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Re: Straterra at night ? Other questions.....

Posted by Lasagne on June 10, 2003, at 10:36:44

In reply to Re: Straterra at night ? Other questions....., posted by Gale Fox on June 10, 2003, at 8:23:15

I have been taking Strattera for about 4 weeks now. At first I did the regimine of 40 mgs.once in the morning and then 40 mgs. once in the late afternoon. I found this made me so spacey and tired during the day. I felt like I was living in a big fog.
Then my doctor told me to just take all of my Strattera 80 mgs. total in the evening. I take it around 7 p.m. and it really helps me to relax to get a good nights sleep. Then I wake up in the morning and feel good. I don't feel a huge urge to go back to bed after getting my children off to school like I used to. Once I get moving it seems like I can get things accomplished and keep going until my normal naptime at noon. I have also found that I am capable of taking shorter naps than before. Before I didn't feel good if I didn't lay down for 1 1/2 to 2 hours daily, but now if I lay down for just an hour I can still function through the afternoon and evening routine with my children.
I am also finding it easier to do the routine things that need to be done daily. I still have a tough time doing the big projects that require organization, but I have been told that I can't expect ADD/ADHD treatment to completely resolve all my issues. Right now I am trying to stay focused on the little improvements that happen daily. Before starting the Strattera I was in a depressive slump and now I finally feel like I am pulling out of it.
I also take Prozac 60 mgs. daily and Buspar 30 mgs. daily.
The Buspar really helped alleviate my anxiety symptoms, but the addition of Strattera improved my anxiety even more. I don't worry as much as I used to about things that I have absolutely no control over.
My doctor had actually been treating me for depression and anxiety for years, then after all of my boys were diagnosed with ADHD, he mentioned that I should make a special appointment to have him do a ADD/ADHD evaluation on me. That is the point where he started me on the Strattera. He thinks that coping with my ADD/ADHD symptoms for 33 years was the source of my depression and anxiety. I am now reading books about adult ADHD and am finding the whole thing enlightening. Many things are beginning to make sense for me.


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