Cyproheptadine anti-stress alternatives?
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I'm looking for a substance that has roughly the same general anti-stress effects as cyproheptadine, but without the anticholinergic effect.
I generally feel amazing when I take cyproheptadine, albeit the trade off is low energy if I don't keep up carb intake. This is an acceptable trade-off for me.
What isn't an acceptable trade-off is the anticholinergic effect that makes me feel like a retard and gives me dry mouth, dry sinuses, dry eyes, gut slowness, etc.
There are some alternatives I've tried in the past and why they don't quite work:
-Metergoline: I love it but it makes me anxious that I'm burning out my dopamine receptors and going to give myself DAWS. (Is that even real?)
-Famotidine: The stomach acid suppression is an intolerable side effect
-L-theanine: it's a decent enough supplement but it's just really weak and short acting compared to Cypro
-Lisuride: Better anti-histamine than metergoline but otherwise it runs into the same issue where taking it more than once every so often is worrisome.|
-Progesterone/Pregnenolone: Rapes my digestion, paralyzes my gut completely. I bloat like a balloon, get reflux and pain, and have to stop taking it. (wtf is this? Nobody has ever been able to provide a plausible explanation for why this happens or how to fix it)
-6-keto-progesterone: Yuck. On top of only really hitting cortisol, it does so in an inelegant way that causes rebound. Also strangely uglifying. Probably some unknown enzymatic inhibition changing steroid profile.
-Mirtazapine: I got fat as fuck on this stuff. Otherwise it's actually pretty much fine. I wish it was sold in doses <15mg or in a way that would make dosing 1-5 mg realistic. This is the closest fit.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Hi
Describe the stress-effect you want to avoid or you suffer from. On another way than just saying you want no impact of anticholinergic side-effects. No problem with histamine?
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