Does anyone have experience with stacking Mucana Pruriens and Armodafinil as a long term treatment alternative for ADHD. I'm aware of the dysregulation that happens with agonists, but after treating ADHD with Dexedrine, even therapeutically, that was bound to happen anyway, and I don't know if there's a way back to normalcy without them.
Moved to a new city and changed insurance and then decided not to go through the hassle of trying to continue treatment and started armodafinil regimen with some success, but it's been difficult. Adaptogen, Racetams, Cholinergics, Vitamins/Minerals, help marginally and may be helpful with other health related issues, but in regard to depressive ADHD, anxiety and just being able to function, the only thing that has been remotely helpful is Armodafinil. But not nearly as well as the Dex and with a lot more restlessness and not nearly enough focus to complete any meaningful tasks.
Backstory: [Taken Dexedrine off and on for the last 5 years (mainly on) and trying multitudes of combinations of treatment options with my psychiatrist, I finally stabilized at 15mg BID of Dexedrine. As adjuncts, after trying too many, I settled on Prozac at 10mg off and on to try to offset the negative symptoms whenever I got them, because of it's long half-life, as well as Clonazepam PRN, which I hardly ever used. Nothing else really was as effective and all the crazy combinations I subjected my psych to let me try would be exhausting to even think of.]
8 months off Dexedrine, and I finally stumbled onto something that is somewhat effective in the short term, but I have my concerns:
75mg Armodafinil on waking
1 tablet of Now Foods Dopa Mucana with Green Tea after lunch.
Multi's, EPA's, Ashwagandha, Magnesium, Melatonin on a mostly nightly basis and Aniracetam/Alpha GPC occasionally to help deal with the headaches and help mood and anxiety.
Any thoughts or suggestions on the Armo and Mucana by those who have tried it long term? My whole time on ADHD treatment, once I found my proper dosage, I never had to titrate or take more, or ran out of my prescription early. My neurotransmitters may have been dysregulated, but they were stable, although I did have more severe mood fluctuations, functioning was never a problem and I was able to be consistent for the first time in my life.
Pat answers aside, any comments or opinions on this would be appreciated. My last University class a few years back was a grad level course in Neuroscience, in which I studied my ass off and received an A. But that was a former life, and while the background, is still there, the attention to focus on it is largely missing, or hidden by a cloud of depression, anxiety, inattention, restlessness, or apathy. Nearly 8 months later, I may have to resume treatment, but wanted to give it a last shot before throwing in the towel and going the pharmaceutical route.
Thank you for your consideration. I'm a little sleep-deprived and slightly in autopilot right now, so apologies if this writing has any element of incoherence.