Posted by psychobot5000 on April 30, 2007, at 18:19:06
In reply to Re: Noradrenergics for motivation, focus, anhedoni, posted by linkadge on April 30, 2007, at 18:02:05
> I see noradrenaline as energy and drive but not necessarily motivation or interest.
What do you see as being the difference between 'drive' and 'motivation?'
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> People associate stimulant with dopamine reuptake inhibition, but I have a feeling that dopamine reuptake inhibitors would be a class on their own.
>Stimulants tend to work about as much on noradrenaline as on dopamine, anyway. It's strange that people associate them so much with DA. I suppose it's because both the theoretical benefits for ADHD, and the abusability are often perceived as deriving from the dopaminergic action. It's frustrating that no-one has come up with something like a pure (and market-viable) DA reuptake inhibitor, though--amineptine possibly excepted.
Psychbot
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