lamictal as an augmentor?
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