Posted by psychobot5000 on January 14, 2007, at 15:28:15
In reply to Re: stimulants as antidepressents » psychobot5000, posted by laima on January 13, 2007, at 15:58:39
> > I've read at least one study abstract that suggested tolerance was increased by taking them irregularly--ie not every day.
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> That's interesting! Why is that?I don't know, and I don't think that any theory was offered by the abstract I read, ...but it's been suggested to me that taking drugs irregularly causes excessive stress on the body--cells, organs, everything. The theory seems to be, from that point of view, that if a drug regimen is regular, the body can adapt to it predictively. This is apparently supposed to be healthier, as well as causing less tolerance. Some docs clearly have an opposing view, though.
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