Posted by linkadge on February 6, 2010, at 19:48:34 [reposted on February 22, 2010, at 1:21:01 | original URL]
In reply to Re: where the idea comes from...one view » floatingbridge, posted by conundrum on February 6, 2010, at 17:35:12
>My psychiatrist said that about 80 percent of >patients respond to SSRIs and then a portion of >those need NE boosted, and a smaller portion of >those need dopamine. In his experience if >someone needs dopamine he does a test with >ritalin and says they should feel something.
Thats not really a definitive test though as ritalin is not selective to dopamine. It has strong effect on NE too and its metabolite is primarily a NRI with 5-ht1a agonist activity. This could augment antidepressants in a manner like buspar.
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