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rhondalea · 03-01-2012, 09:15 AM

Hi everyone,

Now that chemo and radiation are over, I've started taking vinpocetine again (along with some other antioxidants I gave up for the duration).

I first learned about vinpocetine as a cure for thyroid brain fog. It has also been used in Alzheimer's patients, although the evidence for that use is thin.

For me, it has been a godsend. I'm still having mild ADHD symptoms, but they're improving, and my mind is much clearer than it was.

"Better living through nutraceuticals." I'll be interested to see if it holds through tamoxifen therapy (which I started last night).

Here's a link to the vinpocetine monograph:

http://db.tt/AcqgFRkb

If you're interested in trying it, be sure to read the cautions, because although it is very helpful, there are some for whom it could be dangerous. I take 20 mg/day--I have 10 mg tablets, and I split them into 4 doses. You can also get 5 mg tablets, and 15 mg/day is a proven dose.

03-01-2012, 09:15 AM	#13
rhondalea Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Somerset, NJ Posts: 487	Re: Of all the things I've lost... Hi everyone, Now that chemo and radiation are over, I've started taking vinpocetine again (along with some other antioxidants I gave up for the duration). I first learned about vinpocetine as a cure for thyroid brain fog. It has also been used in Alzheimer's patients, although the evidence for that use is thin. For me, it has been a godsend. I'm still having mild ADHD symptoms, but they're improving, and my mind is much clearer than it was. "Better living through nutraceuticals." I'll be interested to see if it holds through tamoxifen therapy (which I started last night). Here's a link to the vinpocetine monograph: http://db.tt/AcqgFRkb If you're interested in trying it, be sure to read the cautions, because although it is very helpful, there are some for whom it could be dangerous. I take 20 mg/day--I have 10 mg tablets, and I split them into 4 doses. You can also get 5 mg tablets, and 15 mg/day is a proven dose. __________________ 2/6/09 Core needle biopsy: negative; Mammos through 2010: no change 3/30/11 Pea-sized lump in left breast at site of prior biopsy; mammo negative, sonogram not so much 4/14/11 Core needle biopsy: negative for cancer 5/18/11 Excisional biopsy 1.2 cm tumor, LVI, positive margin; ER+60%,PR+20%,HER2/CEP17 5 6/15/11 BMX: Left DCIS & LH; Right ADH; SNB: 2/3 nodes: 1.4 cm and 1 mm; ALND L1&2: 0/10; Stage IIa, Grade 3 7/14/11 CT/Bone scans NED; MUGA 66% 7/19/11 Biweekly dd AC w/Neulasta; done 8/30/11 9/13/11 Transfusion (Hemoglobin 8.6); MUGA 64% 9/20/11 Start Taxol + Herceptin; Taxol done 12/6/2011; continue Herceptin until 9/4/2012 12/27/11 Radiation - 6 weeks; 2/27/2012 - DONE! Yayyyy! 2/29/12 Start Tamoxifen 20 mg/day; continue until 2/28/17 5/16/12 Start five-years Metformin trial 6/19/12 MUGA 61% 8/21/12 Brain MRI NED (head still hurts, brain still fogged) 9/4/12 Herceptin done! 9/6/12 Port out! 7/11/13 Aricept 5mg for cognitive impairment; increased to 10mg as of 8/23/13; back to 5mg 12/2013 5/2014 Add Namenda 7mg 9/2014 Stop Aricept and Namenda; Neuropsychological evaluation 10/24/14 Start cognitive rehabilitation therapy