Posted by med_empowered on November 1, 2005, at 17:22:18
In reply to Stimulant use in Anxiety Suffers, posted by Glydin on November 1, 2005, at 15:18:28
Stim tolerance seems so variable. For instance: I have had some pretty bad social phobia and generalized anxiety. I also have "mood issues" which have been given a number of diagnoses--Mood Disorder NOS, Bipolar II/NOS, so on and so forth. Anyway, you'd think that with all my panic attacks and intense anxiety, I'd freak out if given stims, but I did fine--on low-to-moderate dose dextroamphetamine. Ritalin I hated (both the LA and Focalin forms). Sudafed actually causes more anxiety and tension for me than amphetamine did. I dont know what to tell you in terms of explaining it...I guess, for me, amphetamine helped "keep my thoughts together", so the anxiety didn't make me "lose control" of my thought processes. That made it easier for me to focus on overcoming irrational thoughts. It also made me more sociable (at the right doses), which was certainly helpful.
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