Posted by Ron Hill on February 22, 2003, at 11:44:19
In reply to Re: Enada NADH too activating , posted by catmint on February 21, 2003, at 1:08:58
Amy,
Thanks for posting your update. It sounds to me like you made a good decision by discontinuing the Enada NADH. What prompted you to want to try it? Were you hoping to reduce your irritability with it?
As you know, thus far (four weeks into my trial) 5 mg/day of Enada NADH has relieved my atypical depression and took away my irritability. However, if I did not have a moodstabilizer in place, I think it would have caused me to become hypomanic. Given the fact that you currently do not have your Lamictal fully ramped up (only taking 40 mg/day), perhaps you don't have enough moodstabilization power in place to allow for the use of Enada NADH. Further, it doesn't really sound like you need it since you are not depressed. Perhaps your irritability will subside as you increase your Lamictal dose.
Initially, I was taking 10 mg/day of the sublingual formulation but, within the first couple of weeks, this caused my irritability to get even WORSE. So I switched to 5 mg/day of the enteric coated "down-the-hatch" product, which continues to work well. My point is that if you ever feel the urge to try Enada NADH in the future (once your moodstabilizer is fully ramped up), the 2.5 mg enteric coated tablets might work better for you than the sublingual formulation.
Best wishes, Amy.
-- Ron
------------------------------> Maybe I'm taking too much, I cut a 10mg. sublingual tab in half yesterday.
> I don't know what it is but my brain can't handle that much. Lamictal is activating enough, I sometimes don't sleep all that well on it (really light sleep). With the Enada NADH, I can't get to sleep at all.
> It gives me a pretty good headache too, but I also tend to get one on Lamictal too.
> Like Colin, I do get plenty of energy from the Lamictal, I don't feel like I need more.
> I'ts difficult to describe how it feels exactly, I get kinda wired I guess.
> I definately want to avoid becoming hypomanic, so I'm quitting for now.
> Ron, I hope it continues to work for you. Keep in touch!
> ::Amy
>
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