Posted by SLS on May 6, 2015, at 16:55:32
In reply to Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists?, posted by kilo8 on May 3, 2015, at 23:03:23
> I'd really like to try this but I fear it will be hard to get a prescription for it.
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754299/For me, riluzole was an unconscionably expensive sugar pill. I felt neither better nor worse with respect to bipolar depression. I tried memantine 20 mg/day for a few weeks. I didn't take it long enough, nor did I take a high enough dosage. Lamictal might be helpful in that it inhibits glutamate release, thus reducing the stimulation of NMDA receptors.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
poster:SLS
thread:1078649
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20140702/msgs/1078718.html