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Re: Aricept Users for AD/HD: Do you notice a change??

Posted by PsychoSage on February 26, 2004, at 10:58:18

In reply to Aricept Users for AD/HD: Do you notice a change??, posted by utopizen on February 24, 2004, at 18:24:02

> Okay, I mentioned to my new pdoc today, "It's trendy among some psychopharmacologists these days to try augmenting Aricept for executive dysfunction associated with ADD."
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> He responded, "I'm not trendy, I go by the book [I imagine the PDR, since he kept opening it up to make sure my doses were in line with the averages].
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> Well, aside from the idea that "trendy" just means a doctor keeps up to date with trends in medicine, and if all docs were like him there would be no PDR, um, the studies I've read noted a 25% efficacy in patients with executive dysfunction associated with ADD.
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> I've heard some on this board go "I take 5mg of Aricept + a stimulant at X dose." Did you notice a difference once you added the Aricept, or skipped a day of it, or something????

I've mentioned Aricept in a few threads, but no one really came forward about this.

My prescriber mentioned Aricept and antiparkinsonians in place of stimulants.

Well, i am taking provigil now which is a nonamphet-stimulant, but I am interested in what aricept can do for me in the future because we all know the limits of stimulants. They can be activating but not necessarily be more helpful in accomplishing anything.

You need to find a person who has worked with children and ADD people. This is not a wild off-label prescription. For me it will be a great area to explore since methylphenidate and amphets are off my list because of past speed abuse several years ago which caused my ADD symptoms since i was totally without any symptoms as a child and teenager.

Find an ADD clinic [not a hokey one that preys on parents online]or see if a pediatric psychiatrist can treat you or refer you.

We inattention people need all the help we can get because attention and the ability to be productive are things we need every waking moment. It is worse than episodic illness in the sense that we can become frustrated at any given moment by this chronic condition. We can't hide poor results at school or work from the world.

For the person in the UK, wellbutrin, strattera, and effexor [probably reboxetine too] are non stimulant ADHD alternatives. Dopamine agonists and Alzheimer's drugs like Aricept are as well.

Reboxetine and strattera are very similar I understand. They are in the same family of strict NRI. Wellbutrin and strattera are very similar according to my prescriber in terms of what they do for ADHD patients even though wellbutrin is nt a strictly NRI. Effexor is a SNRI.


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