Posted by zeugma on February 18, 2004, at 19:12:27
In reply to Re: Straterra makes anyone more energetic/alert? » utopizen, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 18, 2004, at 7:30:02
I wouldn't recommend replacing a stimulant with strattera. But for the subsidiary symptoms of narcolepsy (cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations) there is no reason why Strattera should be any less effective than Vivactil, which apparently has almost as steep an adverse=effect profile as amitriptyline. in fact, after I added Strattera, I had NO hypnagogic hallucinations until I added Klonopin. So in that sense, i consider Strat an excellent drug for narcolepsy, while i would find a replacement for klonopin if I could. Unfortunately, my social anxiety would soon make me unemployable again, so i try to ration out my sleep so i don't accumulate too big a debt, because that brings back the hypnagogics in a nasty new form (feels like I've stuck my tongue in an electrical socket as I struggle to open my eyes).
By the way: William Dement, after discovering REM, turned his attention to investigating narcoleptic dogs, and he found that NE reuptake inhibitors are the best drugs for blocking cataplexy. I think that's a historical point of some interest.
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