Posted by RetiredYoung on January 1, 2005, at 17:27:49
In reply to Focus, motivation and energy....., posted by ed_uk on January 1, 2005, at 15:58:30
I tried Provigil and Adderall. Provigil work miraculously for me for the first few weeks, then nothin'; I increased the dosage but again found that they just stopped giving me any boost whatsoever.
Adderall worked well at first, too. With that, however, it seemed to cause extra depression for me as the drug built up in my system. My pdoc is guessing that too much norepinephrine and/or dopamine "overwhelmed" me.
What worked for me was getting off Surmontil and Lexapro, and moving to Clomipramine. The side effects from Clomipramine were too much for me (see previous thread), although the drug worked well for depression without causing an energy zap like I noticed with Lexapro.
I'm now currently tapering up on Cymbalta, hoping for the best.
Jim
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