Posted by Alexs on October 29, 2003, at 14:08:39
In reply to Strattera may not be right - what now? Supplement?, posted by Aurore on October 28, 2003, at 21:59:35
First of all you have to give the Strattera time to do it's thing, about as long as an antidepressant, 4-6 weeks depending on how long it takes you to get to the recommended dose. Which maybe higher than 50mg.
>distractability, fatigue, lack of motivation...
Distractability was my main problem and Strattera difinetly helped with that, I would say about as well as Methylphenidate(Ritalin). NE Norepinephirine is supposed to help with motivation. It sounds like you have some syptoms of depression also, you may want to add an antidepressant down the line. I had side effects from Strattera most noteably fatigue which eventually went away. also my appetite lessened, it never got back to normal, been about 9 months now. Your doctor won't add on stimulants until you have been on strattera for a long enough period of time.
As far as worrying about Ritalin being addictive I think it all depends on the person taking it. I had no problem getting off it, go very slowly. If your looking to get high your probably going to end up abusing it. If your wondering why I switched from Ritalin to Srattera it was because I was having a problem with agitation and stimulants are known to cause agitation. Well I still have it but I'm glad I switched if for no other reason than being able to get refills on my scripts.
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