Posted by AlexCanada on October 19, 2012, at 0:34:27
I am day 2 on 5mg. I know that's a low dose but I am one of those types who is very sensitive to meds. I also take ritalin 2.5mg 4-5x a day. valium 2.5mg 3 times a day. gabapentin 200mg sometimes. And Rhodiola Rosea 300mg. For severe melancholic depression, poor cognition, memory, lack of interest, poor drive/motivation, tiredness and general anxiety, etc.
Yesterday evening I first took my 5mg dose and I wasn't sure if it was doing much but I had a better than usual night and watched a tv show. Though most of my positivity came from gabapentin. I had a more pleasnt and calm evening.
Today though 3-4 hours after taking a 5mg dose I started to just feel a bit weird. first there are floaters in my vision. eyes feel bit irritated and also felt irritated yesterday. my hands feel a bit cold. Music sounds less lively. Any anxiety I had (it's a bit on and off) feels completely gone but anxiety is usually not a huge issue for me. I feel more able to communicate with people which usually is difficult. I feel more able to write and express myself. Some cognitive improvement yet paradoxally I do feel impaired in some way.
I also definitely feel dissassociated. I feel definitely strange. I feel I am in a different state of mind. I generally usually do not feel connected to people and find it very difficult to relate to anyone or anything since it's often very difficult to have interest/drive/motivation and the ability to enjoy anything BUT... this feeling right now is different. I feel I can communicate more but I am very very not connected. This must be what dissassociation feels like?
The original intent for trying Memantine was due to it's D2, D3, and D4 receptor activity and glutamate. So it would be taken to improve my lousy cognition and help anhedonia and possibly my depression in general.
Do these feelings that I have now on Nameda/Memantine generally subside?
What can I expect in the days ahead? PLEASE inform me since reliable information on memantine is not easy to come by! With 10 years of trying various medications I cannot recall the last time, if Ever... that I have felt like this. It is just bizarre!
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