Re: Non-stimulant Medication

[Anonymous]

hey Mica,

im on strattera for few months now and i still on 25mg, i started on 18mg at first. i am still struggling to be honest and i have read lots of scary reports (i found site that reveals what doesnt get printed on the regular side effects list)and some good ones so i am tryin to stick with it, but all the negatives i read describe exactly how it makes me feel.

i am worried becasue when i voice this to my physcologist he says that it up to me if want to contine if the side effects outway the benefits and he implys that if i dont like the side effects of stratera that it will be the same for all meds for adhd, but i get the impression that its different meds suit different people? so i hope that if i decide to get off stratera he lets me try stimulant meds…

its quite hard to describe but i will try my best..i have really bad bouts of intiense deep depression- i have had depression for years and am on anti depressants too but it feels different on strattera , it feels verry verry verry black and verry agitated and i physically feel sick too, i also tremble i have verry violent thinking with it too,murderous thinking of others and harm to myslef and panick rushes over me real hard and fast..

i have becoume frustrated and intolerant to people again . but im way more harder and harsher towards others than when not on adhd meds.

but i also feel more slowed down at times, which is the only good part, though that is pushed aside when the nagative stuff is forced over me.

my doctoer keeps sayin this is bound to be how i feel now i my brain is being slowed down. but like i said i have had depression over the years but it just feels verry differnt with strattera and i find it hard to explain .. im being verry carefull and im askin my partner to keep close eye on me because it is freakin me out a bit and am at piont of deciding to come off them all together.

its a dificult one because there are good reviews out there and this is what is keepin me on them with the hope that it passes. this is my experience anyhow and im really almost at the piont of making some sort of decision.

i guesss it is about trial and error. i just hope for the oppertunity to try stimulants but as i had history of drink and drug abuse my docter maybe reluctant, but i can garuntee that i do not want to abuse them, i just want some sort of qaulity of life !!!!! with out this mess i am in otherwise.. best of luck to you, chips

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