doctors and stimulants

Posted by sudhira on August 26, 2002, at 17:40:46

hello,
My prescriber makes me feel like using a stimulant to improve my quality of life is "cheating"--my current med combo is:
celexa 40mg
lamictal 50mg
anafranil 50mg
ritalin 5mg 2x's p day
We recently added the ritalin at my request (it was like pulling teeth) in order to address my symptoms of apathy and lethargy. it really seems to be the missing ingredient. I have recurrent major depression--the atypical sort--as well as symptoms of inattentive add and social anxiety.
My prescriber warns that it's risky to use stims long term and that research has shown that it is not useful for apathy or lethargy. From what I've seen and read this is not always true, but when I offered my own research she said "I'm the doctor here".
What do you think about stimulant augmentation in the short and long term? And what do you think of docs with God complexes?

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doctors and stimulants sudhira 8/26/02
Find a new doc... (nm) JonW 8/26/02
Re: doctors and stimulants wendy b. 8/26/02
Re: drs and stimulants: case history and catch22 fachad 8/26/02
Re: Find a new doc... » JonW Jerrympls 8/26/02
Re: doctors and stimulants awake at last 8/27/02
Re: doctors and stimulants » awake at last fachad 8/27/02
Re: doctors and stimulants sudhira 8/27/02
Re: Find a new doc... sudhira 8/27/02
Re: Ritalin prescription... » sudhira IsoM 8/27/02
Re: Ritalin prescription...IsoM sudhira 8/28/02

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