Posted by bleauberry on June 4, 2008, at 16:34:44
In reply to Tianeptine + SSRI ? what to expect ?, posted by Marty on June 4, 2008, at 14:35:57
There is a case report at pubmed of someone who did not respond to a conventional antidepressant and did not respond to tianeptine but they did respond to the combination. No mention of what the other antidepressant was though.
The terms serotonin reuptake inhibitor and serotonin reuptake enhancer are very broad terms. These drugs do a lot more than just serotonin stuff.
There are cases of tianeptine abuse, where people actually got a good feeling from high doses. Just hypothesis, but based on this and based on what other people say about it, tianeptine probably has some indirect effect of enhancing other systems such as dopamine.
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