Posted by SLS on February 27, 2014, at 15:12:09
In reply to Re: 7 days on Brintellix » SLS, posted by phidippus on February 26, 2014, at 17:24:31
> I'm hitting day 12 on it - 3rd day at the 20 mg dose and I feel nifty. Its like my brain is opening up.
"Nifty" sounds good. Can you expand on this description?
Thanks.
I hope you are able to keep a diary of sorts along this thread.
I am very excited about Brintellix, despite some negative reports (hearsay). I am particularly interested in its ability to block 5-HT7 receptors, although 5-HT1a partial agonism is important to me, too. I would not expect that it would make me feel worse. Unfortunately, I would have to discontinue Parnate in order to take Brintellix. It would take a minimum of 3 weeks before I would be able to start it. Were it not for its SRI property, I could simply add it right now.
What would be really cool is if I could discontinue Abilify if the addition of Brintellix were to work for me. In addition to being a D2/D3 partial agonist, Abilify is a 5-HT7 antagonist and a 5-HT1a partial agonist. So, if the dopaminergic properties of Abilify are not contributing to the improvement it gives me, I might be able to jettison it and lose the 60 pounds it put on me.
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