Posted by steel on June 19, 2007, at 15:31:01
In reply to Re: L-dopa for anhedonic, drive-deficient depressi » shasling, posted by psychobot5000 on June 19, 2007, at 13:21:52
> > My doc wanted to try dopamine therapy for my depression, same type as you describe;, but would not use L-dopa, sinemet or comtan for that reason. We tried requip (eh), deprenyl (eh), pergolide (ugh!) parlodel (no appreciable effect), and abilify (works absolute wonders for me.)
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> Appreciate the info--seems like l-dopa may be a bad idea. Can I ask how long it took abilify to be helpful to you? I wimped out after just a week or less, because of the side-effects--it made me feel slow, almost stoned. But I've heard that can go away, so I was curious about others' experiences.
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> Best,
> P-botJust keep in mind dopamine is both inhibatory as well as exciatory.Not to mention the different sub types of receptors.
Also as u know using amino acids as mecicine can always be tricky.
The ablifiy is crucial to being dose correct for the specific person as it can be both engerzing as well as what it is which is a anti psych.
Lot of info on the different doses and how they react as far as ablifiy.You mentioned it made you feel stone,however if im not mistaken shasling gets a energy boost effect from it,so appearently id suggest you might have tried a different dose.
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