Does Selegiline help with anxiety?
Possibly — but there are few reports. 60% of 10 people who reported on Selegiline for anxiety say it improved. 0% noticed no change and 40% say it got worse.
Anxiety: what users report
60%better10 reports · few reports
6 better0 no change4 worse
What people say about Selegiline and anxiety
“I used it every single day with almost no breaks for a whole year in the row and didn’t even develop the tiniest amount of tolerance. It permanently changed my brains response to triggers and I no longer have anxiety 4 years later, socially atleast.”
“At first it was fantastic. Motivation out of the blue high energy clear thinking. After a few weeks on selegiline I started to get very agitated, everything bothered me.”
“I started taking high dose selegiline and moclobemide with d,l-phenylalanine... my anxiety as well as anhedonia have been abolished.”
“It would make me feel good for 0-3 days... then it would start to make me feel shitty. Towards the end it got so bad that I had unending feelings of impending doom”
What the research says
AResearch: Strong64 meta-analyses · 153 trials on PubMed
None of the top reviews we found look specifically at anxiety. See all research on Selegiline.
Side effects people mention
anxiety 3irritability 3sleep disruption 2aggression 2insomnia 2
What else is Selegiline used for?
Based on few reports — treat as anecdotal. Information only — not medical advice. How we count