Posted by SLS on December 28, 2022, at 14:18:41
In reply to Re: Tolerance is just so low!!, posted by undopaminergic on December 8, 2022, at 7:15:35
> > > maybe...a non-antidepressant approach?
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> > Whatever works. It would be an instructional exercise to have people list those drugs or other substances that worked best for them.
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> I won't try to go through them all, but my best combination was buprenorphine + methylphenidate. I felt I was in the process of getting on my feet again when the drugs were taken away from me.
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> -undopaminergic
What property of buprenorphine do you think mitigated your depressive symptoms? What led you to combine the two drugs?I found this:
"Major Depressive Disorder and Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonists"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871611/
Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu opioid receptor and an *antagonist* at the kappa receptor, which could explain the antidepressant properties of buprenorphine. Perhaps you can find another kappa receptor antagonist. I wouldn't know where to look.
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