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Posted by Cass on March 15, 2000, at 14:52:21
Does anyone know which ADD drug is least likely to cause anxiety or psychosis?
Posted by peter on March 16, 2000, at 9:32:37
In reply to Sedating ADD drugs?, posted by Cass on March 15, 2000, at 14:52:21
> Does anyone know which ADD drug is least likely to cause anxiety or psychosis?
Cass:
I believe that, in very low doses, the routine stimulants (ritalin, dexedrine)will not cause anxiety or psychosis. My (sample size = 1)experience with wellbutrin suggests that this is not the way to go.Good strides are being made in eeg therapy -- you should consider researching this non-drug therapy, perhaps in addition to an ssri or other AD, if you've had bad results with other meds.
best of luck,
peter
Posted by Chris A. on March 16, 2000, at 18:46:53
In reply to Sedating ADD drugs?, posted by Cass on March 15, 2000, at 14:52:21
My son was insistent that Ritalin made him sleepy. He was 15 at the time and had been taking it for ten years before he announced this. I have zero regrets about having had him on it all of that time. It was the right thing to do.
Chris A.
Posted by Cass on March 16, 2000, at 23:16:51
In reply to Sedating ADD drugs?, posted by Cass on March 15, 2000, at 14:52:21
you may find what you thought was anxiety was ADD, and much of it went away with a stimulant
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