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Posted by karrie_1974 on April 28, 2003, at 1:13:32
My husband has been diagnosed with schizophrenia,schizoeffective,and bipolar. Take your choice. he has seen three different doctors and each one comes up with a different diagnosis.Just goes to show how sane (insane) psychiatrists really are. The latest doctor chose the bipolar diagnoses. He stripped my husband of all the previous doctors meds and has started him on his own concoction of meds. He has him on seroquil 150mg 1/day,depakote 250mg 2/day, strattera 60mg 1/day, and to day was the last day of wellbutrin 100mg 1/day. The doctor has just started hubby on strattera 6 days ago to counter act the depakote that was started 3 wks ago. Since he started the high dose of strattera he has been more active and his sex drive is going back to what it use to be before he was on any meds. But he seems to be suffering from pretty bad side effects and we know its the strattera has he hadnt had any until he started it. here is a list of the side affects.
1)tingling skin (goose bumbs)
2)itchy scalp
3)burning eyes
4)sore throat
5)painful ejaculations
6)sinuses dry and bleeding
7)hard to get urination started and goes less often then use to.
8)severe heartburn (constantly burping up stomach acid.
I would greatly appreciate any advice on these symptoms he has been having. Has anyone else experienced any of these?
Will they go away after a longer use of the meds?
Doctor won't prescribe lower dose because hubby gets suicidal depression and taking him off the wellbutrin he loses his antidepresent.
Help!!!!
Thank you
Posted by Ritch on April 28, 2003, at 9:45:26
In reply to strattera or not to strattera that is the question, posted by karrie_1974 on April 28, 2003, at 1:13:32
> My husband has been diagnosed with schizophrenia,schizoeffective,and bipolar. Take your choice. he has seen three different doctors and each one comes up with a different diagnosis.Just goes to show how sane (insane) psychiatrists really are. The latest doctor chose the bipolar diagnoses. He stripped my husband of all the previous doctors meds and has started him on his own concoction of meds. He has him on seroquil 150mg 1/day,depakote 250mg 2/day, strattera 60mg 1/day, and to day was the last day of wellbutrin 100mg 1/day. The doctor has just started hubby on strattera 6 days ago to counter act the depakote that was started 3 wks ago. Since he started the high dose of strattera he has been more active and his sex drive is going back to what it use to be before he was on any meds. But he seems to be suffering from pretty bad side effects and we know its the strattera has he hadnt had any until he started it. here is a list of the side affects.
> 1)tingling skin (goose bumbs)
> 2)itchy scalp
> 3)burning eyes
> 4)sore throat
> 5)painful ejaculations
> 6)sinuses dry and bleeding
> 7)hard to get urination started and goes less often then use to.
> 8)severe heartburn (constantly burping up stomach acid.
> I would greatly appreciate any advice on these symptoms he has been having. Has anyone else experienced any of these?
> Will they go away after a longer use of the meds?
> Doctor won't prescribe lower dose because hubby gets suicidal depression and taking him off the wellbutrin he loses his antidepresent.
> Help!!!!
> Thank you
Some of those effects could be the additive continuing presence of the Wellbutrin with the other meds. After a few days as the WB washes out you might see some of these subside. I got really bad burning eyes with WB+Depakote, but not on either med alone. *If* the Depakote is causing the reflux (not the Straterra), you might try the ER version instead-it should reduce that a lot (if Dep is what is causing it). Why doesn't his current pdoc want to continue the Wellbutrin (just curious)? It does sound like a relatively high Straterra dose considering the relatively low dose of WB he was taking.
Posted by paulk on April 28, 2003, at 17:16:12
In reply to Re: strattera or not to strattera that is the question » karrie_1974, posted by Ritch on April 28, 2003, at 9:45:26
If they started him at 60mg of Straterra I would be looking for a different doctor.
Best to start slow with most drugs.
Posted by karrie_1974 on April 28, 2003, at 20:43:14
In reply to Atomoxetine (Straterra) combination » Ritch, posted by paulk on April 28, 2003, at 17:16:12
Thank you both for replying.
We talk to the doctor today and he said that all
the symptoms my hubby was experiencing was actually an allergic reaction to the strattera. So the pdoc stoped the med. He also stopped depakote just in case it was to both of them.
thanks again for listing.
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