Posted by bleauberry on July 26, 2018, at 14:49:39
In reply to MAOI + ritalin, posted by MightyKondrian on July 23, 2018, at 17:31:36
One of my doctors said that Ritalin is the most common medicine she prescribes because it helps to improve the quality of life for more people and more symptoms, diseases and syndromes, than any other medicine on the market.
I agree. I think Ritalin is an unsung hero and under-utilized.
My personal experience - Ritalin is the best med I ever took. Adderall was the opposite - it sent me into a dark anxious dungeon.
I have been on every SSRI, 4 TCA's, an MAOI, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, mood stabilizers, and boatloads of supplements and herbs. And I failed 12 sessions of bilateral E.C.T. Out of all that, Ritalin was the best of them all.
I found it moderately helpful with depression, majorly helpful with anhedonia, majorly helpful with executive function such as planning and executing, multitasking, social engagement, and on top of all that I slept the best of my life. On a stimulant! I could handle the world with Ritalin.
I may be back on it someday. Stopped for a surgery and since it costs $120 month more than I could afford I didn't do it.
Great med. I am perplexed why it is not maybe the most popular med out there in the world of psychiatry.
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