Posted by Seamus2 on June 9, 2000, at 2:36:44
In reply to Re: Amisulpride, to all » AndrewB, posted by Ant-Rock on June 8, 2000, at 17:51:07
> maybe this is due to the "to much dopamine" effect you spoke of. I've cut down the Ritalin to almost nothing, and that has seemed to help. Anthony>Dopamine has a bell curve effect on attentiveness, improving it up to a point and thereafter making the mind flighty and less able to focus on things.
<<Cocaine in small amounts, w/ my usual Parnate dosage 10 mg TID, had the same effect: stimulation at lower doses and utter distraction at higher doses. I knew the risk, so spare the warnings (it was 6 years ago, anyway).
I recently (4 days) quit my morning cups (2) of coffee and am wondering if that's why I seem to be more even-tempered. Anyone w/ a caffeine taper story they'd lke to share?
As an aside, I'm waiting for for my shrink and I to get together and decide on an Amisulpride protocol. I tried washing out on the Parnate, but after a couple weeks decreasing to 20 mg/day I was in deep doo-doo and went back to 30 mg/day and I'm almost "normal."
I find it highly ironic and amusing that my worldview is so impacted by a mere ten milligrams of some damn chemical, but that's the way it is and has been for at least a decade.
Seamus
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