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Re: Dopamine enhancement: Is my thinking correct? » Optimist

Posted by cubbybear on January 4, 2005, at 1:16:33

In reply to Re: Dopamine enhancement: Is my thinking correct?, posted by Optimist on January 4, 2005, at 0:52:16

I've been reading your posts and unfortunately am not an expert on the technical neurochemistry.
I can attest to the greatness of Parnate since I've been taking it for 20 years. You might want to check my previous posts for 2004 to see what I've said about this amazing AD.

At present, however, I'm experiencing break-through anxiety and always fear that the drug will poop out. My pdoc always tells me that it won't--that it IS possible to experience anxiety states when certain stressful situations arise. But poop out always has been my biggest fear.
I've heard that dopamine depletion has been implicated in poop out. I've also heard that dopamine production diminishes with age. Now that I'm 56, you can imagine how my fears may intensify in the coming years.

So naturally I too am very curious about dopamine depletion. If this in fact is the cause of an MAOI poopout, what can best be done SAFELY to augment the drug, For instance, my maintenance dose has always been only 30 mg./day. Would increasing the dose to 40 mg. be an option if poopout occurred?

I also plan to post a question about dopamine vis a vis anxiety.

cubbybear


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