add medications, Strattera

[Nattdog]

Hello, I am curious if anyone has experience with the common add medications. Any experience would be welcome, however I was particulary interested in learning about experience with Strattera. Any first hand experience or knowledge related to this or closely related would be welcome. thank you.

 

[tango29]

Trading got me to finally check into if I had a problem with my head, and the conclusion by the Doc was ADD. I'm one who has never been a believer in ADD, but in a couple different assessment tests I was apparently at the top of the scale. He prescribed Strattera and I used it for 3 months scaling up the 1st month. I couldn't say if it was making a difference and the Doc said often its the case that you don't realize the difference until you cycle off and the difference becomes apparent. I just finished cycling off and it may be the case that it was making a difference, I think I'm noticing the same lack of focus, etc that got me to checking it out. I'm going to let it go for awhile longer to get a feel. I also don't like taking meds of any kind, so I have a prejudice against it in the 1st place, but if I think it works I'll go back on as the diagnosis really seems to explain a lot of stuff throughout my life. At the same time who nows, maybe its just a lack of total discipline which is what I have always thought. I also didn't like a side effect or 2. I was fairly constipated with it.(boy you never know how great that morning dump is till you can't take it for awhile). Anyway there are some thoughts, hope it helps.

 

[Nattdog]

hey thanks tango,

good info.

I have the usual add symptoms, the hyperfocus, "tuning the world out" , followed by the lack of fucus, agitated feeling that makes it hard to work or do anything productive... Also Lose interest. I also seem to follow a pattern of highs and lows, exessive energy followed by long period of "rest" etc. score high on the various tests.

I too shun the label, I do not feel what is described is a disorder, rather a way of thinking and being not always consistent with the modern world. but there gets to be a point, via either consistent behavior modification, or drugs, or both, where one must become more consistant in order to reach ones goals. any further comments or insight more than welcome.