Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 67564

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Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on....

Posted by Anna Laura on June 23, 2001, at 2:46:38

I was wondering if someone on this board knew something about L-Dopa for depression.
(i'm reposting this, since i didn't get any answers).

Thanks in advance

Anna Laura

Re: Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on....

Posted by PaulB on June 23, 2001, at 5:32:38

In reply to Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on...., posted by Anna Laura on June 23, 2001, at 2:46:38

> I was wondering if someone on this board knew something about L-Dopa for depression.
> (i'm reposting this, since i didn't get any answers).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Anna Laura

Hi Anna Laura

I tried L-Dopa once for depression. It may work okay for some people as it is the precursor for dopamine but there may be some problems.

L-Dopa can cause bad-side effects, particularly nausea, even though the available formula's particulry Sinemet is combined with a drug that inhibits the breakdown of the drug before it reaches the brain.

People who take it for Parkinsons disease need to increase the dosage after a few months leading to increased side-effects . I think the film awakenings shows this phenomenon occuring with Robert Deniro's character.

The reason why you didnt get a response is I doubt many people have taken L-Dopa for depresison and I should imagine it would be hard to get a script because it isnt licensed or indicated for the treatment of depression.

Why the interest in L-Dopa?

Re: Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on....

Posted by Anna Laura on June 24, 2001, at 9:27:05

In reply to Re: Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on...., posted by PaulB on June 23, 2001, at 5:32:38

> > I was wondering if someone on this board knew something about L-Dopa for depression.
> > (i'm reposting this, since i didn't get any answers).
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > Anna Laura
>
> Hi Anna Laura
>
> I tried L-Dopa once for depression. It may work okay for some people as it is the precursor for dopamine but there may be some problems.
>
> L-Dopa can cause bad-side effects, particularly nausea, even though the available formula's particulry Sinemet is combined with a drug that inhibits the breakdown of the drug before it reaches the brain.
>
> People who take it for Parkinsons disease need to increase the dosage after a few months leading to increased side-effects . I think the film awakenings shows this phenomenon occuring with Robert Deniro's character.
>
> The reason why you didnt get a response is I doubt many people have taken L-Dopa for depresison and I should imagine it would be hard to get a script because it isnt licensed or indicated for the treatment of depression.
>
> Why the interest in L-Dopa?
>

Since i suffer from anhedonia, i've been considering if i needed a dopaminergic augmenter.
Since L-Dopa is supposed to be a powerful
dopaminergic drug i wanted to know more about it; i was also wondering if someone on this board could share some experience about that.....

Thanks for listening

Anna Laura

Re: Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on....

Posted by Jean Paul on June 24, 2001, at 15:53:12

In reply to Re: Salvation Army4me, anyone knows more on...., posted by Anna Laura on June 24, 2001, at 9:27:05

Why not selegiline, which is safer?

> > > I was wondering if someone on this board knew something about L-Dopa for depression.
> > > (i'm reposting this, since i didn't get any answers).
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > > Anna Laura
> >
> > Hi Anna Laura
> >
> > I tried L-Dopa once for depression. It may work okay for some people as it is the precursor for dopamine but there may be some problems.
> >
> > L-Dopa can cause bad-side effects, particularly nausea, even though the available formula's particulry Sinemet is combined with a drug that inhibits the breakdown of the drug before it reaches the brain.
> >
> > People who take it for Parkinsons disease need to increase the dosage after a few months leading to increased side-effects . I think the film awakenings shows this phenomenon occuring with Robert Deniro's character.
> >
> > The reason why you didnt get a response is I doubt many people have taken L-Dopa for depresison and I should imagine it would be hard to get a script because it isnt licensed or indicated for the treatment of depression.
> >
> > Why the interest in L-Dopa?
> >
>
> Since i suffer from anhedonia, i've been considering if i needed a dopaminergic augmenter.
> Since L-Dopa is supposed to be a powerful
> dopaminergic drug i wanted to know more about it; i was also wondering if someone on this board could share some experience about that.....
>
>
> Thanks for listening
>
>
> Anna Laura

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