Posted by deprime82 on July 29, 2009, at 7:51:14
In reply to Re: BEST DOPAMINE AGONIST?, posted by dcruik518 on February 27, 2009, at 12:08:15
hey!
i have nearly no experience with dopamine agonists. i've been on wellbutrin for a year, along with lexapro 10 mg, but i ended up being quite aggressive, a little anxious and nervous and hostile because of the irritability.
the lexapro mellowed out a lot of the irritability, but unfortunately didn't remove it totally.so i returned to selegiline 5mg in pill form along with 10mg lexapro. this worked too for about a year, but then i couldn't take it any more, because of anxiety and future worries (i think the amphetamine metabolites in the selegiline were the culprit). for a year it was okay, but just as the next big change in my life was imminent (the final exams at the university), the anxiety overwhelmed me again.
wellbutrin and selegiline both exacerbated anxiety in me, even when i took it along with lexapro (which is a common approach).
a few days ago, i've tried requip (ropinirole) and took 0.5mg (adjunctive to the lex). that was probably too much all at once, but i immediately began too feel very sleepy and dizzy.
that reminded me of when i took levodopa, which was also a singular attempt to raise dopamine levels.
it seems that real l-dopa or dopamine agonists make me tired or nauseous and the ones which act stimulating like selegiline oder wellbutrin seem to raise anxiety.
i would be really glad, respectively i'd be looking forward to hear from someone who has experienced a similar situation or who has taken the mentioned drugs too.
I'd really like to find the one drug for me which isn't causing too much anxiety or nervousness but gives me some motivation and energy (without pushing me too much in the amphetamine direction).
yours, deprime82
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