Posted by Ron Hill on January 17, 2011, at 11:09:34
In reply to Agomelatine (Valdoxan) and Body Pains?, posted by SLS on January 14, 2011, at 13:39:42
Scott,
> I began taking agomelatine a few weeks ago. Everything in my body hurts. I stoop like an old man when getting out of a chair. At times, the pain is random in its location throughout the body. If I favor one arm, the other one begins to hurt.So sorry that Valdoxan did not work out. You gave it a fair try via your two trials.
As you know, Valdoxan stopped my bipolar ultra rapid cycling and, as a result, my depressive phases no longer occur. The one caveat is that if I forget to take my vitamins and supplements for two or more days in a row, I become dysthymic and very sleepy-tired during the day. Within a couple of hours after resuming my vitamins and supplements, I become completely well again.
As you also know, I added Valdoxan to my combo on 8/4/10 and it continues to work today. I had four nights of nightmares and vertigo as start-up side effects. As shown at the bottom of this page, I currently take 12.5 mg/night of Valdoxan.
After 14.5 years of trying to stop my ultra rapid cycling, I am thankful beyond description that I am finally well. Scott, I wish with all my heart that you find wellness soon.
I also wish that everyone on PB will find full relief for their particular disorder. I know the pain and I wish that relief would be provided for all.
If it were not for PB and the people that post here, I'm not sure that I would have ever found the cocktail that has made me well.
Scott, sorry to step on your thread. I just wanted to let the record show that while Valdoxan does not help everyone, it does provide good benefit to some.
-- Ron
dx: Bipolar II and mild OCPD
600 mg/day Trileptal (oxcarbazepine)
200 mg/day Lamictal (lamotrigine)
500 mg/day Keppra (levetiracetam)
90 mg/day Nardil (phenelzine)
12.5 mg at betime Valdoxan (agomelatine)
3.75 mg/day Deplin (taken with 2500 mcg/day of sublingual methyl B-12, and 12.5mg/day of sublingual P-5-P)
2.5 mg/day Adderal XR45 ml/day of Carlsons Bottled Fish Oil
200 mg/day phosphatidylserene
One Multi-vitamin/day; Only 100% of all the usual vitamins; Look for good chelations. NO VANADIUM!!
2000 IU/day Vitamin D-3
850 mg/day of Mg 212% of RDA (as 5 grams of Mg Malate)
200 mcg/day GTF Chromium
600 mcg/day Chromium Picolinate
200 mg/day Co-Q10
1000 mg/day Cinnamon
480 mg/day Milk Thistle
2 g Vitamin C
Whats next to add?:
NAC, + 8 to 10 glasses of water, + Acetyl-L-Carnitine, + Alpha-Lipoic Acid
poster:Ron Hill
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