Posted by Larry Hoover on April 28, 2005, at 7:56:31
In reply to Re: taurine, justice etc, posted by world citizen on April 26, 2005, at 22:35:50
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> Hey Larry, do you know anything about an antidepressant called Stablon? Apparently it's used in Europe but is probably a bit TOO effective to be used here. I hear that it is, in fact, a tricyclic BUT has none of the side effects of the tricyclics we have here.It is a tricyclic structure, but that is such a broad and meaningless term....
Think of it as a drug that stands alone in all respects. It is a selective serotonin reuptake enhancer.
It needs no dose titration. Users can start straight in at the maintenance dose, the very first day.
> I also hear that it is VERY good for treating anxiety and yet is not sedating. The question I'm leading up to is,"does anyone know if Stablon and Selegiline can be taken concomitantly?". I like that selegiline is neuroprotective, though I probably take too much to actually get any of those benefits (5mgs per day).
There is some concern about serotonin syndrome, with concommitant MAOI used. The threshold dose where selegiline would start blocking MAO-A to a substantial degree is the issue, vis a vis the safety of the combination. It's not that it can't be done. It must be done with great care.
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> The other thing I wanted to share (just because I have great difficulty keeping these things to myself) is that I sang last night. I'm a jazz vocalist, been a music major forever and now that the toxic mold case is settled I feel I once again have something that resembles stability in my life. There's a club here in Sacramento that has a jam session on Monday nights. I initially sang Stormy Monday (blues standard) and the house band insisted that I sing another! We agreed upon laying down a swing groove with a blues chord progression and I just improvised my a** off for three verses worth! The two guitarists did their solos and when I came back in I just inserted the words for Route 66 which IS a blues swing tune! It was SOOOOO much fun! There is NO DRUG or supplement that can equal the endorphins/PEA that was flooding my brain after that! I was stoned for hours from singing two songs! I gues I should add that I do sing rather well and put a lot of feeling into it so the audience response feeds into my endorphin power surge! Okay, I'm not going to say anything else about it except to say I know where I'm going to be on Monday nights from henceforth!
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> World CitizenSo glad to hear about that. It gave me a vicarious reaction. I used to play bass in bands....I kept the day job.
Lar
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