Posted by ciejae on May 23, 2003, at 15:58:02
In reply to Re: Glad To Find This Group -- Starting Straterra, posted by froggyanna on May 23, 2003, at 12:10:57
I forgot to say that I've never tried any stimulants. I never realized I was ADD until I started reading about it on the internet. Then I realized that me and both my daughters had the same symptoms. I went back to my old psychiatrist (who did one of the studies on Strattera before it was approved)and he looked in my records. He said that way back when I was seeing him before, he thought I had ADD (I thought it was depression) and he was treating me with anti-depressents that were for depression as well as ADD (I think it may have been Wellbutrin or Paxil, it's been so long-10 years now). After about 6 months of success with this drug, I'm going to tell my daughters about it. I don't want to let anyone in my family know about it right now. For instance, when I've taken anti-depressents in the past, everytime something went wrong, my husband would blame it on the drug (because he's the type that just doesn't believe in taking a pill to make you normal). I just want to be able to evaluate this drug on my own without his slanted opinion. Oh, by the way, he really is a nice guy, but just a little too protective of me.
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