Posted by fallsfall on May 17, 2003, at 15:50:56
In reply to Re: more med shuffling-adderall and strattera... » fallsfall, posted by Peter on May 17, 2003, at 0:27:16
I'm not sure about the adderall connection. I got most of my information from the Strattera web site: http://www.strattera.com/index.jsp the "Information for Healthcare Professionals" gives you the text of the insert that is in really tiny type. That tells about the Prozac/Strattera connection.
I am taking it for Depression, not ADHD. I'm assuming that is what you use it for? So I'm probably looking for something different than what you are looking for. I noticed a change (energy) right a way, but that is pretty much all that I am looking for. The energy does increase over time (I've been on it for 3 1/2 months). There have been other threads where more ADHD people have talked about it, it seems that it does take some number of weeks to really kick in. You might want to find those other threads.
10 mg is a very low dose. The "normal" dose (as far as I know) is 80mg. My pdoc was shooting for 40mg since I am on Prozac at the same time. That wasn't enough, so we brought it up to 80mg which seems pretty good. It is worth it to raise the dose slowly (I increased by 10 mg every 3 days, but others have increased once a week) - otherwise the side effects will kill you.
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