Re: Strattera advice please

[Anonymous]

It has been great reading all of these reports I am on 60 m of Straterra and 300 m of Wellbutrin, plus a pill for high blood pressure.

Just started Straterra end of September at 40 and up to 60 a week or so. At 60, i have occasional upset stomache and a kind of urine retention .. all aching and then suddenly a huge flow .. peeing more but not as often and my neck and shoulders are rigidly more stiff than usuall… temper seems more edgy as well .. 2 flare ups in a week .. dry mouth and oh tired plus waking up at 4 a.m.

Diagnosed 2 years ago with chronic depression and anxiety and anger … and this August diagnosed as ADHD .. and from the

psychiatrist’s assessment I have been this way since i was a kid .. 60 years ago.

Straterra seems to help, but I have been told it will take 6 weeks or more to show much of an impact, and the side effects are a pain.

They might go away or not, is so subective is hard to know. I may go back to 40 m or even a 40 in the morning and 40 at night.

Depression seems controlled, but winter will be the test for that, Anxiety, less so, but of late my mind is quieter while oddly in my head i seem to be humming songs from musicals and carols and such. Wacked. Psych suggested the dopamine impacts on the brain to help sort out what is important from what isnt .. and the songs are being refiled … she seems to know what she is doing, have had a few who got their degrees by mail order . I am finding that i am way too self involved .. trying to wrap head around ADH .. very H.

But the temper flare ups are nasty … i am getting into a verbal abuse, aggitation thing. Perhaps as Jen suggested earlier, the anger is meant to boost energy to give me a needed charge .. perhaps, i have to watch but it may well be .. more guilt over behavior/

Tired though, it is clear to me that I actually have to act to change behavior .. never occured to me before .. suks, why did i think

being a control freak was a good thing. Grew up around them, mistakes were intentional, not learning and i would do soo much

better if i only behaved and tried harder. Dam tired of hearing that. Oddly, only when i was at university studying Literature and

Critical Theory of all things was i clear and focused ..but only on that 1 thing … otherwise arrogant kid with priviledge issues.

I figure on staying on these drugs for another month, hopefully the negative side effects decrease. Not sure if i can switch drugs, with a history of cardio problems and anxiety attacks, other options are less safe .. laughs ..

it was great to read other peoples’ stories, it gave me a few ideas … many things to think about and stuff to do.. trying to stay

present .. i hate this i really do.

REPORT ABUSE