Hi,
My diagnosis: Generalised Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Bipolar II (in order of severity)
How they're affecting my life: Lack of concentration and focus is the main issue I'm facing. Not sure if its more due to the dis tractability and hyper vigilance of GAD, or due to the cognitive issues of Bipolar disease.
What seems to be working for me:
- Pregnenolone <5mg sublingual micronized almost daily. (Also using Minoxidil to deal with the hair loss associated with this)
- Cabergoline 0.075mg daily (gives me way better concentration than I've ever had. Started on this about 2 weeks back. Thinking of raising to 0.15mg daily. Planning on only using for 6 months, and will taper and stop after that)
- Atomoxetine (5-10mg upto twice daily). (anything more, and my concentration gets worse)
- Theanine (50-75mg) in distributed doses all throughout the day. Anything>100mg within 24 hours makes me a depressed mess.
I really wanted this combo to be sustainable on its own, but I recently found that my gad/ocd really needs some seratonin, and hence:
- Sertraline 12.5mg - 25mg once daily. (anything more and I feel like my IQ gets decreased considerably, though I'm not anxious at all. I really hope this dose isnt affecting my memory or IQ at all.)
- Vit B12 1500mcg, b6 20mg.
I hope you guys dont call placebo, seeing all my low doses. But this is how I actually respond to these meds. Dont know why im a hyper responder.
I thought I'd ask here for feedback, and what you guys think, advice, or anything at all.
Tried and tired meds:
Most other SSRI's, benzos, Buspirone, Ritalin, Selegiline, Racetams, Tianeptine, Pregabalin, Modafinil, Caffeine anhydrous, Uridine stack, SJWort, Mg threonate (made me depressed like theanine in high doses), verilux light therapy
