Posted by utopizen on September 23, 2004, at 18:09:24
In reply to Re: ADD - Help - I could lose my job!!! » jms600, posted by TomG on September 23, 2004, at 17:33:59
> Theres not a whole lot of evidence behind it, but I have heard of some people using Provigil to combat ADD.
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> It is not related to traditional stimulants in terms of the mechanism of action.
>Most docs I think try an antidepressant first, because they're suppose to suspect the most common cause of an attention deficit-- depression. Once that doesn't work, they can either consider it an unresolved depression or no depression at all, so they can give you a stimulant then. But I guest the dynamic might have changed now with Straterra, they might try that first.
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