Posted by aabag on January 16, 2007, at 1:54:56 [reposted on January 18, 2007, at 20:44:52 | original URL]
In reply to Phenylethylamine Emsam , posted by ryanz on January 14, 2007, at 1:52:18
There is moderate mood-lifting effect using emsam with phenylalanine , particularly D-phenylalanine (100 mg), with 25mg B6 thrown in for good measure. Its hard to know what's what, since I like coffee so much. I suppose I could try decaf :)
Having been on EMSAM for about 8-9 months, the results have been good. However my DX has always been social-anxiety, and EMSAM hasn't put that in remission (rejection sensitivity, lack of pro-socability). FYI, at ~9 months in, EMSAM no longer causes insomnia for me like it did after bumping up to 9mg patch. Since the social anxiety persists, I'm still researching new mechanisms of action, such as the clinical trials for cycloserine in fear-extinction.
Along those lines, why hasn't a company successfully brought a targeted GABA-A anxiolytic to market? There are literally a pile of GABA-A hypnotics for eliminating insomnia. Is insomnia that much more of a money maker than anxiety?
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