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Re: combining stimulants with SSRIs

Posted by Christ_empowered on January 21, 2011, at 10:58:43

In reply to Re: combining stimulants with SSRIs » floatingbridge, posted by g_g_g_unit on January 20, 2011, at 22:06:59

In my limited experience taking stimulants (mostly Adderall) with antidepressants (usually an SSRI, sometimes Tofranil-PM), I found the combo was pretty helpful.

The stimulants seem to help overcome the antidepressant-induced "blahs". I also noticed that the antidepressant seemed to mellow out the effects of the stimulant a bit, so there wasn't as much of harsh on/off feeling as I had when I took the stimulants w/o an antidepressant.

The combo does raise the risk of serotonin syndrome a bit, so be aware of that. I believe that psychiatrists call adding an upper to antidepressants "dopamniergic augmentation."

Good luck!


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