Posted by blueberry1 on January 16, 2007, at 6:37:09
In reply to Re: Depressives' sensitivity to stimulants!, posted by SLS on January 15, 2007, at 20:15:12
I believe stimulants can and do work just like antidepressants for longterm therapy in some people...no more and no less than any other medication. The anecdotal hint of that is at remedyfind.
In some people stimulants probably fix the symptoms and not the cause. Same with antidepressants. In some people stimulants fix the actual cause. Same in some people with antidepressants. All depends on the individual cause and genetics.
While we usually like to think that antidepressants somehow correct an inherently wrong malfunction in the brain and reset it, stimulants can too. Granted many people do get an acute response that later fades. But then, that seems to happen real frequently with antidepressants too. There are people that like their stimulants as depression monotherapy for longterm. Some of them show up at remedyfind under the categories Provigil, Adderall, Dexedrine, and Desoxyn. They have all tried zillions of antidepressants. And there are a few lucky ones that get by nicely on their antidepressant for the longterm. I don't see any difference.
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