Posted by alchemy on March 8, 2013, at 20:22:04
I was wondering if anyone has tried this, is it possible, thoughts?
Dopamine, dopamine, and everything else. But I did a search about "time perception" and it seems to also be related to low dopamine. (time perception probs can be in add & parkinsons) I have always seemed to have huge issues with time moving sooo slow. Of course part of this is the depression piece, anhedonia, etc. Ritalin can make time go by faster but can screw me up in the long term.
Mirapex/Requip - I have only heard these drugs mentioned a few times and only from this board. I would probably have to gun my pdoc down to try it. But it looks like sedation is often a side effect. I did get my pdoc to get out of his comfort zone and let me try amantadine (I can tell I am his most tx resistant patient). I think I had little energy while trying amantadine. So..I wondered about combining it with Provigil/Modafinal to combat the fatigue. And I decided I actually like Provigil for the most part on my second go-around.
I had some leftover Provigil samples from 3 years ago and gave them another try because I think the first trial was actually confused with other hormone factors. This time I think it is something that actually helped a tiny bit. Funny how it seems to only have about a 4-6 hour effect for me and then my energy can swing the other way. But it is also stimulating (increases anxiety). And I still have my depression, lack of motivation, anhedonia. It is just very slightly less (at least in the last week).
I don't know if my insurance would cover the expensive provigil, or my pdoc would let me take the combo, or mirapex would even help. It's just a new option when I supposedly don't have anymore.
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