Posted by adamie on August 15, 2001, at 15:20:31
In reply to Re: Stimulants take how long to work? » adamie, posted by Cindylou on August 15, 2001, at 13:27:11
> Hi adamie,
> Stimulants work right away -- you'll know within an hour or two how it works for you. I have found that Ritilan causes me rebound depression -- when the effect of it wears off (in about 3 or 4 hours) my depression is worse. Taking more just makes things worse -- each time I took it, it worked less and made me more depressed.
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> Adderall does not have that same effect on me because it is longer acting. It helps my concentration and gives me energy. It also kicks in right away, and lasts about 6 hours or so. I am not taking it alone, however -- I am also taking Prozac, and will be adding Buspar to help with agitation. I'm not convinced that Adderall alone could help my depression.it's good to know they work almost right away. I just need to see how much better I could feel even if temporarly with one of these stimulants. Long term use could be ideal for me since my accutane depression is supossed to go away in 6 months or 1 year.
> Wellbutrin is a good option to try, as someone else mentioned ... it is an antidepressant but not an SSRI, and it is more stimulating that many of the SSRIs. Effexor was horrible for me too, by the way.wellbutrin was one of my choices in the AD category. Actually I think my only choice for I wouldn't want to try anything else except maybe reboxetine despite it's bad reputation. but I'm just worried to try any other AD's since both of the ones I tried so far made me worse. perhaps it's just a seratonin AD problem. I was prescribed Zyprexa though. The pdoc today was unwilling to even consider stimulants until much later on. So I will try to make my family physician prescribe me one. He gave out accutane like candy which nearly killed me. he didn't follow common procedure. surely he could give me a stimulant. that horrible doctor. I will beg if I have to. if not then perhaps seeing another doctor I will have to do. I hope the next few days while I am trying this Zyprexa it does not make me feel worse. that would indicate that I could deffinetly give it a good trail. Effexor made me suicidal. Paxil made me just feel bleh and quite bad. So I will see how zyprexa goes and I hope to augment it soon with a stimulant. thanks for replying. take care.
> Good luck! I know how hard it is to keep searching for the right thing. I've been searching for a long time now, but I keep getting closer to the right "mix" for me.
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> Take care,
> cindy
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> > hi everyone. Before persueing such things as VNS for depression I am willing to try stimulants if I am able to get them from my stubborn pdoc.
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> > Stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall are supossed to be fast acting for depression correct? As in even in a few days? Maybe less? I have tried two seratonin medications and there is no doubt in my mind that they made me worse. While on effexor thoughts of hopelessness and possible suicide were extremely high. My heart was beating so fast that I actually had some heart pain. Off the effexor I am feeling better.
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> > Due to my bad experience with AD's so far I really want to try stimulants as a few people have suggested. Which are the best stimulants that could be easy to get for depression? If my pdoc wont prescribe me then I will try to get one from my family physician. So far I am thinking Ritalin and Adderall but I dont know if there are better ones for depression.
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