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Re: stimulants and intolerable insomnia

Re: stimulants and intolerable insomnia2011-10-07T16:17:42+00:00

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Cat Alberts
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All the stimulant medication are reuptake inhibiting, so you are already taking it, just for a different neurotransmitter, dopamine. Strattera would influence the reuptake of norepinephrine (sorry forgot the nor- in previous writing). Maybe you have used it- it is a NRI, not a SNRI- I just read the wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strattera

The stimulants have had a more negative effect on my libido than strattera. Wellbutrin is known for enhancing libido, but that is an anti-depressant, so I guess it works on serotonin as well. It just made me feel high and spacey.

Strattera had no physical side effects for me as far as I can remember. I can’t find :D the notebook I used to record my symptoms, but other than more impulsiveness, I can’t remember. I started making stupid decisions in traffic, like crossing the street after thinking: no that car is going too fast for me to cross now, and then crossing the street anyway. That was my reason to go back to methylfenidate.

I hope you get through this okay. The amount of different meds is staggering for me, living in Europe and a reasonably healthy person.

As for the sugar, maybe up the protein and fat and slowly reduce the sugar? That insulin roller-coaster had me completely out of whack, and I only have to cope with ADD.

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