Hello,
I'm not sure whether I'm in the right forum, but I was wondering about longterm use of mucuna pruriens.
Ever since the use of antipsychotic medicines for anxiety I suffer from recurring psychoses. I am court ordered to use 5mg haldol through depot injections. This is too high a dose for me (I function well on 1mg). The large dose of haldol makes me severely depressed and anhedonic. I have either flat or severely depressed emotions.
Now, I found out that with a combination of Akineton and Mucuna pruriens I can feel some happiness and love again and am a bit like my previous self. Mucuna does actually almost the opposite of haldol... it increases dopamine in the brain. I doesn't make me psychotic. My only worry is that this is temporary...does downregulation happen with mucuna? Does it decrease your natural dopamine? Can I use it long time or do I need to take breaks, and if so, what kind of schedule would one recommend? Or is it not recommended at all for longterm use?
Thanks!