Posted by IAMtheWalrus on May 28, 2008, at 17:15:35
In reply to Re: C*A*F*F*E*I*N*E..as an antidepressant?, posted by SLS on May 28, 2008, at 16:22:19
> > > > > If caffeine were a true antidepressant, I think we would see more people using it as such. It would certainly be in the media if it were. It would not remain the best kept secret in psychiatry - nor the rest of the world. I have strategically used coffee and caffeine pills as a psychic energy booster and a mood elevator since the early 1980s. It did more for me consistently than the failed antidepressants I was exposed to. It does for depressed people as it does for healthy people. No more. Perhaps less.
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> > > > > - Scott
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> > > > I disagree. When i worked in retail sales many years ago i used to drink huge amounts of strong black coffee and it would most definitely elevate my mood. As with all drugs, everyone is different.
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> > > > -W
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> > > Are you depressed right now? If not, when was the last time you were depressed?
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> > > - Scott
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> > > Not right now, Thank God! I was depressed in March 2009...a combo of Prozac, Lithium, and geodon is helping me.
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> I'm sure your treatment is nothing less of a miracle that it should provide you with a remission. I am happy for you - really. However,
> your answer begs the question why you are not using caffeine as monotherapy.
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> - Scott
>Ha..i knew you were going to ask that. I said it elevated my mood many years ago, after i developed tolerance to Caffeine, the affect abated. I never said i thought it would make a good long term AD. I said it can elevate your (my) mood. That being said, i don't believe in stimulants as monotherapy for 'most' people with clinical depression.
-W
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