Posted by creepy on October 28, 2010, at 15:01:47
In reply to Mirapex (pramipexole) for depression, posted by sukarno on October 27, 2010, at 19:19:36
Some pdocs will use this for depression, especially bipolar type. The last couple docs Ive had discussed it because I did good on wellbutrin, but decided it was to risky.
Theres been some reports about sudden extreme fatigue and addictive behaviors. You are tinkering with dopamine pretty directly, I guess its expected.
If you want to tweak dopamine, Id think stims and wellbutrin are safer to try.
You can also try taking some dopamine precursors.. phenylalanine, tyrosine and l-dopa.
personally I dont get much direct relief from depression with dopamine, its more about raising energy levels and motivation. But thats inter-related with anhedonia in depression I think
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