How many on SSRI's also had to take stimulants?

tjwessksu · 05-25-2012, 04:22 PM

After about a year on SSRI's I got tested for ADD and received a script for adderall, and had to take that to experience some "life" for a couple of years before realizing I couldn't be on this mess forever. So how many here had to be put on a stimulant after being put on an SSRI?

PaxilDream · 05-25-2012, 05:36 PM

Yup. When I had taken it for three years I started getting tired and was prescribed provigil and then vyvanse after that stopped working.

NoRx4me · 05-26-2012, 08:21 AM

I wouldn't call it "had to take a stimulant" but I was "diagnosed" with ADD shortly after being put on an SSRI because my thoughts were all over the place. So I took that for a while, then was "rediagnosed" with bipolar and took SSRI's and anti-convulsants, than YEARS later, when I still (or again) couldn't think straight, was put on stimulants again.
Once I got off all the drugs (and stopped seeing psychaitrists) I somehow became normal again.

aberdeen · 05-26-2012, 08:31 AM

I took Concerta with Effexor for awhile. The ADD symptoms were there prior to ever using SSRI's though. Something I've dealt with from early childhood, they really only made an impact when I graduated college and found myself failing miserably in certain work environments (enough to be fired). The stimulants really helped with focus and slowing down the scattered thinking....but I became tolerant within 6 months and dumped the drug instead of raising the dose. I am hoping my ADD stuff improves after I'm off SSRI's...and now that I'm getting older I know what I can and can't accomplish with ADD and structure my life accordingly. Also I would like to get back to a good diet of "real" food, I felt better back when I ate better (in many ways, but also with the ADD stuff).

05-25-2012, 04:22 PM	#1
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05-25-2012, 05:36 PM	#2
PaxilDream Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 484	Re: How many on SSRI's also had to take stimulants? Yup. When I had taken it for three years I started getting tired and was prescribed provigil and then vyvanse after that stopped working.

05-26-2012, 08:21 AM	#3
NoRx4me Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 2,573	Re: How many on SSRI's also had to take stimulants? I wouldn't call it "had to take a stimulant" but I was "diagnosed" with ADD shortly after being put on an SSRI because my thoughts were all over the place. So I took that for a while, then was "rediagnosed" with bipolar and took SSRI's and anti-convulsants, than YEARS later, when I still (or again) couldn't think straight, was put on stimulants again. Once I got off all the drugs (and stopped seeing psychaitrists) I somehow became normal again. __________________ Poly-drugged for 13 years (SSRI's and Lamictal for most of that time). Ended up on 4 meds (Cymbalta, Lamictal, Vyvanse & Lithium) before losing my mind, then realizing the drugs were MAKING me ill. Drug free since 9/27/08

05-26-2012, 08:31 AM	#4
aberdeen Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 3,052	Re: How many on SSRI's also had to take stimulants? I took Concerta with Effexor for awhile. The ADD symptoms were there prior to ever using SSRI's though. Something I've dealt with from early childhood, they really only made an impact when I graduated college and found myself failing miserably in certain work environments (enough to be fired). The stimulants really helped with focus and slowing down the scattered thinking....but I became tolerant within 6 months and dumped the drug instead of raising the dose. I am hoping my ADD stuff improves after I'm off SSRI's...and now that I'm getting older I know what I can and can't accomplish with ADD and structure my life accordingly. Also I would like to get back to a good diet of "real" food, I felt better back when I ate better (in many ways, but also with the ADD stuff). __________________ *2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."* 2005-2010 Effexor XR 112.5mg-262.5mg for PPD Dec 2010 Poop-out and rapid 3 month wean. Off Effexor March 2011 Hell started 1 month later-tried 3 other meds to deal with w/d nothing worked. . Now tapering from 20mg Paxil (still recovering from Effexor w/d) Oct'11 to Nov '12 20mg-10mg Mar 5/13- 9mg Apr 12/13-8.1mg May 5/13-7.3mg

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