Posted by mshyper on March 13, 2003, at 12:35:09
In reply to Re: Strattera half life/tics/withdrawal » mshyper, posted by zenclear on March 12, 2003, at 16:26:31
> Do you have any skin side effects? Dryness, itching, redness, etc? Any hint of potential hairloss issues (a Wellbutrin problem!!).
Some dryness of my skin, but no worse than I've had all my life from my eczema. No flaking. And, actually the eczema is better, maybe from the anxiety reduction. (Aveeno body lotion helps any dryness for me).
My eyes itch occasionally in the corners, which is a side effect of the drug, but it may happen twice a week or so now. Happened first few days of drug more often. Visine AC helps.
When I first started drug, I had little stinging itchy hot spots here and there, about 5 minutes at a time, but that went away after 4 or 5 days or so and I haven't had it since. They only turned red if I clawed them. :-)
Actually, as far as hair loss goes, mine is better now. My anxiety/stress level dropped dramatically on the strattera so my hair loss stopped. As far as I know, hair loss is not a side effect of strattera. My blood pressure dropped, too, as a result of the lowered anxiety level- 20 pts on top and 10 on the bottom-in spite of the fact that the prescribing info says it can increase bp a point or two.
There is one wierd side effect, however. From time to time (5 or 6 times since I started med), I have funky hiccups, but it never lasts more than an hour or so alltogether. Not the kind where you have them at a regular interval, you know, just kind of one now, one later. Sometimes a couple minutes apart. Sometimes one now, then in 5 minutes, then in 10 minutes. Nothing bad, just mildly annoying.
Good luck if you start on the medication. :-)
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