Posted by zeugma on December 13, 2004, at 15:55:34
In reply to Re: Should I just cut my losses or what? » zeugma, posted by jujube on December 12, 2004, at 17:49:13
> Yipes! Those side effects sound incredibly unpleasant. I am surprised you lasted as long as you did. I must seem like a wimp to be giving up on clomipramine because of the side effects I am experiencing.
It depends on the severity of symptoms; the worse they are, the more unpleasant side effects you'll put up with: my ADHD, fatigue, and probable narcolepsy are quite disabling. I have also gone unmedicated for prolonged periods, and those side effects sometimes seemed like a picnic in comparison.
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> Have you ever tried DMAE? I had thought that it was simply a natural supplement. However, it apparently was first developed as an ADD/ADHD med (deanol). When the FDA asked the company to undertake more clinical trials (I think that was the case), it was decided that more trials would be too costly. So, it is now sold as a nutritional supplement. At the place where I bought mine recently, the lady who runs the place told me that one of her clients was able to take her son off of Ritalin when he started using DMAE. The nice thing is no side effects.
>I simply do not believe that an efficacious medication can have no side effects. However, I am willing to be pleasantly surprised :) I will look up and research DMAE. The thing is that the Ritalin dosing is so tricky (30 mg Ritalin LA am then 30 mg noon, to have ANY effect at all)that I anticipate problems if I try to come off this dosage. Plus I am taking other meds, and I will have to investigate for interactions. With this kind of thing, too, you're on your own, because pdocs are unsure enough about the interactions between prescribed medications: for a pdoc to be well-informed about interactions with DMAE... well, I'll have to look at the literature available and see.
> Anyways, thanks again for the response and the info. Much appreciated.
Very welcome.-z>
> Tamara
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