Posted by g_g_g_unit on November 3, 2009, at 0:40:48
In reply to Re: d-amphetamine + caffeine use in OCD - study » g_g_g_unit, posted by Phidippus on November 2, 2009, at 23:41:36
> d-Amphetamine and Memantine? Lotsa dopamine in that concoction.
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> Are you on an SSRI? Usually docs want to do an SSRI and an atypical before they start using weird stuff for OCD.
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> There's lotsa of weird stuff recommended for OCD: Riluzole, Pindolol, Morphine Sulfate, Tramadol, Odansetron, Inositol, Emend, etc.
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> Punfortunately, most traditional OCD treatments didn't prove that conducive to overall functioning in me. i was working as a writer when i first began med trials and would suffer intolerable brain fog on SSRI's (not to mention word loss, more difficulty with sentence rhythms, structuring, etc.). i've wondered if my perfectionist OCD doesn't co-exist with some kind of ADHD (i've actually arranged for a screening next week). and i know it sounds weird that i'm leaping between talking about hospitalization in one thread and organizing an ADHD screening in another, but the former is more a precaution in case i become suicidal during or after Parnate withdrawal.
anyway, i kinda just dabbled in med trials til i broke down and stopped working. that's when i tried Nardil which made me giddily happy, but totally drugged out. there was one poster here who had a dramatic remission from OCD/ADHD with a low dose stim + memantine (the memantine prevented the stim from exacerbating his OCD). maybe some SRI would need to be part of the equation. i have no hope of the combo being prescribed though. i've already tried once and failed.
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