Posted by lawrence s. on October 2, 2002, at 22:11:57
In reply to Re: ANYONE'S ANXIETY HELPED BY A STIMULANT?, posted by kitt on September 30, 2002, at 22:09:54
> What a curious thing to ask. My daughter has PTSD, but has all the symptoms of ADHD, which can also be a psychosomatic malady. We tried Concerta which I believe is a time released ritalin, which depressed her on top of everything else. I ran across a study on ADD the other day about decreased levels of norephinephrine which I thought was odd because that doesn't correlate with what I understand about PTSD. Oddly enough, my daughter is calmed by stimulants. I can't drink tea at night because it keeps me awake, but my daughter can drink a cup of tea and it knocks her out. I wonder if perhaps she really does have a biochemically based ADHD after all and just needs to be presribed the right meds.
I take ritalin in for anxiety and it does deffinately reduce anxiety for me.
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