Posted by Lamdage22 on August 10, 2013, at 9:40:56
Hello Folks,
i want to distance myself from traditional antidepressants, because they are either ineffective (Effexor) or pro-psychotic (Nardil+Parnate). Admittedly i have never tried any SSRI nur Tricyclics.
Idk if i should. I am not making a devil out of Nardil, it brought lots of positive things into my life while it worked, but it also has brought on psychosis and destabilization. Id say pro&con are equal, but this is over now, my system wont tolerate MAOI anymore, it sends me down the psychotic route.This is the reason i want to settle with supplemental help for my depression or "negative symptoms" of schizo. Whatever you wanna call it. Maybe its better for me to look for substances that are against "negative symptoms", since in my theory they may be less likely to promote psychosis.
Let me start out with saying that i had some success with NAC for a while. Then i took ALOT of it and at least the Drs thought it would shift me over the edge toward mania/psychosis. It was VERY mild though. They just thought it could proceed to become a problem. Thats all. Mayybe i could try a low dose.
I had read about several substances for negative symptoms or even positive ones.
They include:
Glycin.
Serin.
N-methylglycin
sarkosin
and NAC. Thats what i had read. Now remember, they shouldnt make me psychotic. I am looking for calm, stable improvement of the following symptoms:Negative mood
Lack of drive and focus
Impatience, hurtful thoguhts
Mood swings
Depression
Negative symptoms.I definitely want to try to use Lithium Orotate as a regular.
What i had thought about is Tryptophan although i hear varying reports about efficiacy. What other natural Serotonin raisers are available? Anything that hits 5ht1a?http://thorne.com/AST/Products/Mood-Sleep-Support/All_Mood_Sleep_Support.jsp
Some of these?
Please give me an overview and direction toward singling out the ones that have reasonable suspicion of being able to help me.Im also contacting my Naturopath in America. I set up a SD line via Skype for 5bucks. Now anyone can call me and pay regular landline rates;)
Thanks in advance and excuse my past angryness. Just saying that caution is advised when reading posts. This forum basically led me to Nardil, which pretty much changed my life forever. For good and bad.Schizo-affective
Seasonal-Affective
Social Anxiety
some PTSD
some Inattentive ADS
300 Seroquel, 1200 Acetylcystein
40-50 mg Parnate
Contemplated: Prazosin for nighmaires
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