Posted by ZeeZee on December 29, 2002, at 10:11:40
In reply to does everyone get rebound depression on a stim?, posted by cybercafe on December 28, 2002, at 21:50:26
Yes, depression is a common side effect of stim's during the wash out period. My son has ADD and has used Dex since he was 9. He's now 19 and a college student. The depression and irritablitly has always occured while the drug was wearing off. However, when not on it, weekends and holidays, he feels totally fine - none of those symptoms at all. AD's are sometimes prescribed to help with this roller coaster effect. There are some long acting stim's that are intended to avoid the "let down" syptoms, but they pose their own s/e's.
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