Posted by Wayne R. on March 10, 1999, at 12:54:14
In reply to Re: Atypical depression options, posted by Elizabeth on March 9, 1999, at 23:43:09
> I haven't heard much good about naltrexone as an antidepressant itself, only for jump-starting ADs that have stopped working. Specifically, the people I know (doctors and patients) who use it (for self-injurious behavior and alcoholism mostly) say that it causes "dysphoria."
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Dr Dante's observations of Naltrexone that I have posted have been exclusively as an augmentation for the SSRI family of ADs. As to "dysphoria", my experience with Naltrexone augmenting Prozac has been one of an overall feeling of "wellbeing" (not euphoria) and optimism never before attained. Wayne...
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