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Old Jan 19, 2017, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by kkrrhh View Post
If you and your therapist think it's really dopamine specifically that's causing the problem, you may want to ask your therapist and doctor whether an SNRI is the best choice. I think some serotonergic drugs can affect dopamine indirectly, but raising serotonin levels can also affect dopamine levels negatively. I'm not a doctor, of course, but maybe just double check with your doc about the med or even possibly adding something.
But the drug is going to increase norepinephrine too apart from serotonin. Norepinephrine is believed to boost some dopamine receptors.

So wont serotonin and dopamine balance each other by reaching their own optimal levels?