Posted by aazospiro on November 9, 2004, at 19:35:00
In reply to Re: Bipolar Illness And Psychostimulants :- o !!!!, posted by linkadge on November 7, 2004, at 11:28:48
ok well that would explain why coffee calms me down and even sends me to sleep.
Bromocriptine, piribedil, and almost anything dopaminergic does too. however methylphenidate does the best job without all the nasty side effects. Bupropion was the only exception, this made me very irritable.weirrd!!! Antiparkinson med sinemet 100/10 would put me to sleep in 1/2 hour...well rested too.
Strangely enough I CANNOT tolerate anything remotely serotinergic: Zoloft drives me through the roof, paxil worst, celexa, but not so much Fluoxetine......hmmm strange!! Venlafaxine is even worst. Buspirone is an absolute terror. These meds improves mood somewhat but makes me acutely disinhibited, VERY restless, discontented, anorgasmic, kills morning erections, apathetic, extremely fatigues, kills concentration.
Valproate at low dose seems to potentiate the effects of methylphenidate but if i go above 125 mg twice a day, its trouble......i actually get very hyperactive and even nervous. The benzodiazepines in general make me dumb and dysphoric and irritable with the sole exception of clonazepam. Alprazolam is by far the most irritation potentiating. Yukkkkk!
See the problems is that constant dosing of methylphenidate of 30 mg /d eventually makes me depressed in like 2 months.
i am focused, mellow, very mild tempered, but i feel low. How can I fix this without having to use a nasty serotinergic drug????
would i benfit from a very low dose of an atypical antipsychotic even though I am not schizophrenic?? To stop hypersensitivity of DA receptors?? Like 12.5 mg or lower of seroquel, or low fluanxol, Risperidone, Zyprexa ???
Can you help me
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