Posted by ChrisK on November 21, 2001, at 4:52:04
In reply to Anhedonia rollercoaster: Mirapex?, posted by Anna laura on November 21, 2001, at 2:40:34
Anna Laura,
I found Mirapex to work great at addressing my anhedonia. I take it with Nortriptyline as my main AD and it's turned out to be a very good augmenter. I don't see why it would conflivt with either Effexor or Reboxetine.
What dose did your doctor prescribe? Some people have to start out very low dose and work up to the theraputic range slowly due to nausea problems. I am pretty resistant to side effects and I got to my current 4 mg/day within a week. From what I have read the theraputic dose is at least 3 mg/day and closer to 6 mg/day. It also has a very short half life so you will need to take it at least 3 times per day to spread the dose out.
Best of luck with it. Mirapex really helped me a lot.
Chris
> I've been experiencing a shift in my anhedonia during the last week. I didn't think i had found the miracle cure cause i felt i still had to come a long way but i believed to have reached a fairly good enough mood to get started again and i was eager to work hard to get myself back on tracks.
> Sadly my anhedonia came back after one week for no apparent reason. One positive thing is that i persuaded my pdoc to prescribe me mirapex.
> I talked to him on the phone yesterday, showed him evidence it could work for some people, and he eventually told me "all right i'll prescribe it for you".
> My question is: do i need to find a drug that gives me a steady mood state before adding mirapex to my cocktail? Do you think i could try it despite the spotted improvement i'm having with my current cocktail? I'm actually taking Effexor 300 mg and reboxetine, 8 mg (two tablets, which is the average dose).
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