Posted by schleprock on August 11, 2012, at 19:44:02
In reply to Re: Long term efficacy of antipsychotics » schleprock, posted by phidippus on August 11, 2012, at 19:03:21
> >which of those meds would work best if you have a >low dopamine level?
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> I doubt you have low dopamine levels. Low dopamine levels usually lead to other illness such as Parkinsons.
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> All atypical antipsychotics ANTAGONIZE dopamine, which means they lower dopamine levels. Except for Abilify, which is a D2 partial agonist.
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> Drugs which increase dopamine include Requip, Mirapex, Levadopa, Memantine and a bunch more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_agonist
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> EricThanks. I suppose I am, at the very least, looking for something to augment my nortriptyline that hasn't a negative effect on dopamine. Maybe.
I've seen Mirapex mentioned somewhere as being used for anxiety\depression. And apparently there's a thread somewhere around here about requip. Do you know anything about those being used as augmentors?
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