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Re: Stimulants for depression, any long-term success?

Posted by rjlockhart on July 19, 2006, at 23:52:37

In reply to Stimulants for depression, any long-term success?, posted by Schess81 on July 19, 2006, at 22:34:59

I was on stimulants Adderall and Dexedrine for 9 years, for the first couple of years it was stable, but at the end it got a little out of control, i would start to take more after it wore off, i would be so incredibly depressed and, i mean it felt like i would just start crying in dispair on how low i was. I had to get off it.

At night my night treatment for the stupid stimlant insomnia was 4mg of Clonazepam (a very potent benzodiepine) and temazepam. This is like taking uppers and then downers.

It was not like this in the beggining. I was very stable on my medication, didnt take it over and over again. It just wore and i didnt care, but after some years it started to bother me.....

In the end, i was on 40mg of dexedrine before i went to mental hospital, i would take it every morning and post here on psychobabble alot.

It was absolutly devesting to be pulled off it. My mother took me off it. I cant describe what psychological chaos i went through, i had rages at my mom during that time.

But back to what we are talking about. Yes it can lift depression, but it wears off and needs frequent dosing, and eventually you have to take breaks.

This is my story..

rj


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