Posted by SLS on March 11, 2016, at 13:03:16
In reply to Other ADHD treatments: Aricept? Concen/working mem, posted by zonked on March 10, 2016, at 23:33:25
Aricept is a reasonable drug to explore. I have no personal experience with ADHD, so I can't address the question from that perspective. It can have robust antidepressant in some people. I am guessing that this is an unusual reaction.
To look at things from another angle, there is a newer antidepressant, vortioxetine (Brintellix), that improves cognition even before an antidepressant effect appears.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24787143
"Vortioxetine significantly improved objective and subjective measures of cognitive function in adults with recurrent MDD and these effects were largely independent of its effect on improving depressive symptoms."
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http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v40/n8/abs/npp201552a.html
"Path analysis indicated that vortioxetines cognitive benefit was primarily a direct treatment effect rather than due to alleviation of depressive symptoms."
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