Posted by MB on July 17, 2000, at 12:06:34
I've been noticing lately that it is far more common today for docs to use stimulants as adjuncts to antidepressant therapy than it was ten years ago, when I was diagnosed. Is the theory that antidepressants are often only partially effective, and that stimulants give the extra boost out of depression? I am curious, and always have been, why stimulants aren't just used as monotherapy (aside from abuse problems) in the treatment of depression. Personally, I can't imagine being depressed on a stim (maybe anxious, but never depressed). I guess for non-ADDers, side effects of stims can be rough, but are they any rougher than the side effects of antidepressants?
Just wondering
MB
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