Posted by S.D. on June 14, 2000, at 14:28:25
In reply to Re: ThinkFast and Centerpointe.com, posted by Dwight on June 13, 2000, at 19:23:05
> Today I started a combo of adrafinil/amisulpride/adderal/klonipin. The adrafinil and amisulpride are new and I didn't want to go cold turkey off the others. The neurontin was probably the most potent in terms of lowering social inhibitions, but it causes rather severe memory loss. I'll save it for emergency situations
>As an alternative to Neurontin or klonopin, consider kava kava. For me, it seemed to have the same (anti-Social anxiety) effect that Neurontin is having currently (although I didn't put myself in enough anxiety-provoking situations while on kava kava, to gauge the benefit as well as I have with Neurontin). After a few days of adjustment, the only persistant side effect was dry & itchy eyes which was annoying but tolerable and probably is treatable. No memory loss or other noticeable cognitive deficit! Maybe this is due to it being counterbalanced by another action such as the supposed reversible MAO-B inhibition ( the packaging I have says don't mix with an MAOI - I guess combining 2 MAOIs is bad?). If so, maybe your adrafinil or other potentially enhancing meds would counteract negative effects of Neurontin or Klonopin.
Anyway, search psychobabble for "kava kava" (or "kava kava" and "S.D.") to find my previous posts about the stuff. I posted some links to kava kava info.Can I ask you (or anyone!) something about your Neurontin experience? Was the memory loss of the sort that made you "absent minded", like "did I already let the cat outside just 10 minutes ago?"? Did it interfere with learning new things (e.g. you'd read from a book and not retain the information well)?
Did it impair your recall of 'old' knowledge - either simple things like a password you hadn't used in a while or More complex things?
Did/does klonopin cause any of these problems for you?Sorry to ask so much, but (finally) what was the 'quality' of the reduction in social anxiety from Neurontin and/or Klonopin? For instance, for me kava kava and Neurontin nearly eliminated my anxiety and inhibition in recent dealings with salespeople in stores and asking them questions. However, the salesperson always initiated ("can I help you...") and I don't seem to be having any easier time being the one to approach another person first to ask a question/make a request/chat them up/etc. Nor do I think it has reduced my "interpersonal sensitivity" ('thin-skinned-ness').
peace and health,
S.D.
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