Posted by MarkG on April 2, 2001, at 1:31:09
In reply to Re: Depression, ADHD (Inattentive), and stimulants, posted by SalArmy4me on April 1, 2001, at 18:35:52
Hi Sal,Thanks for the response. I have tried venflaxine (Effexor) and mirtazapine (Remeron). Effexor was mildly effective for awhile, preventing me from any bottom out periods. Remeron for me was like being in a dark cloud for several months. Good sleep but no emotion, extreme depression. Actually, I'm beginning to wonder if increasing serotonin levels, in my case, is such a good thing. What makes me believe that a stimulant might be effective is that the Parnate was most effective from day 1 (within an hour or two of the first pill) until the end of the first week and a half. Since then, I haven't had the feeling of swimming in a bottomless cup of depression but still feeling blah, very slow, and fatigued- and still having concentration probs.
If my doc is unwilling to add a stim to Parnate, I'm wondering if going back to Wellbutrin w/a stimulant might help. Oh, as far as combos hitting the big 3 NTs, I tried Wellbutrin + Remeron. This seemed to reduce the extreme mental fog and emotional blocking of Remeron for me, and gave me quite a boost, but didn't lift my mood.
What was your Parnate + dex experience like? What combo are you on now?
Mark
> I took Nardil with Ritalin; Parnate with dextroamphetamine. They didn't wake me up, though.
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> I think the reason that Parnate was so good for you is that it works on many chemicals in the brain. But you can get that same effect with something that isn't so old and incompatibile with every other medication known to mankind.
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> Here are some good ones: venlafaxine (it can work on 3 chemicals at a high dose), mirtazapine, desipramine
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> Or, you can do a combo to hit every chemical like venlafaxine + mirtazapine + buproprion
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