Posted by Sarah T. on June 16, 2005, at 0:46:46
In reply to Re: SSRI's- question » Sarah T., posted by sedona on June 15, 2005, at 19:23:03
Hi Sedona. Thanks for your reply. May I ask how much Cymbalta you are on and how much Adderall? Does the Cymbalta seem to potentiate the effects of the Adderall and vice versa? What I mean is, I know Cymbalta is partly a norepinephrine (NE) reuptake inhibitor, and Adderall affects NE, too, a bit more than Dexedrine does, so I wondered about problems like palpitations, tremors, things like that.
I think it's possible that the SSRI portion of Cymbalta might make it necessary to raise the Adderall dose. Although I don't have enough experience with Cymbalta, I do know that whenever I tried to combine an SSRI with a stimulant, the addition of the SSRI made it necessary to increase the stimulant dosage. In fact, the SSRI seemed to negate many of the benefits of the stimulants for me; however, I have met people who've successfully combined those two, without having to continually raise the stimulant dose.
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