Posted by g_g_g_unit on August 1, 2012, at 20:20:23
In reply to Re: Parnate decision » g_g_g_unit, posted by SLS on August 1, 2012, at 20:06:22
> Makes sense to me.
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> :-)
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> You're really getting into this stuff! I hope it pays off. Please keep posting. I really appreciate the sophistication with which you address biological psychiatry. I hope to learn more from you.
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> Please, please, please post your results of memantine pretreatment and subsequent administration of a psychostimulant.
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> How long do you think one would need to abstain from taking a stimulant before restarting it so that you can obtain the desired results?
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> - ScottThanks SLS, but I really can't take any credit for this. Most of the theorizing came from the poster responsible for the included quote (including andrewB, temoigneur, etc. on this forum) .. I just regurgitated a watered-down version.
Again, it sounds good on paper, but I'm a little worried about the induction of compulsivity or stereotypical behavior.
Anyway, my psychiatrist can sometimes be flaky .. he agreed to the Memantine/Dex idea a month ago when I asked, but had refused Memantine several months prior to that. I'm going to present the idea to him again tomorrow, so I really hope he doesn't turn me down. I am just very desperate and rather near the end of my tether, so I don't think the logic for me wanting to try it is unreasonable.
I'm not sure re: how long one would need to abstain from a stimulant. I guess it might depend on individual tolerance/sensitivity? Though it seems like tapering off completely, adjusting to Memantine (over a period of a couple of weeks or so) and then reintroducing the stimulant was sufficient for most people.
If you want an ecstatic report of the combination, maybe revisit temoigneur's "happy ending :P" post in the archives. I believe he remitted from 7+ years of severe OCD with psychotic features and was able to return to university on a combination of Prozac, Memantine and Dexedrine. I've tried to chase him down to see how he's doing (as I found a post in another forum where he relapsed two years later), but haven't had much luck.
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