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Re: stimulant recommendation

Posted by g_g_g_unit on June 5, 2009, at 7:02:07

In reply to Re: stimulant recommendation, posted by bleauberry on June 5, 2009, at 5:11:14

> I cannot provide scientific proof to back it up, but I can submit with strong certainty from experience on this topic, that your brain fog is from an infection. Not a brain disorder.

do you say that based on brain fog in general? or the symptoms i've presented here in the past? what are the diagnostic criteria for identifying an infection? is it possible for a GP to diagnose, or would i have to go through a naturopath (my experience with naturopaths - at least those backing a specific product-line - is that they will tend to greenlight any potential diagnosis you put forward, as long as there's some premade herbal formula designed to combat it).

my instinct has always been that it's the result of depression, which in turn manifested due to both chemical factors (ssri withdrawal) as well as psychological ones (decreased confidence in my ability to 'perform' in areas that are important to me [social, professional] as a result of withdrawal). then again, my recent bouts of pain (and positive response to curcumin) lead me to think that some kind of low-grade inflammation might also be at work.
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> You may be able to hide the symptoms for a while with medications but they will do nothing to slow the progress of the underlying pathology.
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> In the meantime you certainly deserve to feel as best you can. There really is no other method than trial and error. The popular ones in that category are Ritalin, Adderall, and Provigil. Of the three, I favor Provigil as a first start, since it is so often helpful in symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Depression, which in my view at least 50% of those cases have an unseen undiagnosed bacterial and/or yeast infection. Brain fog is almost universal in them, and again, its the toxins of the infection doing it. Most likely yeast.
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> Illness+stress+sugar+meds=yeast=brainfog.

provigil would be really easy to get an 'rx for, since my gp's offered it to me before. my impression was that it simply promoted 'alertness' (i.e. a lack of fatigue), and that traditional stims were better for mental stimulation?

my only worry is that stims might exacerbate my OCD, though my hope is that memantine might prevent that. then again, like i say, my feeling is that the extra push provided by a stim would be crucial in creating a positive feedback cycle for me, so that i could then withdraw off it once i'm settled and have made the appropriate life adjustments. i was also planning on adding in anti-depressant like st john's wort.

my only worry is that if i fail to get a stim rx, then that doesn't leave me with many options for augmentation. deprenyl's attractive, but something i don't wanna mess around with without supervision. someone recommended i try nicotine lozenges in 2mg doses, but being hooked on nicotine ain't exactly ideal either.

 

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