Posted by blueberry on November 7, 2005, at 18:16:08
In reply to Strattera makes you feel sad?, posted by alohashirt on November 6, 2005, at 18:48:12
Just my opinion, based on my own experiences and based on posts I've seen here over the years, but anything that is a pure norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor just totally sucks, and makes a lot of people feel worse. Things like strattera, reboxetine.
Things that are more mixed, like duloxetine or effexor, seem to be a lot better, overall in general terms.
When I say pure norepinephrine drugs suck, I am not including the tricyclics like nortriptyline or desipramine in that category, because they do a lot more than just work purely on norepinephrine. They have interaction with dopamine and opioid systems, and of course all the other systems that give them the side effects :-(. Even though they are thought of as norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, they do a whole lot more than that.
Strattera and reboxetine suck. But, that is just one opinion. I'm sure there are people that love them. According to clinical studies, there are. But I've never actually seen it happen.
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