Posted by bleauberry on May 13, 2009, at 17:29:16
In reply to Memantine: Has anyone felt worse on it?, posted by SLS on May 13, 2009, at 10:31:48
> Has anyone felt worse while taking memantine (Namenda)?
>
> have felt pretty bad on and off over the past few days. This might be a good sign. This might be a bad sign. I just don't know.
>Well, I guess everyone will have a different opinion Scott. But mine is, it is a bad sign. I would have already stopped it.
The only times I know of that feeling worse is necessary to feel better is:
-Chemotherapy
-Antibiotic therapy (herx die-off reaction)
-Antiyeast therapy (herx die-off reaction)In my opinion, anything that twists the brain to feeling worse is not cool. And as I am sure you and I could have respectful debates on that, I do not believe one's brain has to be twisted to feeling worse on the journey to healing. In people I've seen get a lot better, that was not the pattern. In people that didn't get a lot better, that was the pattern.
Side effects is a completely different story. Those have to be endured as they diminish. But I don't see what you are experiencing as side effects. Those are direct effects and not good ones.
Just opinion though.
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