Posted by conundrum on February 6, 2010, at 7:04:46
In reply to Re: Oregon University's new antidepressant » bulldog2, posted by floatingbridge on February 5, 2010, at 19:07:17
In my mind, I think dopamine is overrated. Many people enjoy amphetamines more than ritalin and they think its the dopamine, but amphetamines release more NE than dopamine followed by serotonin. Ritalin acts more on DA yet it doesn't make as many people euphoric. It makes some people more depressed and certainly doesn't make them out going or creative like Amphetamine.
My grandmom became psychotic on Nardil after being in a euphoric stage. The euphoria was probably from too much SE/NE and the psychosis was probably too much dopamine. It all went away after lowering the dose though.
On the other hand many people need DA augmentation. Unfortunately its hard to differentiate DA from NE because there is no pure reuptake inhibitor, the only way to tell is with a DA agonist.
FB what did you find helped you with low DA?
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