Posted by morgan miller on July 7, 2010, at 17:06:41
In reply to Re: where to go from here? » morgan miller, posted by europerep on July 7, 2010, at 15:18:32
> hi mm..
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> thanks for your answer..
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> my worry was not so much that methylphenidate or similar meds are neurotoxic, I was just worrying whether they weren't basically supposed to make you feel good through its dopamine action, even if DA is not the actual origin of the depression.. I could imagine that increasing DA significantly might sort of "overshadow" the depression, without solving the actual biological issue.. and then I fear that one day it will stop working, but it will have significantly altered functioning of the DA circuits, thereby making the depression even worse.. I haven't found that much evidence for improvement of TRD with MTP, but I guess it is worth a try, that is right... thanks for that, I didn't think of it so far..Who knows what exactly is the root cause/causes of each of our illnesses. I tend to believe in the bio-psycho-social model. So I think if it makes you feel better and it does not hurt you in the long run, why not take it. A life feeling bad is a life wasted.
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