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Re: stimulant side effects, oh and moclobemide » katekite

Posted by Ritch on April 30, 2002, at 23:27:06

In reply to stimulant side effects, oh and moclobemide » Ritch, posted by katekite on April 30, 2002, at 14:48:28

> I seem to have more GI effects with dexedrine than ritalin. Have you tried all the stimulants and if so which one was easiest on your stomach?

Yes!, I noticed that on dexedrine-a lower esophogeal spasm-like thing that SSRi's only seem to cause. However, on Adderall I didn't notice that. It had a relatively strong anticholinergic effect (the l-isomers I guess) and it seemed to "shut down" my gut. I *never* had any IBS symptoms when I was taking Adderall. I am supposed to go on a minitrial of Focalin(dexmethylphenidate) sometime....soon (whenever the pharmacy can get it-I was told it was a big paperwork hassle to even order it due to its CII status-I will check into it tomorrow). You said you didn't get GI distress from Ritalin so that is encouraging.

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> I also found Prozac to help my ADD symptoms a little, just a little, but more than nothing and more than the other main ssris. I also found ssris to wreak havoc on my GI.
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> As an aside, I really liked moclobemide (ordered from abroad). It ended up being too sedating but helped my ADD symptoms and lessened anxiety. Incidentally it had a extra effect of making sex better than normal. Have seen that in print too, not just normalizing sex but improving it over normal. And no GI effects. I'm curious now about taking it with a low dose of stimulant, heard anything about partial or reversible maois and stimulants, anyone? Probably not a good idea I suppose.
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> kate

The moclo+stim thing does sound dicey. I have never tried MAOI's at all. I have a very safety-conscious pdoc. If the Focalin thing doesn't pan out I want to try selegiline, if that can't happen-I don't know-I might have to switch docs-I am tired of going through 33% of *every* year being in major depression for 25 years now....

Mitch


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