Posted by Alexanderfromdenmark on March 12, 2009, at 14:20:25
In reply to Re: Addicted to Dopamine » desolationrower, posted by Garnet71 on March 12, 2009, at 14:01:31
> Desolation,
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> You are always helpful so don't say that. :))
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> I just got back from my PDoc appt. After not seeing him for over a year then for the initial visit 30 days ago, I was already turned over to the Nurse Practictioner. I got a script for Wellbutrin SR-150 mg x 1 instead of Ritalin and the same as last time for the buspirone and the .25 Xanax. I scrapped the Ritalin because I want to give the brand version/Wellbutrin another try. I called around pharmacies and can get 30 days' worth for $85 w/discounts (and patient asst.program which are not much of a discount). I cannot sustain that, and will most likely need more than 150 mg/day after this month, but I just have to know if wellbutrin will work for me again. The best I've been for years was while taking that. If it doesn't work like once before, I'll go back to the Ritalin. The Ritalin long term is not good for your thyroid. My thyroid tests were irregular, but I can't afford to go back to that doc. Anyway, I'm lucky the NP said she wouldn't charge me to come back in 2 weeks for a quick visit to see how the Wellbutrin is working out.
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> About the dopamine--I am not longing for my ex bf at all. I've gotten over that. However, I was thinking in terms of what I read about drug addiction. When your brain is flooded with elevated levels of dopamine, then you subsequently discontinue the 'drug', your baseline dopamine levels drop to below normal because your brain has adapted to the continual flood of dopamine. I think because after exposing my brain to such high levels of dopamine for years, and I mean I felt that way severeal times a day or much of the day on most days, that I now have the brain of a former drug addict. I was literally high all the time--but there were times where I wouldn't see him for a year, or a few months here and there, over an 8-9 year time period. I've had relationships with others, most shorter than with my ex bf, but never felt high all the time except for maybe the 6-12 honeymoon period that most people get when they first fall in love.
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> At least that's what I concluded after reading up on drug addiction and dopamine, but its just a guess from how little I know I suppose.
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> I am very impressed with this study and doc:
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> http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/45/11/13N.pdf
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> I read it can take 2 years for your brain and dopamine levels to get back to normal after a drug addiction.
>Hi, I can absolutely not tell, whether your theory is correct or not, but perhaps you can try Amino acids like Tyrosine, phenlyaline and vigourous exercise to try and get your catchlomines going until figure out a Pmed solution?
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