Posted by hopefullynow on November 4, 2009, at 0:51:25
In reply to Re: d-amphetamine + caffeine use in OCD - study » Phidippus, posted by g_g_g_unit on November 3, 2009, at 0:40:48
Hy all,
For me, SSRi's, SNRI's or TCA's cancelled the clear-minded feeling of caffeine consumption: even double-espresso's made me feel all the negative simptomps of mild intoxication (jitery, agitated,)but not the good part, that peacefully mind(again, when used with decent doses of AD's).Coffee used alone, send me in a perfect state of mind, elevated mood, clear mind, muscle tone, but after a few hours, they fade into some sort of exhaustion that push me to obtain that "normalcy" with another shot of espresso.I'm tempted to use caffeine (no stims available) with an NMDA antagonist to cancel the OCD, adhd-lke and exhaustion sansaton that comes after.Could somebody help with an list of not so common NMDA antagonists list?Amantadine maybe?Cheers all
> > d-Amphetamine and Memantine? Lotsa dopamine in that concoction.
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> > Are you on an SSRI? Usually docs want to do an SSRI and an atypical before they start using weird stuff for OCD.
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> > There's lotsa of weird stuff recommended for OCD: Riluzole, Pindolol, Morphine Sulfate, Tramadol, Odansetron, Inositol, Emend, etc.
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> unfortunately, most traditional OCD treatments didn't prove that conducive to overall functioning in me. i was working as a writer when i first began med trials and would suffer intolerable brain fog on SSRI's (not to mention word loss, more difficulty with sentence rhythms, structuring, etc.). i've wondered if my perfectionist OCD doesn't co-exist with some kind of ADHD (i've actually arranged for a screening next week). and i know it sounds weird that i'm leaping between talking about hospitalization in one thread and organizing an ADHD screening in another, but the former is more a precaution in case i become suicidal during or after Parnate withdrawal.
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> anyway, i kinda just dabbled in med trials til i broke down and stopped working. that's when i tried Nardil which made me giddily happy, but totally drugged out. there was one poster here who had a dramatic remission from OCD/ADHD with a low dose stim + memantine (the memantine prevented the stim from exacerbating his OCD). maybe some SRI would need to be part of the equation. i have no hope of the combo being prescribed though. i've already tried once and failed.
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