Posted by sabre on November 9, 2004, at 23:28:58
In reply to Re: newsweek article on mental health.. » sabre, posted by KaraS on November 9, 2004, at 11:47:57
Hi Kara
No, I don't have ADD or CFS but I was curious about the hypersensitive dopamine receptors. The combination of ADD and CFA sounds miserable.Have you tried reducing your dosage of the stimulant/dopaminergic to see if you get the required response at a lower dosage?
I have found around 1/4 of the suggested therapeutic dosage seems right for me for the drugs I have tried. If you could then increase it very very gradually so you sneak up on the receptors.The other suggestion would be to try alternative supplements for a period to perhaps begin the task of toning the receptors down.
I'm trying Tyrosine and seem to be having some positive results. Tyrosine helps to increase dopamine which in turn is used to increase NA. My plan was to use it to before trying reboxetine as it increases NA. I don't know if I have too many or too few NA receptors but the Tyrosine seems to help.
If my thinking is flawed, let me know!!
sabre
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