Posted by bulldog2 on November 13, 2009, at 11:41:15
In reply to Re: Stimulants for TRD » Maxime, posted by SLS on November 13, 2009, at 11:15:17
> > I think a lot of people use stims for depression. I used Adderall XR for over a year by itself and it work very well. The only reason I stopped is because I am anorexic and I was losing too much weight. But it did help my TRD.
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> Had you tried any other stimulants?
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> I never tried Adderall.
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> - ScottI've tried ritalin and adderall and they are good for the short term. Also the remission is not complete for montherapy. Just gets my head out of the water so to speak. The good part lasts several days and than goes down. If you keep chasing the euphoria the dose will escalate. For depression they probably need to be used as augmentation. Also need something to prevent tolerance as andrewb a former babbler found that memantine and adderall were his magic pills.
So I believe that stims have an important place in the p-docs tool box.
Before the advent of our new ads opiates and stims were the primary tools for depression. Have we found anything better in the last 50 years? At least opiates and stims didn't need three weeks to work. Now They don't work for everyone but I bet they would beat the 60% of the new ads.
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