Posted by floatingbridge on August 3, 2011, at 11:24:42
In reply to Re: I started Strattera please review » 10derheart, posted by zonked on August 3, 2011, at 9:49:54
Z, It might be officially contraindicated with maoi's. For what that's worth.....
I think it is for itty bitty Emsam.
Did you read about Ritalin? It has an interesting mechanism of being a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and an agonist--if I got that right. Check out the wiki entry
> I have mostly overlooked this med, due to other meds which preferentially effect norepi making me, well, feel like tearing my hair out/anxious as hell/can't sit still (effexor, cymbalta, nortrip).
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> I wonder if some ADD types do better with dopamine (amphetamines) and other with norepi (strattera).
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> I have heard "strattera is sh*t" so many times that I've not been very interested it until I saw your post. Dunno my new pdoc (old one left the practice) but I am thinking about augmentation strategies.
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> Did you feel REALLY anxious in the beginning?
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> -z
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