Posted by Peter S on July 22, 2010, at 15:00:12
In reply to Rultek for depression / bipolar depression, posted by uncouth on July 22, 2010, at 13:24:58
I've been investigating this connection- I have a great response to Lamictal (but it only lasts 4 hours) and I'm thinking it might be related to its glutamate reducing function. I wanted to try Rilutek but it sounds like it can potentially do liver damage and you have to have continuous monitoring- what a drag! Anyone else have experience with it? I could just go pick up some Ketamine on the street- not!
> Anyone have any experienc wiht 100-200 mg of rilutek for for depression augmentation, attention defecit, anhedonia, and cognitive / executive dysfunction? Any info experiences or opinions you have would be appreciated!
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> Glutamate hyperactivity seems to be a cause of OCD< ADHD, bipolar depression etc. so rilutek theoretically seems to be an awesome med, but I havcen't heard of any consistent and significant A/D effects. But what about ADHD, anhedonia, and most importantly , frontal lobe executive, cognitive dysfunction (decision making, planning, execution)
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> Is there a potential for "dumb drug" effects since it attenuates gluatamte (like memantine, lithium, lamictal, depakote)
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> Uncouth
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