Posted by Maria3667 on December 14, 2006, at 4:52:07
In reply to Re: Why Are Dopamine Agonists Not More Popular? » Maria3667, posted by linkadge on December 13, 2006, at 15:14:56
>If a dopamine agonist is making anxiety worse, then I would suspect that your brain is providing sufficiant agonism to these receptor sites.
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> LinkadgeTotally agreed. But how do you know if ones dopamine's levels are out of whack? By trial and error, or, just give the text below a thought:
Depression is often coupled to anxiety symptoms(especially if it is a long standing depression). So a rule of thumb could be that if a person is already anxious, adding a dopamine agonist is going to make things worse.
On the other hand, the paradox being that higher dopamine levels often relieve depression symptoms.So the solution? Maybe administrating a dopamine agonist to lift the depression & combining it with some sort of anxiolitic to dampen the fear.
That is the best my warped mind can cook up right now!
I'd like to know your thought on this.
Cheers,
MariaP.S. I've tried Wellbutrin and Mirapex on separate occassions and it was a nightmare.
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