Posted by novelagent on January 21, 2012, at 10:20:22
In reply to Re: My doctor is putting me on Namenda for damage, posted by creepy on January 19, 2012, at 20:39:38
Namenda up-regulates dopamine, restoring dopamine cell firing. Her doc is very smart. You're right that it can cause preference for amphetamine/cocaine, but that's only at very high doses, and nothing she would be prescribed. I believe it does the opposite at low doses for meth addicts, reducing cravings.I still think people reporting tolerance to amphetamines need to be weary of the dose they are reporting at-- tolerance is usually a sign of toxicity, and maybe a sign the drug expectation is too high to begin with.
Just because it made someone feel like homework was a breeze the first week or so doesn't mean that should be expected everytime, because it's not suppose to do that.
> I mentioned this in another post. Some people say memantine helps with building tolerance to amphetamine.
> Not sure what your doc's logic is in this choice though. You arent initially responding to anything, right? And they arent using any stimulants, so whats to develop tolerance to?
> Memantine is a D2 agonist.. maybe thats the goal?
> Or slowing glutamate which might be related to brain damage?
> Hopefully it doesnt do anything to make you more prone to drug seeking. Supposedly D2 agonism can do that.
> Have you had any MRI's that show brain damage? Or a previous IQ test that shows a much higher score that might support the assumption it came from drug use? Seems a bit odd to me.
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