Posted by bulldog2 on May 24, 2008, at 18:57:51
In reply to Re: A Question To Scott About Memantine » bulldog2, posted by Sigismund on May 24, 2008, at 18:09:33
> Now I've read your informative description of 5mg memantine as like a dose of Ritalin that refused to give up.
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> (For me, Ritalin in low doses was fine and in high doses was frightful.)
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> So I imagine memantine will disrupt my sleep.
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> I wonder how long the half life is?I believe the half life is over three days. The problem with stimulation for me is you need to come down and relax. the stim was not unpleasant but was never ending for me. however the paradox is that some feel nothing at low doses and feel drunk at high doses. Some sleep very well on the med but My klonopin didn't even help me on the med. I'm trying to decipher what my reaction to memantine is telling me about my brain chemistry. There is a dopaminageric feeling for me with this med. I will try at 2.5 to see my reaction is. So the question is what is an nmda partial antagonist doing to brain chemistry. I mean I saw where memantine is being investigated for anxiety? Very puzzling..Shows how much we don't know about brain chemistry..
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