Posted by linkadge on December 17, 2006, at 20:41:00
In reply to Re: Dopamine deprivation - starvation? » xbunny, posted by ronaldo on December 17, 2006, at 15:34:37
For starters, why was the zyprexa prescribed?
It may not be that the zyprexa is such a bad idea. It may just be that you need an additional medication to help negative symptoms.
Some hypothesize that in schizophrenia dopamine is excessive in certain arease (limbic), and hypofunctional in other areas (frontal cortex etc)
If you were experiencing positive symptoms then it may be a good idea to keep a low dose of zyprexa onboard.
Zyprexa may not be *starving* your brain of dopamine. As mentioned before, zyprexa also antagonizes certain serotonin receptors which will acutally release dopamine in certain areas of the fronal cortex.
Go to the qwick-e-mart and pick up some Red Bull.The combination of caffiene and taurine has a synergistic activity on dopamine in the frontal cortex. It also contains some vitamins which may benifit.
You might also look at omega-3, which increases frontal cortex dopamine content, and possably prescription stimulants.
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