Posted by Jazzed on June 11, 2005, at 23:21:12
In reply to Re: P.S., a possible factor?, posted by Spoc on June 11, 2005, at 8:37:59
I did really well on 40 mg of Strattera, great motivation, felt good, but had urinary hesitance which bothered me, and sweating - way too much for the time of year. YUK! Anyway, I was also supposed to bump up to 80 after one week. After being at 80 for 3 days I started to get these suicidal thoughts pop into my head out of the blue, and I hadn't been like that before. It got worse over the next 3 days, so I called my doc and stopped. Most of what I've read, from a patients pov is that it should be titrated up VERY slowly, but the docs I've talked to say no. I think I'd go with the people who are actually on the medication, since they have first hand knowledge. You know Strattera was originally an AD that never got off the ground for some reason. Are you taking it for ADD or depression?
www.addforums.com has a whole area devoted to Strattera. Also, you have to check out www.crazymeds.org for info on psych drugs.
Jazzed
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