Posted by kelv on January 6, 2007, at 1:23:40
In reply to Re: stimulants as antidepressents, posted by elanor roosevelt on January 5, 2007, at 19:36:59
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> I think the whole war-on-drugs thing recast stimulants are dangerous and addictive, where before the medical community had noted a dependence problem, but also saw that there were very real benefits from the meds. Now that Adderall is around and is seen as "medicine" first and "amphetamine/controlled substance" second, I suspect that more docs are (or will be) using stims in depression. Plus, there's that new ritalin patch, and there's work underway on less abusable forms of dexedrine so...I think we may well see a resurgence of stims-for-depression rx-ing.Spot on!
A 1960's AD for Dexedrine stated it as "probably the basic anti-depressant and certainly the most documented'
As a veteran of 6 'standard' ADs-which made me feel like crap-the most satisfactory 'anti depressing' effect i'v had was with Ritalin and Dexamphetamine. They literally turned me from a vegatitive, psychomotor retardation state, to a lively, responsive state in a short time, and they kept on working too, it's when one starts 'seeking a high' that problems start.
It's because meds that have a noticable effect fairly rapidly, are deemed 'abusable' and all the Sch II status that goes along with it that deters this line of treatment, which has literally helped some when nothing has.
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