Posted by g_g_g_unit on October 12, 2009, at 20:53:00
In reply to Re: SOCIAL ANXIETY / OCD/ ADHD CURE --100%, posted by jparsell82 on October 9, 2009, at 15:32:30
hey congratulations on finding a regime that works, Henry. based on my readings i've always had a suspicion that amphetamine + memantine might be a good combination for me, but unfortunately i've never tested positive for ADHD, and stimulants are so rarely prescribed where i live. i tried memantine on its own, and while it was useful at first, it did indeed begin to interfere with my memory at one point, at least when used as monotherapy.
i'm curious - i don't mean to sound drippy - but was there ever a point where you thought your abilities were "lost", only to recover them? i used to love writing. then i got put on SSRI's and saw everything go down the drain - i lost my vocabulary, my "voice", my passion, my sensitivity to language and sentence structure. i would always come off them quickly, but it seemed like after a few trials the effects were lingering. i gave up writing, and have felt lost ever since. i was always paranoid about medication and now feel like i had good reason to be. i imagine that if i decided to give up writing permanently, i could live a happy middling life, but the desire to return to writing has played a huge influence in determining the choices i make now. i'm busy trialling out MAOI's because they seem to cause less interference (cognitively, etc.) overall, but if Parnate doesn't work out, then i'm not sure what to do.
anyway, you sound like you've been through a lot of drugs, legal and otherwise, so any tips etc. would be appreciated. i've heard about acetylcholine inhibitors being useful when it comes to language-memory but also, like one poster mentioned already, that they were a big no-no as far as OCD goes.
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