Posted by bulldog2 on July 5, 2009, at 19:05:34
In reply to Re: Best Antidepressants for men?, posted by linkadge on July 5, 2009, at 18:45:12
> There is evidence too that when MAO inhibition becomes pronounce there is a decrease in dopamine synthesis.
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> We really don't have any specific dopaminergic antidepressants - except perhaps SAMe.
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> LinkadgeI read an article online where a group of men had their testosterone tested before and after parnate usage. It was an eight week study and testosterone actually increased about 20%. Really don't recall much more. It seems as if parnate may be a little more friendly to dopamine production and perhaps increase it.
As far as to how much testosterone production is disturbed by an ssri that may be a function dosage and duration of treatment. If the dosage is high enough and treatment long enough could an ssri totally turn off testosterone? I don't know if there are any studies about that possibility. Would a dopamine agonist prevent this problem? One psychiatrist said that when he uses buspar with an ssri that sexual problems with ssris are often reversed.
I should have stated in my first post that tcas work more with norepinephrine. I think I said serotonin.
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