Posted by CrAzYmEd on March 4, 2010, at 15:22:40
In reply to Re: Memantine succes!!!! » CrAzYmEd, posted by emme on March 4, 2010, at 5:56:59
> > > That's really lucky! I tried it for a few months. Got up to 20mg with no noticeable effect. I'm glad it works for you though! The lack of side effects is always such a plus.
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> > What did you try it for? The minimum dose for depression is 30 or 40mg.
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> I got relief from depression at 5 mg. I couldn't tolerate any higher due to side effects (nor did I need higher since that dose worked) and eventually abandoned it for Abilify. But that low dose definitely helped with depression.
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> I'm glad you are having success with it. My pdoc at the time was very positive about her patients' experiences with it.
>Did you know that memantine has been shown in a rat study to reduce the risk of tardive dyskenia caused by antipsychotics? Since that memantine helped you it may be the ultimate add on to apripazole.
Lol i sound like a memantine commercial but this stuff is the perfect augmenter imo!!
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