Posted by europerep on July 7, 2010, at 15:18:32
In reply to Re: where to go from here?, posted by morgan miller on July 6, 2010, at 17:45:04
hi mm..
thanks for your answer..
my worry was not so much that methylphenidate or similar meds are neurotoxic, I was just worrying whether they weren't basically supposed to make you feel good through its dopamine action, even if DA is not the actual origin of the depression.. I could imagine that increasing DA significantly might sort of "overshadow" the depression, without solving the actual biological issue.. and then I fear that one day it will stop working, but it will have significantly altered functioning of the DA circuits, thereby making the depression even worse.. I haven't found that much evidence for improvement of TRD with MTP, but I guess it is worth a try, that is right... thanks for that, I didn't think of it so far..
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