Posted by Helena24 on February 2, 2010, at 14:49:07
In reply to Vyvanse 30mg, not pleasant..., posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 29, 2010, at 18:41:54
No Cylert.
Ritalin must be imported by national pharmacy,if prescribed,and needs a special ''doctors opinion note'',or justification,a lot of paper-work for a doctor,therefore never prescribed in practice.Only very few doctors have the special prescriptions to prescribe Concerta,wich doesn't need a ''note''.
These are the only stimulant medications available in Greece,besides Modafinil of course,that is not considered a ''real'' stimulant.
Stratterra,wich paradoxically can be bought practically over the counter here,made me worse too.
But I was taking a big dose straight from the beginning (80mg).
I had a somewhat good respond to desipramine in very small dosage 25mg (I traveled to another country to get it),that disappeared with higher dosages.
I'm wondering if the therapeutic-window less-is-more thing,that happens with desipramine is also the case with atomoxetine,since it has a similar mechanism of action.
Has anybody tried it in very low dosages to tell?
(I have a theory that norepinephrine and dopamine act synergistically in the frontal cortex,BUT MAYBE NE antagonizes DA in the limbic system and therefore much NE in the striatum makes the so called ''deep limbic add'' worse,due to lower dopamine.
It's only my thought,I didn't read about this anywhere.
So if a Norepinephrine-Reuptake-Inhibitor is taken in high enough dosages to have effects to the striatal NE,MAYBE this lowers DA activity in this area?)
Sorry again for the off topic....any experts on this?
poster:Helena24
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