Posted by Christ_empowered on February 16, 2022, at 7:44:55
In reply to Re: The Ritalin Vs. Dexedrine debate, and more... » Jay2112, posted by beckett2 on February 15, 2022, at 23:34:42
the amphetamine preparations are generally stronger than the Ritalin compounds. I -think- Focalin may be something of an exception (?), because each mg of Focalin is supposed to be 2x potent as equivalent dosages of ritalin or...something like that, anyway.
For a while, Ritalin was preferred for the younger set and treatment of some forms of depression and also off setting sedation from other treatments (Ritalin for stable people with Schizoprenia-spectrum disorders, for instance, was apparently a somewhat common practice, for a season). Many nations do not allow amphetamine products, at all, so Ritalin is -the- primary option, mostly for attention disorders and I think also narcolepsy.
I dunno. A former acquaintance was on a moderate dosage of long acting Ritalin because the amphetamines she'd tried caused too much anxiety. Other insist that the amphetamines cause less anxiety and are more effective for their concerns.
Personally...for me, Ritalin was better once I needed an "atypical" in my life, but Adderall was (is?) very much the market leader, so...good luck with that, lol. The Ritalin helped concentration and mood without the "wow. I'm both tranquilized and stimulated, all at the same time" feeling. The Adderall was OK, except I think it may have triggered or exacerbated EPS.
The information I've skimmed on uppers for depression is surprisingly scant and unimpressive, considering that various flavors of uppers have been used for depression since the 1930s or so. It seems that some prescribers use Ritalin in older people and/or people with serious health concerns. Low to moderate doses of amphetamine have some data indicating good effects on some aspects of depression in carefully selected patients, but...
yeah, considering the decades upon decades of both official and off label usage, surprisingly little solid, real data to help people/patients or prescribers. what fun.
I think the amphetamine products are regarded as more potentially addictive and likely to induce mood changes and/or psychosis, but I also seem to recall reading that long term Ritalin treatment in places that can track patients (nationalized health care, diagnoses available to researchers) indicated that a somewhat disturbingly high % of children and adolescents given Ritalin developed psychotic symptoms and of those an unusually high % went on to be labeled with and treated for a Schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis. so...there's that, of course.
ugh. hope this helps :-)
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