Posted by MomofBoys on June 8, 2003, at 17:26:21
In reply to Re: Straterra at night ? Other questions....., posted by froggyanna on June 7, 2003, at 10:52:57
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> Hi Mom! :-)
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> > So my questions are:
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> > > 1. Has anyone else been advised to take Straterra at night? If so, is that decreasing your daytime sleepiness?
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> > YES! It has decreased my daytime sleepiness for a limited time. I wake up just a raring to go, get lots of work done (i work at home) and then by noonish I do have the sleepiness, for which my doc is thinking of adding Ritalin and I will find out today. The Strattera has been incredibly helpful to me so I would like to continue on this but the sleepiness does hold me back a bit.
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> I'm glad to hear that someone else is taking it at night. I haven't yet decided if it takes care of my sleepiness all day.... Since I'm unemployed, my days are pretty unscheduled, so I'm not as aware of whether sleepiness "intrudes" or not. I'd like to know if your doc decided to prescribe the Ritalin, what dosage and when -- all that.SHE DID NOT START ME ON RITALIN. WHAT SHE DID CHANGE WAS ADDING 25 MG OF STRATTERA IN THE MORNING ALONG WITH LEXAPRO 10 MG. ONCE AGAIN, I AM EXTREMELY TIRED WITH THE STRATTERA IN THE MORNING. ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY. I HATE BEING SLEEPY DURING THE DAY.
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> > > 2. If you increased your dosage slowly, did you avoid the tiredness? The agitation? The irritability?
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> > I started at 40 and went to 80 where I am today. Tired YES. Agitated NO. Irritable NO. But if something sparks my temper, yes I am agitated and irritable. Is it me or the Strattera? Don't know.
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> The past two days I have been a LOT less cranky. I don't know if it's getting used to the Straterra or the fact that I reduced my dosage of buspiron from 60mg to 45, which I also take at night....
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> > > 3. Would there be any benefit to taking part of the dose before bed and part in the morning?
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> > I am going to ask this myself today when I go to the doc about splitting my dose to day/night instead of just one dose at night.
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> What did the doc say?SHE ADDED 25 MG IN THE MORNING (SO I AM ON A TOTAL OF 105 MG). THE SLEEPINESS IS NOT A GOOD THING WITH ME.
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> > > 4. How many days did you go before increasing?
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> > 40 for six weeks or so then 80.
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> Ah... so you didn't start with 10 and go up every three days like some people do. But you did stay at 40 for quite awhile. Why did you increase? Was it pooping out? Or did it take that long for the side effects to subside?I DIDN'T INCREASE AFTER A WEEK LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO...I WENT ON VACATION RIGHT AWAY AND DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WORKING UNTIL I CAME HOME THREE WEEKS LATER AND NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE WITH 40 MG. IT WAS JUST ME AND THE FEAR OF INCREASING. BUT NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS DOSE FOR AWHILE, I DON'T FEEL THE ENERGY THAT I FIRST HAD. I AM FEELING DISAPPOINTED THESE DAYS WITH THE STRATTERA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS. I DO GO BACK TO SEE MY DOC IN ABOUT 10 DAYS TO SEE WHAT THE LEXAPRO HELPED. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF IT, I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES AT ALL, BUT WITH THE INCREASE OF 25 MG OF STRATTERA IN THE DAYTIME, I AM SO TIRED! I THINK I WILL START TAKING IT AT NIGHT WITH THE REST OF MY DOSE.
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> > > 5. Was it a month or more before you started experiencing any real effect on your ADD symptoms? Are you MAINTAINING those effects?
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> > My effects on ADD were almost immediate. I could organize, get things done. It was amazing to me.
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> That's astounding! Even at 40mg? I'm not sure I've read anyone else on here say that the effect was that dramatic. Well, it's having NO effect on ADD for me. My doc said I could eventually go up to 120mg. I wonder if weight has anything to do about it? Is this a drug that you can take more of the heavier you are?YES, I HEARD THAT 120 MG IS LIKE THE NORM. I KNOW BECAUSE OF CHILDREN, IT IS A WEIGHT/DOSE DETERMINATION...NOT SURE IF ITS THE SAME WITH ADULTS THO....
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