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yawkaw3
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Re: depression and hydro
      09/14/03 01:26 AM

Just a FYI on the use of amphetamines in depression:

When you have refractory depression (depression that doesn't respond to other available antidepressants), you are likely to get amphetamines. Keep in mind this is not just two SSRI's didn't work and bam, you get a daily script for Dexedrine. You have to have a history of antidepressant use with a lot of them that you gave plenty of time to work, and they didn't. Generally you also have to have suicidal ideation and be serious about it. The alternative treatment in this case is to give amphetamines in low doses. You might get started off with Adderall 10 mg twice daily, or you might very well go straight to Dexedrine. Not all psychiatrists are in favor of this, but when you've tried several different classes of antidepressants that aren't working and you are "on the edge," so to speak, amphetamines are a very likely scenario. It happens more in mental hospitals, but it certainly is very possible as an outpatient.

Also, amphetamines speed up the response to SSRI's in most people. No one knows why.

-yawkaw
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