Posted by blueberry on September 20, 2006, at 15:53:40
In reply to Apathy and no motivation, but otherwise fine, posted by HelenInCalif on September 20, 2006, at 3:08:44
Generally I think dopaminergic and/or noradrenergic drugs are used to treat apathy. Mainly dopaminergic ones, such as ritalin, adderall, wellbutrin, and various dopamine agonists. You might simply have become immune to the motivational aspects of ritalin after so long.
I have heard that when tolerance to ritalin develops you can switch to adderall and regain the good effects. Taking holidays from ritalin might help too, though after 10 years that might be hard.
Without getting into side effects of dopamine agonists, wellbutrin, or TCAs such as desipramine, the simplest thing to do might be to switch to adderall for a short trial.
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