Posted by zeugma on July 28, 2004, at 20:27:26
In reply to Re: Stimulants as an Antidepressant, posted by appadoo on July 28, 2004, at 18:55:13
Prozac may be 'activating', but its deleterious effects on sleep cause it to be fatiguing in the long run. I'm a little peevish on this issue, because I suffered from terrible fatigue (over and above my usual levels, which is bad enough) and my pdoc, in trying to determine which med was causing it, had me decrease or stop several medications, with disastrous results, until the one he thought least likely, the recently released and 'selective' Strattera, turned out to be the culprit. Lowering the dose of the tricyclic only made me more fatigued and depressed. Yes, I'm peevish on this issue.... one of the early observations of Roland Kuhn, discoverer of the AD properties of imipramine, was that the drug appeared to restore the sleep of depressives to a normal, restful manner. This is in stark contrast to the drugs that have been developed more recently. Knowledge can be lost as well as gained, and I think this is what has happened in the last decade and a half. It frustrates me tremendously.
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