Posted by Ant-Rock on June 6, 2000, at 17:57:56
In reply to Re: Amisulpride, Andrew and all » Ant-Rock, posted by SLS on June 6, 2000, at 14:52:55
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am currently taking 40mg Parnate, 25mg Amisulpride, and between 20-30mg Ritalin/day. I just added the amisulpride to the mix yesterday in hopes of giving me back some sex drive. My first trial of amisulpride @50mg and eventually 100mg didn't have any effect, but this was done without the Parnate. If there are any surprises(good or bad)with this combo I will let you know.
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> > Best wishes to all,
> > Anthony
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> Anthony - Thank you very much for this post. Parnate + amisulpride is one of the combinations I asked my doctor to look into. Now I can tell him that I have a guinea pig.
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> GOOD LUCK !!!
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> By the way, why are you taking Ritalin, and how have you benefited from it?
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> Is your lack of sex-drive simply a feature of depression, or is it being caused by medication? Does Parnate + Ritalin completely take care of your depression?
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> Are you bipolar? How would you describe your depressed state? Which drugs have you benefited from in the past.
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> Sorry about all of the questions.
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> Thanks again.
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> - Scott
No Scott, I am not bipolar. My loss of libido has been with me ever since I had a severe traumatic reaction to a drug called Amoxapine. This med I was trying while being treated for a dysthymic depression/fatigue, sent my mind and body into a severe tailspin. I could go on describing all the problems this reaction left me with such as weakness and severe anhedonia, but it's just to sad to think about for very long. I've tried to get answers(God knows)but I've come up empty time and again.
I'm taking ritalin to augment the parnate, after reading about many successes this combo has had for extremely treatment resistant patients. I've read about grand remissions from this combo in DR. Bobs tips section(keywords: stimulants,maois)that several Doctors spoke of.
I've been on parnate before with decent results, hoping to increase dosage from 40mg soon. So far this combo hasn't been spectacular, but I'm still on a relatively low dose parnate, but it's at least given me the energy to get up and function in the morning. 2 weeks ago I was pretty much a vegetable, so I guess I should be thankful. Unfortunately the anhedonia is still prevalent.
Drugs that helped me in the past?
-Parnate somewhat
-Amineptine in some ways
-rTMS(transcr.magnetic-stim),subtle,very transient
-Ritalin after about my first week(only 10mg/day) I noticed much improved mood and anhedonia started to lift, I actually wanted to do things, but these short lived improvements began to wane and even upon increasing the dose it hasn't returned.
The components of my depression have always been the atypical kind. Slowed mental & physical fuction, fatigue, tiredness, lack of sex drive, apathy and so on. I've never had severe anxieties,panic, or mania.
Hope I could be of some help Scott, feel free to comment or ask anything, I certainly don't mind the questions and I always appreciate the input I get hear as well.
Anthony
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