Posted by emme on February 5, 2005, at 10:48:33
In reply to Re: memantine update » emme, posted by SLS on February 5, 2005, at 9:42:41
> I received some benefit from memantine that lasted about 2 weeks before disappearing. Let's hope you don't follow the same pattern.Hope springs eternal..... :)
> I guess you could say that I felt spacey. Everyone uses different words to describe the same things. After a few days at 40mg, I really felt as if I were drunk or stoned.
Our experiences may be similar. And this is supposed to be a drug for dementia.....?
> Is there any trend towards the mitigation of the cognitive changes?
Do you mean mitigation of depression-induced cognitive changes, or do you mean fading of memantine-induced spaciness? On the whole, I'd say no to both. I'd say aricept was better for cognition.
I'll see what happens if I'm able to regain some alertness with a lower dose. The relief from depression has been so marked that I'm trying to be patient with the other issues. I wish the half-life was shorter so that I'd get a quicker response to dose changes.
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