Posted by SLS on April 14, 2006, at 19:29:08
In reply to How to shut down the catecholamine rush...update., posted by blueberry on April 14, 2006, at 19:10:22
Does your doctor use this test routinely?
I was not aware that these tests were available. How much did they cost?
- Scott
> Doc has no idea what the early morning fear, terror, paranoia, anxiety, overspeeded thing is. All we both know is that it pretty much started when zyprexa was weaned off 8 weeks ago. I thought it was a withdrawal effect that would pass. It isn't passing.
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> Did a urine test of neurotransmitter levels...
> Epinephrine...2....supposed to be 8 -12.
> Norepinephrine...30...supposed to be 30-75
> Norep/Epinep ratio...13...supposed to be 3-6.
> Serotonin...67...supposed to be 175-225.
> Gaba...4...supposed to be 1-4.
> Glutamate...64...supposed to be 10-25.
> PEA...314...supposed to be 175-350.
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> I can see why I respond well to anything that boosts both norepinephrine and serotonin, but not either alone. Not sure what that norepinephrine/epinephrine ratio means though.
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> The one that caught my attention was glutamate. That is really high. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe that is a post-zyprexa phenomenon.
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> Doc had two suggestions, my choice...
> -Restart prozac and zyprexa.
> -Begin a nutritional program of targetted amino acids to bring them all into proper range.
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> Not sure what to do. I do know zyprexa will shut down that morning craziness immediately and completely, but leave me blah and empty, requiring prozac to liven things up, but sometimes with too much anxiety/akathisia kind of stuff. The aminos...pure experiment with no clinical backing as far as I'm concerned.
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