Posted by Emme on July 8, 2004, at 19:47:59
In reply to Re: Adderall Info, posted by 1980Monroe on July 8, 2004, at 19:24:48
> I have not tooken Provigil, but i know it defintly has a diffrent mechanism of action than Adderall or Dexedrine. Provigil is mainly for Excessive daytime sleepiness. I dont belive it would bring the same motivation as well as Dexedrine or Adderall,
I don't know if it brings the exact same quality of motivation as Adderall or Dexedrine, but it does definitely deliver a big healthy dose of motivational "get up and go"! I have often found the level of stimulation to be a bit much and have had to take incredibly small amounts.
> If you have been diagnosed with ADD, adderall will be a drug of choice to start with, but strattera is new and it wants to be tried, so you may have to start out with it.
I don't have ADD, although my concentration isn't the best during bad depression. I've tried stimulant-type drugs to help when my depression gets really sluggish and I have no motivation. Ritalin and Dexedrine were too physically stimulating for me. I've never actually tried Adderall, so maybe I might think about it some time. At the moment I'm tryng SAM-e to get some motivation-energizing effect.
I have to be incredibly careful with stimulating drugs because there's an incredibly fine line between perking me up and sending me into the stratosphere with jittery overstimulation. OTOH, when my anxiety is over the top, I need to use benzos and sometimes seroquel to simmer down. The joys of "bipolar-ish" depression.
> I was on strattera for a 8 week period, it was not effective on me. Strattera doesnt provide the same since of intrest, it improves organizational skills a bit, and attention some, but not really motivation compared to adderall becuase it does not effect dopamine, only noradrenaline.
I tried Strattera to see if it would help with depression and concentration. It wasn't doing much and we quit. But my pdoc and I later realized we might not have tried it for long enough. I'm not planning to try it again soon, but I wouldn't be averse to it at some point.
Thanks for your feedback.
Emme
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