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Posted by neo on June 6, 2006, at 13:39:50
Hi Blueberry, please i got few question about your recent upper post: you sayd about your trial on Amisulpride:
> It starts with a definite stimulant effect. The first couple days especially.... ....Then it feels like it isn't doing anything at all. Then at about 3 or 4 weeks, the antidepressant and anti-anxiety and prosocial stuff kicks in nicely.<
1) during the period of lack of effect (first 3-4 weeks), do you have any side effects like somnolence, dizzyness, drowsines or weakness? Or other?
2)The good effect you had after 3/4 weeks was the same you had in the first couple of days (stimulant effect)? Or there was any difference between the two effects?
3) At the end, what was you daily dosage?
Thanks very much for your help and share!
neo
Posted by blueberry on June 6, 2006, at 18:34:29
In reply to BLUEBERRY: few AMISULPRIDE question for you, pls., posted by neo on June 6, 2006, at 13:39:50
During the first 3 to 4 weeks there were some mild tame side effects. Disturbed sleep was the main one. I did have some slight dizziness and somnolence, but hardly anything to mention really, especially compared to other meds it was very mild, almost invisible.
The effect after 3 to 4 weeks was different from the initial stimulant effect. It was just an overall peace and calm mixed in with enhanced pleasure and motivation and energy and social interaction, but not stimulant-like.
My final dose was 50mg.
> Hi Blueberry, please i got few question about your recent upper post: you sayd about your trial on Amisulpride:
>
> > It starts with a definite stimulant effect. The first couple days especially.... ....Then it feels like it isn't doing anything at all. Then at about 3 or 4 weeks, the antidepressant and anti-anxiety and prosocial stuff kicks in nicely.<
>
> 1) during the period of lack of effect (first 3-4 weeks), do you have any side effects like somnolence, dizzyness, drowsines or weakness? Or other?
>
> 2)The good effect you had after 3/4 weeks was the same you had in the first couple of days (stimulant effect)? Or there was any difference between the two effects?
>
> 3) At the end, what was you daily dosage?
>
> Thanks very much for your help and share!
>
> neo
>
>
Posted by neo on June 6, 2006, at 19:57:11
In reply to Re: BLUEBERRY: few AMISULPRIDE question for you, pls., posted by blueberry on June 6, 2006, at 18:34:29
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 7, 2006, at 5:49:34
In reply to Re: BLUEBERRY: few AMISULPRIDE question for you, pls., posted by blueberry on June 6, 2006, at 18:34:29
Hi Blueberry,
Just a quick question --
How does SJW compare with (low-dose) amisulpride?
I think you were on SJW with other things (prozac, zyprexa) but wow, amisulpride sounds rather handsome.... I've had it on my mind and was thinking about it you see, for depression etc. SJW so far has been the best med I've tried. I'm currently on rhodiola rosea, hmmm, to be honest it doesn't do anything for anxiety, in fact it makes it worse, but we'll see, not entirely certain it does anything for depression either, but well....
They think it might be a COMT inhibitor, something which sounds rather good....
Low dose amisulpride would be good if a) it didn't have any weird side effects and b) if my pdoc would prescribe it.....
Oh well.
Kind regards
Meri
Posted by blueberry on June 7, 2006, at 7:05:08
In reply to Re: BLUEBERRY: few AMISULPRIDE question for you, p, posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 7, 2006, at 5:49:34
SJW and amisulpride do feel similar, that is after about a 4 to 6 week start up period. The calmness with motivation and energy I got from either one of them, though the overall good effect was more complete with sjw. If someone were deciding between the two, I personally would prefer sjw as the best choice...sjw lowers prolactin while amisulpride raises it a lot. Sjw has lots of health benefits where amisulpride doesn't.
I tried rhodiola several times. Each time I got a nice antidepressant effect on the first day which was never repeated on following days, and anxiety levels went way up.
You could spend years finding something to work like sjw did. It might be a good idea to return to it.
> Hi Blueberry,
>
> Just a quick question --
>
> How does SJW compare with (low-dose) amisulpride?
>
> I think you were on SJW with other things (prozac, zyprexa) but wow, amisulpride sounds rather handsome.... I've had it on my mind and was thinking about it you see, for depression etc. SJW so far has been the best med I've tried. I'm currently on rhodiola rosea, hmmm, to be honest it doesn't do anything for anxiety, in fact it makes it worse, but we'll see, not entirely certain it does anything for depression either, but well....
>
> They think it might be a COMT inhibitor, something which sounds rather good....
>
> Low dose amisulpride would be good if a) it didn't have any weird side effects and b) if my pdoc would prescribe it.....
>
> Oh well.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Meri
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 7, 2006, at 9:17:19
In reply to Re: BLUEBERRY: few AMISULPRIDE question for you, p » Meri-Tuuli, posted by blueberry on June 7, 2006, at 7:05:08
hiya,
Thanks for the info. Yep, SJW does seem to be pretty good. Do you know how it actually works, other than it raises SE, NA and DA and GABA?? I saw a nutritionist, and she thought it acted more on sertonin, which I'm not sure is the case.
Well, I'm seeing a medicial herbalist on Friday, so I'm hopeful she'll be familar with SJW and get me back on it, maybe combining it with rhodiola. Rhodiola is making me pretty anxious all the time, although I think it does have a AD effect.
BTW, when I stopped it, it landed me in the ER a week after with a huge panic attack, which I think you also had... It definately does something....
I think I've put on weight with it through. Oh well.
Kind regards
Meri
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