Posted by blueberry on July 31, 2005, at 6:35:39
In reply to pindolol/lithium combination, posted by linkadge on July 31, 2005, at 3:11:11
It's just my experience, but a drug's particular receptor affinity and scientific theory provides nothing predictive or useful. One person will find a certain receptor antagonism wonderful while another person finds it horrible. I've tried so many meds that looked on paper to be just what I was looking for. But once that drug was in my bloodstream, it was a whole different story.
Decades from now we'll probably discover that it all has nothing to do with serotonin or dopamine anyway, that it all has to do with something else related to them elsewhere in the chain.
Thinking about theory is fun though. I've just never found it to be very accurate in choosing the right meds. Only a personal trial will tell. That's just my experience though.
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