I don’t understand why some Drs do this, my Dr said they will make me psychotic and refused to prescribe them to me. They antagonize meds, APs reduce dopamine function while stimulants increase dopamine. At first I thought I know more than my Dr so I took Ldopa eventhough he told me to stay away from supplements that increase dopamine. It made me have harm intrusive thoughts and anger issues, I thought about crushing my father glasses, push my mom on the stairs, destroy our new shower etc I was only that bad when I smoked weed, it even made me worse than off meds. It made me psychotic. At low dose it does nothing other than anxiety.
I am sure if I had taken more or if I took a stimulant like Adderall which is much stronger than ldopa i would have done a crime. The harm intrusive thoughts are torture, its like if i am bad person.
No prescription stimulants.
Just caffeine and nicotine.
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Yea I meant Adderall, Ritalin etc prescription ones. Edited my title, thanks
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Honestly when I got sz I had high hopes that prescription stimulants will fix my negative symptoms and cognition. To be honest Ldopa improved my negative symptoms and cognition but only temporary as at the same time I started hearing voices eventhough I was stable on my risperidone. I almost went to mental hospital but after a few hours I felt better, the harm instrusive thoughts lasted over 2 weeks to disappear after stopping ldopa, I was really mad and afraid that they would be permanent. My pdoc told me I am playing with fire by taking ldopa
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I think I am going to throw away all my Ldopa in the garbage, its poison for me. I will stick to Huperzine A as that never gave me psychosis.
@Bowens I think caffeine improves my cognition a bit but idk about the nicotine, I vape 5mg now. What flavor and what mg do you vape? My favorite flavor is watermelon. I think you said you switched to vaping, its much healthier than smoking. I have been vaping for years and I have no breathing problems even I am able to run at the gym for 30 min. Anyways I was never a smoker always hated the smell. The only thing I smoked occasionally was weed but stopped that as it made me psychotic.
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I have been vaping 13 years no breathing problems
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The two I currently have on hand are a 50mg fruit one and a 36mg menthol.
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I recently learned to make my own juice. They put tax on vaping products here, 16$ on 120ml plus 15%. I buy 4L of VG and mix it half half with 10mg juice to make 5mg. I foundout this way is not more expensive as buying flavor liquid, nicotine liquid, vg, pg to make vape juice from scratch.
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Have you tried anything that increases norepinephrine?
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I spend roughly 200 $ every 2 months on vape juice
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I used to vape 40mg but last year they put a limit on nicotine max 20mg in Canada. Also 40mg at 25w was too much for me. It was ok with small 7w vape though Uwell Caliburn. Now I use a Smok RPM2S with 3400mah 18650 battery. I have an old big box mod vape but it makes too much smoke annoys the family, Smok G Priv 2. Which device do you use?
yea but I still think its much cheaper than cigarettes. Plus its healthier according to studies 95% healthier
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I want to try Strattera it increases norepinephrine without increasing dopamine but my Dr refused to prescribe, he said I don’t have ADHD.
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a psych doctor told me the same thing…he said to think of stimulants as poison. he said they arent for people with schizophrenia.
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There is no vaping tax on pure VG, thats a trick to save money I found.
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If you don’t have adhd I doubt that meds will help you. I ordered adhd drugs online before my illness and they just made me tired and sleepy.
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i thought Ldopa was a prescription…you got this online?
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I just want smth for negative symptoms, it sucks that we don’t meds for these symptoms. I hope they’re not from brain damage and permanent
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