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Re: Straterra » SLS

Posted by 10derHeart on November 7, 2005, at 17:24:51

In reply to Re: Straterra, posted by SLS on November 7, 2005, at 7:08:12

>Like most any other drug that "sucks", there are bound to be people who find Strattera invaluable.<

I am one of those people.

I've been taking Strattera for 2 years this month and it has been extremely effective for my adult ADD sysmptoms.

I also had good results with methylphenidate, but chose to stop and start Strattera due to concerns from my GP doc over it possibly aggravating preexisting hypertension (I never totally agreed it was doing that) as well as the ease of refilling it, being a non-controlled med.

Strattera, within less than 72 hours, gave me a centered feeling, a quietness of mind w/o feeling numb or drugged, that amazed me. I never knew *regular* (just meaning non-ADD) people had this absence of 24/7 chatter inside the brain...! For me, it brings a more even, more steady effect on several differnt symptoms of mine than any dosages and/or timing we tried with MPH (was up to 80-100 mg daily, PRN, when I d/c)

Actually, augmenting the Strat with a bit of MPH from time to time, depending what's going on in my life, seems to work best. Ritalin works a bit better for the inability to stay on tasks that I find dull than does Strat alone - it brings a laser-focus along with energy, for a short time.

My pdoc and I have agreed to do a liver panel every 6 months, out of caution after the warning came out. She would order one more often if I wanted it as well.

So, while I can understand from what others have experienced and written, why perhaps this med appears to "suck," it doesn't for me :-)

 

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