Posted by zeugma on May 14, 2003, at 20:43:24
In reply to Re: Day 2 Strat -- feel like dopey dwarf » bookgurl99, posted by glaciergirl on May 14, 2003, at 9:51:14
I got a sample pack for Strattera this morning. My dr. told me to take the first dose at the soonest opportunity with food, so I found a diner to pop into and force-fed myself two pancakes- I had had a rough night and had bad dreams, nausea, etc.
I killed a few hours in the park after that then when to work. I was doing paperwork when WHAM! I suddenly felt awake and alert. And my hands were shaking, the words I was writing were becoming illegible, etc. I stopped sipping my Starbuck's coffee and eventually poured it down the drain. I should add that I am a HARDCORE coffee drinker who has basically gotten thru life (such as it is) on massive amounts of caffeine, constantly. And what else? I became furiously hungry! I ran across the street to the pizza place soon after this powerful hunger hit me, I should add that normally I have to FORCE myself to eat (as I had this morning). And I got thru my work with an alacrity I've rarely if ever possessed. I'm hoping this effect persists, cause it would be most helpful!I should add also that I take 75 mg nortriptyline and 30 mg buspirone, and it was an 18 mg capsule of Strattera I took. It definitely felt stimulating to me, totally unlike the other meds I take. The only thing I can say to explain why my experience has been favorable while others' hasn't been is because I knew I tolerate noradrenergic meds well (nortriptyline is a noradrenergic med like Strattera). I just was afraid the Strat would FEEL just like nortrip, which it doesn't at all; it seems very alerting to me.
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