Posted by bob on April 20, 2000, at 8:36:55
In reply to Re: Metabolife for Depression?, posted by AndrewB on April 20, 2000, at 7:50:40
> I'm just another person who is trying to figure things out but here is a suggestion for you. Try taking ephedrine alone without the Metabolife. If you receive a mood lift from it you know there is one drug that enhances norepinephrine transission that is able to improve your mood. You may then want to try other norepinephrine enhancers such as reboxetine, adrafinil, tricyclics, provigil and possibly wellbutrin.
But, if I'm not mistaken, stims work quite differently from these meds, so the results can vary widely.
Most important is that these meds have been tested far more rigorously than metabolife -- something not to be discarded so lightly.
But, in my own experience: wellbutrin's effect on dopamine made me psychotic -- TCAs do a fine job of moving me from depression to anhedonia (half the battle?) while working on norepinephrine ... but both of these block reuptake. Stims like ritalin, from what I understand, stimulate the production of dopamine, working on the other end of the cycle. Stacker 2 and Metabolife probably work on just supplying the raw material again instead of blocking reuptake. I don't know the neurochemophysiopsychology of it all, but for me the supply end vs the blocking end of the dopamine "life cycle" seems to make all the difference in the world.
cheers,
bob
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