Posted by bleauberry on September 9, 2009, at 21:15:01
In reply to Re: Anxiety - I'm running out of options, posted by tiopenster on September 9, 2009, at 15:09:42
> I really appreciate your response. Going along with your reasoing, do you thing I need a decrease in Serotonin instead of an increase, which happens with SSRI's? From what I've read, Stablon is the only thing that does that. I can get this through an online pharmacy. I was also considering Stelazine or Solian (Amisulpride). Do you think any of these 3 would be useful?
Awesome questions!
Well, less serotonin, I don't know about that. Things just aren't that simple. Obviously more doesn't help, but I don't think less would either. I mean, there really is no way to make less except with a very targeted diet to reduce tryptophan.
Though Stablon is called a serotonin reuptake enhancer, I think that can be misleading. The serotonin is still there, just in a different place. It doesn't reduce serotonin per se. Stablon has a multitude of functions apart from anything it does on serotonin. Viewing clinical studies and anecdotal reports here over the years yields two general conclusions: 1)It is generally good for treating anxiety, especially in the clinical trials; 2)A minority of people have reported it made them too hyper. But the overall view is that it is known for anti-anxiety.
Amisulpride I found to be excellent anti-anxiety. The first couple days I think it made me feel more hyper. After that, excellent peace, good social comfort. I tried various doses between 25mg and 50mg. Weird, but I also found it diminished aches and pains like magic. That was an unexpected surprise I had never heard about. Sure, maybe we all know it is a dopamine enhancer at low doses and a dopamine antagonist at higher doses, but ya know, we've barely scratched the surface in identifying all the things our meds do. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if the things we think they do might just be minor players in what's really going on.
Stelazine was spoken of highly by an international psychiatrist expert. I think it was Stahl but I'm not sure. It is a very old AP. I don't know much about it, but I think Amisulpride is probably a cleaner safer one. Not an expert on that though.
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