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Very saddened to hear of your troubles.  I hope you find relief and answers very soon.  Please update when you do as I've never heard an account like this.  My sympathies and best wishes to a speedy recovery.  

[John250]

Eradication of H. Pylori failed. I still tested positive. I got cheilosis which CAN be indication of B2 deficiency.

Could it really be that this bacteria is impairing my digestion and causing malnutrition? My cognitive abilities got really bad. I can't understand simple sentences sometimes.

Anyway, I refused the L-DOPA for now. I'll be hospitilized very soon.

Have you tried amphetamines for your issues or just ritilan. Complete different worlds imo reuptake inhibitors suck.

[CWF1986]

Adrafinil didn't worked. 

 

Currently I've been prescribed pramipexole. And yes, I'm little bit afraid of side effects and DAWS.

 

And methylphenidate works only if I take it with a meal, which is really weird.

 

I don't think this is strange at all.  It might just be an issue of your brain getting the raw materials to produce the catecholamines and the glucose and glycogen to keep energy up.  You don't have them before a meal.  You do have them after a meal.  

 

I could especially see this as the case if your diet is low in quality protein.

 

A way to test this is to start taking tyrosine before bed.  If you take it at the same time as the ritalin it might be too anxiogenic and cause headaches.  

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It definitely seems like H. Pylori could be a factor.  Hope eradication is successful.  

[MichaelTheAnhedonic]

I don't think this is strange at all. It might just be an issue of your brain getting the raw materials to produce the catecholamines and the glucose and glycogen to keep energy up. You don't have them before a meal. You do have them after a meal.

I could especially see this as the case if your diet is low in quality protein.

A way to test this is to start taking tyrosine before bed. If you take it at the same time as the ritalin it might be too anxiogenic and cause headaches.

That's what I'm thinking. Brain cant get proper levels of nutrients and all neurotransmitters are going down. Ritalin works by reuptake of dopamine. If the synthesis of neurotransmitters is impaired, there's too little dopamine to reuptake and the effects are weaker. Same with venlafaxine.

Damn I feel so bad, so dead. Almost nothing is happening in my head. I lay in bed most of the day.

I hope the docs in the hospital will at least fix my problem with drugs.

[CWF1986]

That's what I'm thinking. Brain cant get proper levels of nutrients and all neurotransmitters are going down. Ritalin works by reuptake of dopamine. If the synthesis of neurotransmitters is impaired, there's too little dopamine to reuptake and the effects are weaker. Same with venlafaxine.

Damn I feel so bad, so dead. Almost nothing is happening in my head. I lay in bed most of the day.

I hope the docs in the hospital will at least fix my problem with drugs.

 

I would think this is an even more probable cause in combination with GI ailments which can dramatically decrease what's available to feed your body and mind with adequate nutrients and energy.  

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A way to test this is to start taking tyrosine before bed.   

 

Interesting point.  If you ever do test this and get results the next morning with Ritalin, let us know.  Wouldn't tyrosine interfere with sleep?  

[CWF1986]

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It hasn't been my personal experience for tyrosine to effect my sleep.  I know it's not uncommon.  As always YMMV

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Dosage, type, brand, stack?  NALT or just L-T?  

[John250]

That's what I'm thinking. Brain cant get proper levels of nutrients and all neurotransmitters are going down. Ritalin works by reuptake of dopamine. If the synthesis of neurotransmitters is impaired, there's too little dopamine to reuptake and the effects are weaker. Same with venlafaxine.

Damn I feel so bad, so dead. Almost nothing is happening in my head. I lay in bed most of the day.

I hope the docs in the hospital will at least fix my problem with drugs.

Have you tried amphetamine?

[John250]

Dosage, type, brand, stack? NALT or just L-T?

Seems like L Tyrosine is better than NALT:

https://blog.pricepl...pics/l-tyrosine

[MichaelTheAnhedonic]

We don't have amphetamine in our country. Only on the streets.