Posted by Bob on April 7, 2011, at 0:20:49
In reply to Re: The nature of dopaminergic meds?, posted by floatingbridge on April 6, 2011, at 19:44:55
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> > I've been thinking about dopaminergic drugs lately and how they might affect or treat depressive disorders. There is nothing quite like a shot of Mirapex to get me off my *ss and doing things - even to experience a deep joy in things like I haven't felt in years. Then it quickly fades away and turns into angry, irritable depression. Then the attacks of fatigue
> and sleepiness set in.
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> > What I wonder is how other medicines with dopaminergic action, such as MAOIs or the yet to be seen dopamine reuptake
> inhibitor drugs might act differently? I mean, is there a difference between the dopaminergic effects of something like Parnate vs. a dopamine agonist such as Mirapex? Wouldn't these drugs be just as likely to cause irritability, sudden sleepiness and the like?
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> > Bob
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> Bob, I'd love to know, having done well on dopamine agonists. Latest study shows stimulant therapy might increase early onset Parkinson's. Not sure how the miraprex fits into that.
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> I had wanted to try an maoi (parnate, then emsam), but right now am sitting everything out.
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> Waving from the slow lane,
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> Hope you get some useful replies.
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So you stopped all stimulant type drugs because you have fears of Parkinsons, or is there another reason?
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