Posted by g_g_g_unit on May 11, 2010, at 22:09:11
this may sound like a naive question, but is mental exhaustion a primary symptom of depression that should be as equally responsive to AD's as other symptoms?
my psychiatrist has told me i am only moderately depressed (as opposed to severely, which my psychologist indicated several months ago), and would prefer not to prescribe medication, though ultimately it is up to me.
but i find the sheer mental exhaustion really difficult to live with. what further confuses is that i have had all those (two year-spanning) symptoms of cognitive sluggishness disappear within hours upon administration of certain (pseudo-)stimulants (nicotine, ritalin, memantine). i am not trying to treat this as some justification for stimulant use, but does that mean anything?
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