Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Different treatment for emotional numbness???

Posted by bleauberry on November 28, 2008, at 9:07:33

In reply to Different treatment for emotional numbness???, posted by X_ander on November 27, 2008, at 20:54:27

Based on my own experience I think there could be some truth to the opioid connection. I was on LDN (low dose Naltrexone) for only a short time and will probably revisit it soon. During that short time, I noticed more interest in things I was doing, more especially with things that I try to enjoy and I know I do enjoy (except I don't feel the joy). Such as guitar playing. I played a ton of guitar on LDN and was "into it".

It wasn't a miraculous awakening kind of thing, but rather a situation where if you force yourself to start doing something, in a little while you are actually enjoying it. This was from just 1.5mg taken at 9pm nightly.

While LDN supposedly only blocks opioid receptors during the blood level spike a few hours after dosing, my own feeling was that it blocked them about 16 hours.

There is the possibility also that opioid antagonists have a direct or downstream indirect effect of stimulating dopamine function. It just instinctively felt that way to me.


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:bleauberry thread:865523
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20081123/msgs/865563.html