Posted by Optimist on January 17, 2005, at 9:48:08
In reply to Neuropsychiatric side effects of stimulants, posted by ed_uk on January 14, 2005, at 17:47:57
> Hello,
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> Breggin claims that stimulants reduce imagination, initiative, sociability, spontaneity, curiosity, novelty-seeking etc. He claims that they can cause cognitive inflexibility.
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> In your experience, what truth is there in any of this?
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> NB. Please do not think that I'm an anti-psychiatrist because I refered to Breggin. I am not.
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> It is known that stimulants can induce compulsive behaviour as well as stereotyped behaviour. Has anyone on p-babble suffered these effects?
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> From the International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine........
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> At least three children developed severe drug-induced obsessive/compulsive symptoms (one on MPH, two on AMPH), including a child who played Legos for a 36-hour period without breaking to eat or sleep and another who “became compulsive about raking leaves and did so for 7 consecutive hours, after which he still felt compelled to rake individual leaves as they fell”.
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> If you have tried various stimulants......
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> Have you found amphetamines or methylphenidate to be the most likely to induce compulsive behaviour?
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> In your experience, which drug is most likely to induce over-focusing?
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> In your experience, is methylphenidate more or less effective than the amphetamines in increasing/improving focus?
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> In your experience, do amphetamines and methylphenidate have different effects on sociability?
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> Has anyone on p-babble become paranoid after taking a stimulant? Did you recognise your symptoms as being drug-induced?
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> Has anyone on p-babble experienced tics, tourettism or other dyskinesias in response to treatment with methylphenidate or an amphetamine? Did these side effects dissapear when the drug was stopped?
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> Thank you,
> Ed.
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For me I find Adderall XR INCREASES imagination, initiative, sociability, spontaneity, curiosity, and novelty-seeking. There may be a litte anxiety with social events but I am much more prone to talk and be chatty, etc...I'm not very impressed with Breggin. He sounds a little inflexible. :)
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