Posted by pedr on April 16, 2019, at 9:10:12
In reply to Re: Stimulant cross-tolerance, posted by Ruuudy on March 27, 2019, at 22:56:58
> Pete,
> You are/were taking a stimulant to treat your depression? And they sometimes have poop-out?
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> > > > > All I can add is my own experience, which is that Ritalin almost completely "pooped-out" for my depression after a month, I switched to Adderall and got a very good response. So for me, there was no problematic cross tolerance.
> > > > > PeteGah, sorry, I only just saw your reply Rudy. For some reason I *never* get notified of replies.
Yes - stimulant + AD is the only thing Ive found out of countless medications and treatments (including dTMS, ECT, hypnosis) that has any kind of efficacy against my severe TRD. Its a living nightmare.
My situation now is that I can take 15mg Adderall 4x a day and each dose lets me feel human for 1.5 - 2h. I spread the doses out as much as I can bear it.
Wanting to be dead 50+ % of the time is not much of a life but it sure beats wanting to be dead 100% of the time.W.r.t. poop-out, Ive been getting this approximate duration of response for many months now. If it lowers or poops out completely I am truly hosed.
Pete
I love the smell of Abilify in the morning. The smell, you know that chemical smell. Smells like victory. Some day this war's gonna end...
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Atypical Depression, OCD, IBS-C, GERD since '96
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