Comment · Tue, October 13, 2015
Memantine questions
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CVDBwinston · 1 points
Longtime lurker first time poster. So I bought some memantine from u guys about a couple months ago. I started with around 5mg for 5 days and moved up to 10mg for about 4 days and then began adding 5mg at night on top after morning dosage. Things were fine at this dose for about a day and then I began to notice shortness of breath and and a weaker heartbeat. It concerned me a little so in the morning I took only 5mg and had no problem. I took another 5mg later that night and I noticed it came back. I also experienced "losing my breath" right before I fell asleep. In the morning I decided to take a 5mg dose and things were fine. The next day I decided to take 10mg again to see what would happen. I was fine for a few hours and then I had the weirdest panic attack ever. I was having shortness of breath again and irregular heartbeat but the weird part was that my heart was not pounding but it felt like it was failing for lack of a better description. Those were the only side effects tho. No blurry vision or fatigue or anything. I took a day long break and tried 5mg again but the feeling came back. Took a 2 day break and another 5mg and it came back. haven't taken it since. I know th…
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Memantine is extremely powerful, and can have side effects. Some people react very strongly to Memantine compared to others. Memantine also has an 80 hour half life. So it certainly does build up in the body.