Posted by jojo on July 31, 2001, at 1:51:50
In reply to Re: questions-borderline personality disorder » MM, posted by Elizabeth on July 26, 2001, at 23:54:42
> > If stimulant medications make me feel better, does that suggest ADD?
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> Not necessarily. Stimulants have antidepressant effects in some people, for example; see early research on what is now known as atypical depression. The lines between these categories can be quite blurred, of course.
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> I think that euphoria is seldom a side effect when people start taking them for ADD, for example: the doses used are simply too low. And anyway, not everyone finds stimulants euphoric or even pleasant.
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> -elizabethI recently read that 60% of depressives fit the definition of "Atypical". I realize that
those who prefer "Logic" to "History" will have trouble with that, but what can I say?
As Robert DeNiro said in The Deer Hunter, "This is this". If it turns out that the
symptoms described as "Atypical Depression" happen to be more typical than those
we ascribe to "Depression', we either have to live with the logical consequences
(calling it what it ain't), or try to rename these syndromes, and always explain which
nomenclature we're using.
Looks like this time it's easier running into conflict with logic than revising history.RE: not
everyone finds stimulants euphoric or even pleasant." It may be helpful to
someone here to be aware that there was a publication many years ago stating that
those who experienced "euphoria" on amphetamines responded to imipramine as an
AD, but not amitriptyline, but those who experienced no euphoria responded to
amitriptyline, but not imipramine. Worked with me.
"jojo
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