Posted by Brainbeard on July 6, 2009, at 2:51:18
In reply to Re: The Final Pathway To The Dopaminergic Pot Of G » ABMIND, posted by psychobot5000 on July 6, 2009, at 1:02:38
Psychbot, it's good to hear about your experience with low dose Geodon.
Abmind, I personally feel that Cymbalta and Geodon in higher dosages is not an ideal combination in your case. Psychbot has already explained that the antidopaminergic properties of Geodon are probably less than therapeutic for you. Besides that, Geodon is also a serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) - like Cymbalta. I wonder if your doc is aware of this. High(er) dose Geodon will boost your synaptic serotonin and noradrenaline levels to new heights - the question is how that will affect you, and also how the two drugs will interact. But perhaps even more important, as you've already mentioned yourself, is that Geodon, being sort of a 'mini-Effexor', does seem to have a rather harsh withdrawal syndrome. So you may want to think about wether you're willing to take that risk.
All in all, I think it would be a sound, careful, and even promising approach to try low dose Geodon first (10-40mg a day).
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