Posted by creepy on October 6, 2010, at 23:23:48
In reply to Re: Most success with adderrall for depression » creepy, posted by floatingbridge on October 6, 2010, at 15:19:12
Right now nothing is working. I have mild depression, PTSD thats an issue when Im triggered, and some mild anxiety.
The only drug my doc has me on is the adderall. I took myself off of celexa after a month of fatigue, but it didnt help. I am no better or worse at the moment.
The last 3 months Ive had awful fatigue and brain fog along with lots of body pain and aches everywhere. The desipramine is great for that. Without it ID be a mess.
Doc refuses to re-prescribe, she wants me on cymbalta and I dont want to go there. Id rather not take any more SSRIs (and certainly not an SNRI notorious for discontinuation problems) Ive gained so much weight my health is suffering. Doc claims cymbalta is not a weight gainer, I disagree.
So you see Im probably depending on some of the AD effect from adderall as well. I know its a fleeting thing. And the ups and downs every day do me no good. Without it, Id have lost my job by now though.
I take breaks from the adderall on weekends and take the smallest amount I can so I dont become tolerant to it. Seems to work well Ive been on this dose for years. I worry about needing a larger dose because with that may come more anxiety and more pronounced mood swings as the drug peaks and wears off.
I think I notice some of what you mention about potentiating pain relief from the NRI. Maybe because adderall causes the release of NE as well?
Or provides more DA for conversion into NE?
The only bad part about desipramine is youll have some headaches, increased heart rate and BP issues for the first couple weeks. I take it at night so I can wake up in the AM and avoid headaches. It also interacts with a few common antidepressants.
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