Posted by andys on October 22, 2001, at 19:17:11
In reply to dopamine drugs or supplements, posted by andys on September 16, 2001, at 12:51:57
This is a followup of my trial on the supplement NADH:
Just a reminder of my past postings: The most dramatic anti-depressant responses I’ve had are to dopaminergic drugs: phentermine (quit, due to severe insomnia), Mirapex (quit, due to severe sedation). I have since tried the supplement NADH, which is supposed to raise dopamine levels, and after 2 weeks, got a dramatic anti-depressant effect. But it also triggered hypomania (which most anti-depressants do to me). But the important point for those of you who are super-sensitive to side effects, NADH has virtually no side effects. But you’d better be on a good mood stabilizer, if you’re prone to go manic on anti-depressants. (Mirapex was very unique for me, in that it also acted as a mood stabilizer).
So now, I’ll get back on neurontin (which, my research shows is dopaminergic), to try to get more mood stabilizer augmentation, before tackling a therapeutic dose of NADH again. (Still, Mirapex was probably the best drug overall, but I can’t bear the thought of being a “television-vegetable” for 2-3 months, while I try to tolerate the sedation).
I have pasted all the NADH research into a Word document, if anybody is interested, I can email it to you (it’s 12 pages long, though!)
-Andy
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