Posted by myco on April 8, 2009, at 16:11:31
In reply to Re: Memantine (Namenda) for depressoin. Success?, posted by Sigismund on April 8, 2009, at 16:05:06
I believe it's an antagonist of 5ht3 receptors...meaning it lowers seratonin. Also agonizes D2 receptors...supposedly increasing cognition/concentration etc. Med for alzeimers patients if I remember. Older people with cognition and memory issues.
> I've only tried memantine once at 5mg/d. It had a mild stimulant type feel of long duration.
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> I recall it made you feel drunk, but at a dose of perhaps 20 or 30mg/d?
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> I don't understand the rationale for using it, but it seems relatively safe.
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> Maybe in this case more is not better?
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