Posted by uncouth on June 4, 2012, at 14:31:41
In reply to Re: Ultra-high dose memantine? Anyone?, posted by novelagent on June 4, 2012, at 12:53:10
Interesting. Memantine is really throwing me for a loop. Last monday I went back down to 30mg for two days, then started feeling a little less fatigued, so decided to push it up again, quickly to 40mg, then was feeling ok, so pushed it up again the next two days to 45...i'm really sensitive or the dosing is really weird at this range. I really understand now why you need to stay at a stable dose for a while, even small dose changes really throw me for a loop. I thought i was cool at 45 for like 3 days and wanted to push it up again to 50, but that totally backfired...it really does build up. Now once again I'm back reducing down to 40mg lol. Took 25mg yesterday morning then said to hell with this what am i doing, and am trying to get down to a more stable blood level where I can function. Took 5mg last night. Then this morning was going to take 20mg to stabilize at 40mg total /daily but ended up taking 30mg beucase i figured oh i took too little last night lol.
God i'm crazy, memantine is making me crazier it seems. Tonight I have a sleep study at stanford but will take 10mg at night so i can hit my target of 40mg dose today. Feel like sh*t though and depressed.
I don't know i think maybe i should go back down to 30, i still feel out of it after 6 weeks at this point.
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