Posted by Michael Cooper on October 28, 1998, at 15:57:54
In reply to ANY MEDS OR COMBO- DRUGS THAT WORK!!, posted by Charlie Pitrat on October 2, 1998, at 15:20:49
> HELLO, IVE BEEN ON WELLBUTRIN,ZOLFT,PAXIL,PROZAC AND OTHER OLDER ANTI-DEPESSANTS HAS ANYONE EVER TRYED STIMULANTS, LIKE DEXEDRINE,RITALIN, OR OTHERS, IVE BEEN SEEING THE SAME DOCTOR FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AND STILL SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION , PLEASE ANY HELP? CHARLIE
I have to add a caveat, however. I did have a
favorable response to Prozac and Paxil taken
alone. It was not sufficient, however. I had
taken small doses, sporadically, of amphetamine,
before I was able to obtain antidepressants. As
this was sporadic, I can't say how much stimulants
would have helped without the antidepressants.
I look upon them as an adjuvant to a partially
successful drug. I had read that a failure to have
a euphoric response to amphetamine was a
predictor of a favorable response to amitriptyline
but not to imipramine , and a euphoric response was a predictor of
a positive response to imipramine but not amitriptyline.
I also had tried imipramine with no therapeutic response.
As I had had no euphoria from amphetamine, I requested
amitriptyline from my third therapist who was open
enough to prescribe it.
poster:Michael Cooper
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