Posted by Emme on August 17, 2004, at 9:43:52
In reply to Re: Dopaminergic Drug/Supp to Aug SSRI-Not Wellbutrin, posted by SLS on August 17, 2004, at 7:04:16
Hi Scott,
> A little dopamine here, and you chase yourself around in circles; a little dopamine there, and you chase members of the opposite sex in straight lines.
I'll be happy to be able to chase anything! :) Where do you find the time, energy, mental focus, to develop your knowledge of pharmacology? Impressive considering the severity of your depression.
Okay, got any thoughts? I had not thought about pursuing drugs with NE promoting effects. Maybe that would be helpful in keeping me motivated and out of sluggishness? Or would it make anxiety worse...? Wellbutrin was great when I first used it with Serzone. After a while that combo stopped working and I found Wellbutrin to be intolerably stimulating. A retrial didn't pan out - I couldn't control the stimulation and it didn't help depression. I can't tolerate Effexor.
BTW, aricept is probably out. My liver enzymes are a little elevated and my pdoc thinks that's the culprit. Now we're trying Mirapex. I think it's helping. I'm getting a little more done. But I'm still having a hard time having any optimistic thoughts like I had a few weeks back. It's probably worth continuing the Mirapex trial though.
But anyway, I'm wondering if I shouldn't ask my pdoc about a microdose of a tricyclic as mentioned above. I think she's leery of ADs since so many have pooped out on me, not helped, caused some cycling, or been intolerable. But I've never tried a tricyclc.
The L-theanine suggestion sounds interesting.
Sometimes I can't help but feel that we're feeling our way in the dark trying to match symptoms to neurotransmitters.
Emme
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