Posted by Tomatheus on April 14, 2013, at 20:40:02
In reply to Re: what good are brain scans if..., posted by poser938 on April 14, 2013, at 19:48:59
Thanks for writing back. I think it would be difficult to say for sure how much help visiting the Amen Clinics would be in your situation. A SPECT scan might tell you what part of your brain might have been affected by taking Mirapex, but I'm not sure how helpful it would be as far as making treatment decisions is concerned since you already know that what you're experiencing seems like it's likely to be rooted in some sort of dysfunction associated with the dopamine system. I tend to think that going to the Amen Clinics would be more helpful for medication-naive individuals who want their psychiatrists to get as much information about their condition as possible before prescribing anything than it would be for someone with a problem that was likely induced by a specific medication -- especially given what you mentioned about the reviewer who was told by the Amen Clinics that they didn't have any information on how to help someone with long-term antidepressant withdrawal.
At any rate, I wish you luck with the Lamictal that you're trying, and I'm sorry that none of the medications that you've tried have helped the problem that you're experiencing in the long run. Have you ever tried l-tyrosine or any form of phenylalanine? Those might be worth looking into if Lamictal doesn't work out for you, since they're thought to work on dopamine.
Tomatheus
Conditions: schizoaffective disorder & probable idiopathic hypersomnia
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