Posted by Rosy Crucifiction on October 25, 2009, at 10:04:23
In reply to Re: Memantine as a reversible MAO Inhibitor?, posted by g_g_g_unit on October 25, 2009, at 0:21:17
Regarding percentages, great point. I just did a search on Parnate and MAOIs to try to find out and got nothing. I'll dig a bit more. Maybe too much inhibition is why MAOIs can be tough o tolerate.
You seem down on Concerta. I've tried Adderall XL, Ritilan SR and Concerta.I MUCH prefer Concerta.The other two initailly caused euphoria. Which was great, but cr*pp*d out quickly and left me feeling bad. Plus I felt like I was doing recreational drugs the whole time. I was always acutely aware of their effect and tended to try to manage it (should I take more?). The Concerta is just a pill I take in the morning. I set my alarm for 2 hours before I want to get up and take it, the Wellbutrin, Deplin, 1/2 the memantine and Liotrix. By the time I want to get up (on a good day) I feel ready and reasonably together.
The dopamine and norepinephrine enhancement of the thyroid, and the ADs is a real help.
As I said, I dropped back down the memantine and feel better. I'm adding sertraline 50 mg and pindolol 7.5 mg in the evenings for BP and possible acceleration of AD effect.
BTW - if you haven't tried tweaking thyroid, I recommend it. I got a lot of antidepressant effect, better focus, motivation and improved energy from it. My thyroid was normal. I'm on the equivalent of 150 mcg t4 and 30 mcg t3. I've tried higher doses with better mood effect, but got some arrhythmia. It's cheap and easy to get. Keep me posted on how the ADHD stuff goes.
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