Posted by Ame Sans Vie on May 25, 2003, at 18:45:26
In reply to Re: Just a quick reminder..., posted by kara lynne on May 25, 2003, at 14:40:25
> Hi,
> I know you must have already posted this but I missed it-- would you mind repeating what other meds you are taking besides Mirapex, niacin and Enada NADH? I'm wondering what the magic potion is (for you, anyway!). I'm also wondering what the difference would be between Mirapex and Welbutrin, which I've tried and never had dramatic results with. Thank you so much, and glad you're doing so well.Hi there! Glad I got through to someone who didn't see the previous posting.
I now take Klonopin Wafers and Xanax (soon switching to Xanax XR). These do wonderfully for the anxiety, but leave me just feeling so "blah". Emotionless, a do-nothing boy. I quit taking my Lexapro several days ago and now am finding that it wasn't doing a thing for me. Oh well... it had me fooled for a while. Guess it was the Tranxene I was on at the time. I also just stopped taking Desoxyn. But I still do take Neurontin for fibromyalgia, with Soma taken as needed for breakthrough muscle pain.
Anyway, like I said, the benzos eliminated the anxiety, but for the longest time I've been looking for something to motivate me. I never thought of Mirapex until I remembered someone promoting it heavily in a mental health chat on AOL about a year ago. So I looked into it, and how it had a very high affinity for the D3 receptors (a quality unique to Mirapex and Requip). After reading the studies on Mirapex for depression and BP II, and hearing how much more energetic and "high on life" everyone was, I had to try it, and I ramped up the dose to the maximum 4.5mg very quickly.
I've tried Wellbutrin, but it just isn't for someone with anxiety... the effect it had on noradrenaline made me so jittery and nervous all the time. Almost as bad as Ritalin. Besides, Mirapex is a simple agonist, not a reuptake inhibitor. It begins working within a few days, and by then you're hooked.
If you have any more questions, I'd be happy to answer! :-)
poster:Ame Sans Vie
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