Posted by carter on February 22, 2000, at 19:56:53
In reply to Re: ATTENTION WAYNE!, posted by ryan_s on February 22, 2000, at 4:07:31
>does the naltrexone dull your emotions like the
>ssri's have been known to do? second, i have heard
>that naltrexone blunts gratification after, lets
>say running. from my research this blunting of
>gratification from excercise is do to the endorphins
>being blocked by naltrexone. wayne do you feel like
>there is no possible way to get a runners high or
>simply get excited to see a long lost friend? i
>would really appreciate your response!Me too! I remember soon after my introduction to SSRIs (Zoloft),
I confided warily in a friend that after excercise, I no longer
felt endorphin release- not even a little. As a depressed kid, I
used to run just for the endorphins, as a crude (but at the time,
beautiful) self-treatment. While I'd gladly trade that for more
functionally on-target meds, the change was indicative of the
general dulling effect.Somewhere along the line of trying different meds, I picked up the
habit of calling them either 'high' or 'low ceiling.' The latter
meant that (regardless of benefits), the drug enacted a pervasive
cognitive change, whereas a high-ceiling drug (again, regardless
of its benefits) had a less overbearing presence. It would be nice
if more ADs were like that, naltrexone included (right now I'm just
on Serzone, from which I'm getting a decent high-ceiling AD
response).
poster:carter
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