The psychopharmacology of energy and fatigue

Abstract

In summary, low energy, fatigue, and lack of motivation are important symptoms in many patients with depression and must be eliminated in those patients to attain complete remission and a return to normal work and social functioning. One strategy for treating such patients is to utilize agents that boost noradrenergic or dopaminergic neurotransmission in order to get a rapid boost in energy, enhancing compliance and leading ultimately to the complete remission of symptoms by restoring energy, motivation, and interest and eliminating fatigue.