Posted by alchemy on June 9, 2013, at 0:03:25
In reply to Adderall as an antidepressant?, posted by Beckett on June 8, 2013, at 18:37:35
I wish that I could always feel as good as I did for the first couple of days. It's not fair that some people feel like that without taking anything...like actually wanting to do something (like you said).
Unfortunately, for most people the effect doesnt last. And then there is the fun "crash" when it wears off in a few hours. I would become more depressed than before I took it. The cycle would go on and on, seeming to get worse. Ritalin and dexedrine weren't quite as dramatic for me.
You may be lucky and not have these problems :) My pdoc was prescribing it for me as an antidepressant so he may have had some successes with it. It can definitely be an antidepressant, but it is a short acting one that your body develops a tolerance for very quickly. Stimulants are actually the only meds that have any kind of antidepressant effect on me.
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