Posted by chemist on May 9, 2005, at 20:28:25
In reply to Another question ..., posted by AMD on May 9, 2005, at 18:10:57
hello again, answers/suggestions with asterisks...yours, c
> I took a 50 m.g. dose of Seroquel about six hours following my intake of ketamine and cocaine. Any chance this may have exasperated the effects of the latter drugs? I read an alarmist paper that mixing ketamine and an antipsychotic can cause severe brain damage, even the first time. What is the reality of this?***** there is a finite chance of all kinds of phenomena happening once, given long enough time, yet that is not of import. seroquel should have reduced any psychoses associated with ketamine if present, but i suspect that given the skewed affinity (high) for D_{3} and not for NE/E that the seroquel and ketamine interaction was minimal. huffing paint thinner out of a paper bag - even the first time - can cause brain damage. the list of things to avoid with your ketamine when administered by an anesthesiologist as you are prepped for surgery is addressed by the person who is literally responsible for your life. anything that inhibits metabolism of ketamine == increase in blood pressure and trouble. apparently, i.v. ketamine + diazepam or barbiturates == formation of (insoluble, yes) precipitate. the list goes on...****
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> Finally -- today I felt pretty bad. Lamictal 300 mg this morning, coming off two days of 50 m.g. of Seroquel, and 80 m.g. of Celexa this morning as well. Any chance my slight tongue tingling, zoned-out feeling, and generally ill state is related to those medications (particularly the Seroquel).
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**** yes, a chance, and wondering why the up and down with seroquel? ****> Chemist, can you recommend a good textbook for self-study in chemistry? I took chemistry in high school but have largely (if not completely) forgotten its basics. I've been studying calculus but right now I feel pretty useless. The thought of opening a book makes me depressed. I hate that "I will never be able to learn anything new again" feeling. I hope this, too, passes and is related to the depression rather than anything else.
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***** any general chem text published in the last five years or so will do. be warned: many people will claim that there is no such thing as a good chemistry text, and most chemistry people probably agree to a point. ******> Finally, I suppose many of these symptoms I feel /are/ related to the depression. When I hear "memory loss" I forget that perhaps that is independent of depression, and that any slowness of mind I feel right now is due to the depression, not memory loss specifically. (I assume one can have memory loss and not feel mentally and physically depressed.)
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> amd*** ask larry, i can opine, but.....****
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