Milnacipran - completely stopping my brain fog

[hurray]

This week, hurray, I’m abandoning my “POIS SLEEP” strategy! It’s making me excessively groggy and I think it’s prolonging my POIS symptoms.

I’m now trying a “POIS AWAKE” strategy, with lots of caffeine and an increased dose of daily Cialis. The combined stimulant effect along with NO DAYTIME SLEEPING (with the exception of a nap-but-not-sleep-med-aided) I hope will speed up the sluggish refractory period, which I believe is at the heart of my POIS problem.

Yes, too much sleep can have a negative effect even without POIS. And your body seems to "remember" when you took a nap at an unusual time yesterday, and can unhelpfully make you want to fall asleep at the same time every day 

[demografx]

This week, hurray, I’m abandoning my “POIS SLEEP” strategy! It’s making me excessively groggy and I think it’s prolonging my POIS symptoms.

I’m now trying a “POIS AWAKE” strategy, with lots of caffeine and an increased dose of daily Cialis. The combined stimulant effect along with NO DAYTIME SLEEPING (with the exception of a nap-but-not-sleep-med-aided) I hope will speed up the sluggish refractory period, which I believe is at the heart of my POIS problem.

Yes, too much sleep can have a negative effect even without POIS. And your body seems to "remember" when you took a nap at an unusual time yesterday, and can unhelpfully make you want to fall asleep at the same time every day 

Very helpful re. “nap memory”, hurray!

Now that you pointed it out, I’ll try to resist that urge - - if I don’t really “need” that nap!

[followthrough91]

Hurray, to compare and contrast, I am updating that I no longer am experimenting with Ritalin or Adderall due to drug shortages. My neurologist prescribed me a generic version of Nuvigil called armodafinil. It is a wakefulness agent that in theory, should deter extreme fatigue. It is not an amphetamine like adderall. I will keep you posted but so far, mixed results. Helps keep me alert but still symptoms linger for 1 to 2 days.

[Always3136]

Hello everyone, I am a Chinese, found that the Minaprol is effective for me. After taking the first masturbation POIS symptoms were very small, but then the second masturbation after the occurrence of dizziness and other POIS symptoms (but still better than before taking medicine), I would like to ask if there is a way to make up.

[Muon]

Is there any withdrawal effect involved when you stop abruptly with milnacipran?

[hahahahahevery]

Hello everyone, I am a Chinese, found that the Minaprol is effective for me. After taking the first masturbation POIS symptoms were very small, but then the second masturbation after the occurrence of dizziness and other POIS symptoms (but still better than before taking medicine), I would like to ask if there is a way to make up.

Hello, I am also a Chinese. I took 50mg Minapram for one month under the guidance of a psychiatrist, which is effective, but limited. Now I have added 75mg Minapram and am observing. I previously suffered from severe anxiety and depression, and taking escitalopram and bupropion had only a slight effect on POIs or mood. Vortexetine had a good effect on my mood, but the improvement in brain fog was not significant, while milnacipran had a significant effect on symptoms. However, anxiety and depression were worse compared to taking Vortexetine. I plan to discuss this with my doctor after another month. I have undergone 20 ganglion blocks, but the help has been limited.
anyway, milnacipran is the best drug for brainfog for me sl far.

[hahahahahevery]

Minalapril is still effective for me. My symptom duration has been reduced from 6 days to 3 days, while bupropion, escitalopram, and vortioxetine do not have such good effects

[hahahahahevery]

Minalapril is still effective for me. My symptom duration has been reduced from 6 days to 3 days, while bupropion, escitalopram, and vortioxetine do not have such good effects

The doctor said I have a tendency towards bipolar disorder, so he added sodium valproate to me

[CureHunter]

hurray, thank you so much for this post. You saved my career and life.

In the past month I started to take levomilnacipran, fexofenadine and Ibuprofen before O. The result was 100% symptoms elimination. I tried this 4 times so far. The trials were 1 week apart. Before starting levomilnacipran, i used to take fexofenadine and Ibuprofen which used to eliminate the fatigue and other physical issues if taken before O, but i used to still experience brain fog. Because of work, I can't afford to experiment with levomilnacipran alone,  but when I have some time off I'll try it just see if I can eliminate the other 2 medications.

My current stack is 20mg levomilnacipran, 400mg ibuprofen, and 120mg fexofenadine taken 1 hour before O. I only take them on demand, not daily. I can't afford building tolerance, so I limit it to once a week (because i used to have a wet dream once a week and I can't risk O'ing without taken my stack).

What surprised me the most is that it worked from the first time, however, online it says it usually works within weeks for MDD and fibromyalgia (which what this medication is for).

Another fun fact is that i also read that milnacipran is the most balanced serotonin: norepinephrine SNRI (almost 1:1), and levomilnacipran has higher affinity for norepinephrine (1:2). So maybe POIS cognitive problems are related to drop in norepinephrine? Does norepinephrine stop the cascade of the inflammation process?

I had this disease for 12 years and this saved me me.

[Aladin]

Please keep us updated in a month

[CureHunter]

Please keep us updated in a month

It's already been a month. If you meant a total of 2 months, then yes for sure I will update you again.

[Aladin]

Thanks, curehunter, we have so many euforia-posts that later get revoked, so: very welcome, these updates!
And i can imagine that, once cured, the tendency to just forget about the illness and drop the forum are high...