How to shut down the catecholamine rush...update.

Posted by blueberry on April 14, 2006, at 19:10:22

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.
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.
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.
The one that caught my attention was glutamate. That is really high. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe that is a post-zyprexa phenomenon.
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.
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.

Thread

How to shut down the catecholamine rush? blueberry 4/13/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? Declan 4/13/06
Have you tried clonidine or propanolol? (nm) » Declan mattw84 4/13/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? SLS 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? nellie7 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » blueberry crabwalk 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk ed_uk 4/14/06
How to shut down the catecholamine rush...update. blueberry 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush...upda SLS 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk blueberry 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? crabwalk 4/14/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk ed_uk 4/15/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » ed_uk crabwalk 4/15/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk ed_uk 4/15/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush...upda Caedmon 4/15/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » ed_uk crabwalk 4/15/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk ed_uk 4/16/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » ed_uk crabwalk 4/16/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? » crabwalk ed_uk 4/17/06
Re: How to shut down the catecholamine rush? crabwalk 4/19/06

Post a new follow-up

Notify the administrators

Start a new thread

poster:blueberry thread:632837
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060412/msgs/633186.html

	for
in