Cheney on Stimulants - for Lynea

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Lynea, you wrote " I recently happened to look at part of Dr. Cheney's Protocol

from the Nat'l CFIDS Foundation - in it he is NOT against low-dose stimulants

such as Ionamin or Symmetrel. " And for cognitive complaints, he says that

" occasionally a pt. will respond to Ionomin or low-dose Prozac. " Maybe that

sheet is out of date? Cheney has apparently changed his mind about the

stimulants, since I read that now he says they are further

injuring the brain. But if, as Dr. Goldstein believes, our prefrontal brain

" sensory gating dysfunction can be traced to low NE and DA, " then we already

*are* " whipping a sick horse " who wins the race and then

keels over sick or dead (Cheney's metaphor for using stimulants now) if we try

to (or HAVE TO) push ourselves to get anything done.`Could you comment, if you

see this post? "

Lynea, I don't have a clue on this one, sorry. The use of stimulants has never

come up in my conversations with him. If I have a chance at my next visit in

October, I'll ask. Take care. Carol