![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 3 of 3. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by Lasagne on June 18, 2003, at 12:49:57
For those of you who are in the beginning stages of Strattera treatment and have been experiencing excess sweating or hot flashes. Now that I am past my 6th week of taking the medication I am finally seeing a reduction in the sweating side effect. Maybe this will give somebody hope to stick in there with the medication.
I am also getting more done now instead of procrastinating so much.
It's pretty darn amazing to me.
Posted by blondegirl47 on June 18, 2003, at 13:18:10
In reply to Strattera and Sweating, posted by Lasagne on June 18, 2003, at 12:49:57
I hyper focused on all of the wrong stuff when I was on it...made me hungry too. I did sleep good with it though.
Blondegirl
Posted by Lasagne on June 18, 2003, at 15:56:38
In reply to Re: Strattera and Sweating, posted by blondegirl47 on June 18, 2003, at 13:18:10
> I hyper focused on all of the wrong stuff when I was on it...made me hungry too. I did sleep good with it though.
>
> BlondegirlREPLY: When I first began the medication it had huge appetite control for me. It took me about 5 weeks to kick the nausea side effect. Around week 3 is when I began to notice my appetite increasing a bit. I feel like I am getting back to my normal appetite now, yet if I overeat, I feel really uncomfortable. My weight seems to be staying down and I hope I won't gain back what I have lost.
The Strattera was helping me sleep really well at night until just about 5 days ago. I loved it when I sleep well, now I am having a hard time relaxing my muscles so my neck gets sore when I am sleeping. I am hoping this will pass otherwise I will have to start taking the muscle relaxers again.
Now that I have hit the 6 week mark, I am finding that I am getting alot more accomplished and I am not procrastinating as much. There have also been other improvements, so I feel hopefull about this medication. It is my first attempt at treating my ADD. I have never done stimulant treatment. Although, I have had alot of experience trying to stablize my oldest son with various stimulant treatments.
My husband also recently tried the Strattera but he didn't tolerate it very well, so the doctor switched him to Concerta (time release Ritalin). I have noticed a huge difference in his functioning since he switched to the stimulant.
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.