Posted by psychobot5000 on May 6, 2012, at 13:07:27
In reply to Re: question for SLS » psychobot5000, posted by g_g_g_unit on May 6, 2012, at 8:20:55
I've never actually used cyproheptadine. My surmise about these things, built from experience (with Geodon, Remeron, and agomelatine), a bit of research, and what other posters have told me, here, has indicated that while 5HT-2a antagonism can be good for mood, 5ht-2c activation seems to be sort of pleasantly stimulating in the short run, but is indeed bad for OCD after a few days. I generally found the body's response to its positive effects to attenuate during that period, also, presumably as it got used to the extra neurotransmission :(
Re: parnate, it's been a few years since I had my long trial with it. I went up and down a few times, but I don't really recall how long I stayed at 60 (I don't believe I went any higher). However, from long experience with it and with selegiline (as well as a briefer trial with phenelzine), I came to the conclusion that there was zero chance the cloudiness would ever abate, at least until I got off the medication or moved to a dose that was too small to be useful.
For what it's worth, the selegiline brain-fog was lighter and felt different--probably because I didn't take it in doses reputed to give substantial MAO-A inhibition. But that's getting farther afield.
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