Posted by shasling on January 20, 2006, at 16:13:58
In reply to Re: Which ADs increase DOPAMINE the most? » shasling, posted by SLS on January 20, 2006, at 15:40:32
Hi Scott,
Actually, I don't think that I ever really lobbied for a strictly dopaminergic basis of my condition. Nor did I write the original post... I actually suspect (have to suspect *something*, because I agree - we really don't know sh*t, and the alternative is random medication taking which seems REALLY unlikely to help...) that I've got some HPA and/or adrenal thing going on as well, and who knows what else. If I knew the answer I'd be better. My point about the dopamine was that I've kinda ruled out the other two of the big three and am going with that for now, seeing if it fits. Again, my experience with Abilify seemed to confirm/reinforce it. Parhaps I misunderstood Abilify to only affect dopamine and I'm wrong - that would be okay, I'm not trying to know everything, I just want to be able to get out of bed and clean the cat box.
I guess my point in the exchange with Link, and maybe I'm not very good at expressing myself, is that suspecting any given neurotransmitter is simply a framework from which to make decisions about what to try next. If my issue isn't dopamine, I'd find that out myself in due time.
My point in my initial post had nothing to do with dopamine; it was that I was disappointed to see anybody's theory of the moment discounted, people who may be just hanging on to that in order to have some hope or whatever, or just to have some sense of (even if false) mastery of what is going on with them. That ain't me right now, but there are a lot of people out there just hanging on who probably don't need to be invalidated. I was really psyched to have found a place that was so affirming and where my credibility about me seemed to be assumed and respected that I was disappointed in references to 'imagined dopamine deficiency' etc. This board had always seemed to be a safe and affirming place for people in pain, and I was disappointed in that. That's all. Not telling you what to do or say, just food for thought. No intention of being confrontational.
Thanks,
Suzie
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