Posted by theomastix on January 6, 2012, at 14:18:50
Greetings:
Severe treatment-refractory depression and severe ADHD both plague me... My doctor prescribes me relatively high doses of either Dexedrine
or Adderall. My cognitive limits are sort of set in stone. Without the psychostimulants, I daydream all day, do no productive work, and generally
act like a zombie. Thus, the stimulant pharmacotherapy is absolutely vital to my existence.
My question is: If a person should, or chooses, to be on *LONG-TERM* amphetamine-type stimulant therapy for affective disorder(s), how
should the cardiovascular system be simultaneously protected and the body "buffered" against the potential cardio-toxicity of the primary
stimulant therapy?
OTC supplements and herbals are okay, but not what I have in mind, really. I am already taking Vitamin Q10 and levocarnitine prophylactically.
I am interested in angioprotective/cardioprotectant psychopharmaceuticals that can be safely co-administered with Adderall/Dexedrine *in the
long-term* for intelligent preventative elimination of cardiovascular issues... It seems like the only wise course of action to me! Amphetamine
can wear down and screw up the cardiovasculature, so ADHD-sufferers and non-typical major depressive disorder sufferers who utilize
amphetamine-type stimulants for more than a few months should at least speculatively try to figure out how to protect their own circulatory and
cardiological systems from the "down side" of stimulant pharmacotherapy....
Any sapiential members with sapiential suggestions? Thanks in advance.
poster:theomastix
thread:1006517
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