Posted by Sur5orType on January 11, 2003, at 11:00:22
In reply to Re: Strattera - Day 500-sur5ortype, posted by BekkaH on January 10, 2003, at 19:31:01
> Hi Survivor-type! I like your screen name. Thanks for helping us out. If you can think of anything else we should know about this new med, please let us know. Of course, adults may respond quite differently than children, but there are probably enough similarities that your experiences will be very helpful to us.
Thank you Bekka.
I am sorry to disagree after such a nice compliment, but I don't want to see us jump to a conclusion. I know that there are markedly different side-effects for adults and children with stimulants, but there are more side-effects, PERIOD. A list as long as my arm.
There are truly so few (noticeable ones) with strattera, I think there is some hope towards making the opposite conclusion.
I am also making a jump to conclusions, I know. I am just so glad for the alternatives to the stimulant course.
There are of course, as I eluded to, adults who will prefer stimulants. One in a post above spoke about the beneficial effect of being able to pull an all nighter. It worries me that it would skew the findings. It is, in my humble opinion, definately a question of dependency.
With or without this drug, my son is one HIGH-ENERGY child. But, if I say "hey, stop for a second and listen to me," he will stop now. He may not stand there and listen as long as I would like, but it's baby-steps, y'know? At least he is stopping now.
Maybe I need to say "stop for a minute."
With the stimulants, he was just slow. It didn't seem to make him think any harder, just to go slower. It is hard to explain, it just made him a little more considerate, which is exacly what an eight year old needs.
An adult might prefer the energy of the stimulant. That has a chance of skewing this debate, but time will tell, no?
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