Posted by emme on March 7, 2010, at 14:13:00
In reply to Re: How can I convince doctor to Prescribe Stimulant? » emme, posted by G-man885858 on March 7, 2010, at 8:50:47
> I don't understand how Stimulants can be used to augment antidepressant therapy. I read that combining these 2 can cause Serotonin syndrome.
Where did you read that? I have never heard this, nor can I imagine what mechanism might be involved. As I understand it, stimulant augmentation is a pretty well-known strategy. Look through the article below. The author has a pretty common-sense approach and uses stimulants to augment antidepressants when a patient is low on energy.
http://www.thecarlatreport.com/expertqa/choosing-antidepressants
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