ADs are in fact stimulants?

[Bribarian]

Ads are stimulants correct?

They are designed to speed up the system while plowing over anxiety and depression?

[Bribarian]

Um, no. Where do you come up with these ideas? Do you stay up late?

Ya I stay up pretty late.

I thought they were CNS stimulants though?

I've read in other places they speed up neurons. But that's why I ask, to know for sure.

Edit: yep that link was worthless

[SashaSue]

No, Bribarian. AD's are not stimulants. Stimulants, are stimulants. I'd love to know where you got this idea about neural swiftness? A link, perhaps? Or is it yet another strange med fact you've concocted out of thin air?

[helloheartbreak]

Ads are stimulants correct?

They are designed to speed up the system while plowing over anxiety and depression?

Some anti-depressants can be activating in some people, but that doesn't make them stimulants. Effexor and Wellbutrin come to mind. Is that what you mean?

[Velvet Elvis]

Most stimulants act in an AD capacity. Some ADs are stimulating. Some are sedating. In general your statement is like saying "dogs are orange" It is true that there are in fact orange dogs, but it's a simple correlation.

[Guest Vapourware]

ADs and stimulants work differently. As I'm not well-versed in medical jargon, I'll let someone else explain that, but ADs are not stimulants.

[mudpuppy]

Can you quote the part of that link that says ADs are stimulants, Bri?

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Edited to add:

Okay, seriously? Because its says that SSRIs stimulate steroidwhateverwhatever in the brain?

Dude, that's akin to saying that because a feather stimulates a tickle response, a feather is a stimulant drug.

That something stimulates the growth, production, etc etc, is not the same as it being a medication in the stimulant class.

::headdesk

[sorrel]

How did I miss this question earlier?

As has been said, your link about "steroidogenic stimulants" has nothing to do with the class of drugs called stimulants. It has to do with stimulating production of something.

As for "speeding up neurons," what is that supposed to mean? You can't speed up a neuron. It communicates with electricity. You can't speed up electricity.

[SashaSue]

How did I miss this question earlier?

As has been said, your link about "steroidogenic stimulants" has nothing to do with the class of drugs called stimulants. It has to do with stimulating production of something.

As for "speeding up neurons," what is that supposed to mean? You can't speed up a neuron. It communicates with electricity. You can't speed up electricity.

Damn, Sorrel. Just when I was getting excited about the idea of neuron races - relays, maybe? or sprints? - you have to go and inject reality into the conversation.

[Bribarian]

No, Bribarian. AD's are not stimulants. Stimulants, are stimulants. I'd love to know where you got this idea about neural swiftness? A link, perhaps? Or is it yet another strange med fact you've concocted out of thin air?

/elbows his way through the rude marm herd

Kind of like all drugs work the same on every person amirite?

I thought I had heard they stimulate parts of the brain, guess I was wrong, that's why people ask questions. We can't all be as all knowing as you are

[Bribarian]

Most stimulants act in an AD capacity. Some ADs are stimulating. Some are sedating. In general your statement is like saying "dogs are orange" It is true that there are in fact orange dogs, but it's a simple correlation.

This is somewhat confusing, some ADs do in fact stimulate people's systems then?

[Velvet Elvis]

Yup, Welbutrin is stimulating, so is strattera. Any AD that has an effect on norepenephrine or dopamine has the potential to be stimulating, unless you have ADHD in which case they might put you to sleep.

[Bribarian]

Yup, Welbutrin is stimulating, so is strattera. Any AD that has an effect on norepenephrine or dopamine has the potential to be stimulating, unless you have ADHD in which case they might put you to sleep.

I've always found Lexapro to be stimulating, and I've heard from others that some ADs stimulate them, just was wondering.

[mudpuppy]

That a drug is "stimulating" is *not* the same as a drug BEING a stimulant.

[Aurochs]

Stimulants are drugs that cause a specific set of mental and physical effects - reduced (perceived) need for sleep, reduced appetite, increased locomotor activity, increased focus and motivation, increased heart rate and blood pressure, etc. Pharmacological effect is irrelevant in that definition.

Also, just about every drug stimulates some sort of cellular activity.

[null0trooper]

Part of the problem is that "stimulate" and "depress" are used in different ways depending on the specific field and topic, and the meanings do not automatically carry over unchanged. Even when specific meanings are shared, that only works for specific ways of wording things. It doesn't help that among antidepressants, some are grouped by their primary method of action, and some are grouped by their chemical structure. That's why you'll seem some ADs, usually TCAs, referred to as "activating" or "sedating" At a distance some of the effects may look similar to a mild stimulant dose (increased neurotransmitter function, good and bad) but the antidepressants only work with what's in circulation, while the stimulants trigger neurochemical release like a real stimulus would.

If we were dealing with money instead of neurotransmitters: antidepressants help you set up a budget; stimulants help you rob the bank.