Posted by Mindreseacher on October 29, 2004, at 23:58:14
In reply to Re: ADD Medication, posted by JayDee on October 28, 2004, at 21:17:15
Hey 3 beers is back, he is the doc when it comes to this. Where are ya?
Iv tried, and i get in these moods where i post this stuff, and I already mostly know it. DOnt ask me why. But ill summarize my question.
IM in a catch 22 situation. I cannot stop my medications like adderall, because, first i will go into a slumber for days, then just lay in bed for a week, but iv taken off a week about 5 weeks ago. But I ran out of meds.
SO at the end of the week, I went on some Ritalin. Well thats didnt do much, had to take 2 30mg pills. It helped, but it seems to again up the tolerance. SO< iv been taking Omega 3 fish oils, NAC, L-Tyrosine 500m, Mucuna Prurriens, B-complex 150mg, 3x daily, L-Theanine and 5HTP at bedtime, CoQ10 75mg and NADA 5mg, DHEA 50mg, daily, plus Acidopholis for intestinal health.Ya , Take alot. And does it all help. NOt much, maybe a bit. But I know what I must do, at least to help bring back adderalls effects maybe 30 percent or so.
1. Sleep 8 hrs a night ( I basically started about 5 days ago with better sleep)
2. Take a small break from adderall, and replace it with say another DA med, not Ritalin, but possibly seglegine, or Amantadine, for a week or two.
3. Clean my body out, detoxify the entire digestive system, kidneys, Intestine, colon, liver, I have most of the herbal mix, but I need some other specifcs.
4. Upregulate the dopamine receptors with NAC, Omegas, NADH, L-Tyrosine, and still researching others.
5. But I have read a few reports from doctors, online, one was a neuro doc, who stated going off your meds, can actually be detrimental. So if i decide not to, maybe adding another medication with adderall, like welbutrin, straterra, etc. Nothing like Ritalin or Dex , or strong as amphet or a MAO, but i believe those 2 or possibly Provigil or Bromocriptine.
6. Iv tried dex, Ritalin, and the only on I havent tried is meth or dysoxin, which I would probably never get anyway, and would be gun shy of a medication due to the addictiveness.
BUt to summarize it, Taking a break, or adding another stimulant, nutrition, sleep, anitoxidants, are the basic thing to help out the dopaminergic stystem. I dont worry about gaba, Ne, Se, for years i fooled around with Gaba meds, Ne meds, SSRI, without any luck. The only other drug which satified me was opiates, like oxys. ANd that lead me down the wrong path. I guess the Mu Opiate receptor, The Nucleus accumbens and the quick release of Serotonin as mdma , and gaba enhancement, are somehow the addictive neurochemistry .
MREsearch
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