Posted by cybercafe on July 29, 2002, at 22:34:30
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin to help focus -- lostboy, posted by LostBoyinNC1 on July 29, 2002, at 11:40:57
> Yeah, amphetamines have been a treatment for refractory depression forever. However they cant
hmmm... when i asked my (old) doc, he claimed they were too addictive ...
>amphetamines can be most helpful in would be severe, retarded or melancholic depression with "pseududementia" as Max Fink describes it. Where you have slowed thinking and cognitive problems from severe depression.
... okay.. but what about anergic atypical depression? ... i mean you melancholic dudes already aren't eating or sleeping, what's going to happen if you start taking speed? ... whereas us atypical guys could use a little less sleep and less food (i find sleep deprivation is actually quite helpful for mood) ..... plus we are supposed to have "leaden paralysis"... though i wonder what the diff is between leaden paralysis and psychomotor slowing of limbs... or anergia ...
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