Posted by Jason911 on February 22, 2002, at 23:39:52
In reply to Re: selegiline stuff » Jason911, posted by Elizabeth on February 22, 2002, at 23:09:10
It is dopamine or PEA related. Serotonin is not the case. Serotonin related depression is very sad feelings all the time, unsocial, strange sleep patterns. Basically the main thing is the SSRI people are the feel - down and sad and sorry for themselves. This is not me. I lack: motivation, sex-drive, concentration; and have social anxiety. Selegiline, whether it affects dopamine or PEA (and it's probably both and PEA is practically a certainty) will help my mental alertness and therefore increase motivation because I will be more "activated", sexually stimulated (which will make any male feel good depression wise - mild anyway), and Klono I know will take away my anxiety. I am social right now.. but have to mask the fact that I am tense, sweating, have cold-chills... people ask, "why are you sweating?" and I say "I'm just a little hot" Yeah right. Anxiety needs to go and Klonopin is the answer.. I know. But the Wellbutrin is messing me up. Wellbutrin doesn't act the way we all might think it does. And it doesn't work for lots of people..other people it helps, but it's not me! The effects are unkown which is even more creepy. You mentioned that Nicotine patch..well Wellbutrin (bupropion) is also sold as a stop smoking-aid (Zyban) and acts in a way we'll never know and is different than any other anti-depressant. I don't want to be on it any longer. Too anxious. It's probably the NE overload Wellbutrin that causes this and not the dopamine. Dopamine (or PEA) is my problem. I'm sure of it. And anyway, I WILL NOT take any SSRI. I will never trust them and are full of side effects. And all-out MAOI's need dietary restrictions... that's crap. Tricyclics are even worse. Memantine, and amineptine we're all great anti-depressant drugs and worked so well (at least the latter - and dopamine related) that they had to be pulled off the market for fear of abuse or the government is too strict on whether or not a drug is put into play. Poor people could be saved and they are denied the drugs that are out there and can help!!! Dopamine, as you people will find out in the years to come, plays a larger role in depression than you might think. I'm telling you I think about 60% of all depressed people do not have anything wrong with their serotonin levels. Just like in many people, SSRI's just lift them out of deep depression and keep them at a workable level. Like a safety net. And it's all about big companies and their cravings for money and advertising and dooping doctors into believing this and so on and so on. Whatever. Not normal... but managable. Serotonin loaded brains can help somewhat but isn't the prime cause in some people. Anyway, these are my personal beliefs and I will let you know how my Klono-Dep combo works out. Only in the years that lie ahead will we find the ultimate causes of different peoples' depression. It's just a guessing game out there. -Jason911
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