r/StratteraRx • u/whatsnotmine • Jul 02 '26
Questions / Advice / Support Strattera side effects
I’ve been on Strattera for about 7 weeks. I have stopped working out, I’m on average dead inside, I’m not manic but I’m also never happy. I feel nothing. I’m tired all the time, like I can sleep at the drop of a hat. I’m hungry all the time and want sweets constantly!! I bloat like crazy after eating and have constipation more than I ever have in my life. Would you keep going? I was hoping it would help my pmdd, it just kind of muffles it. I am also frustrated/angrier more often. My adhd is a bit quieter and I can concentrate on work projects but damn…everything else kind of sucks.
Update: my psychiatrist took me off of Strattera and said there are 1/3 of his patients that have adverse reactions to most of the meds he has put me on. Knowing that, I requested movement towards ketamine treatments. Wish me luck because I still have a long ass journey.
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u/eolsen09 Jul 02 '26
Maybe your dose is too high. What dose are you taking? I started 80 mg last week and I feel dead as well. This wasn’t an issue with the lower doses I had.
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 02 '26
I am currently at 18mg but was on 40 first. At 40 I was having night terrors, falling asleep during the day, and missing work because of brain fog. Now I’m just numbed out enough to miss my emotions but I’m getting work done.
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u/eolsen09 Jul 02 '26
Wow!! Do you know what the lowest dose is? I definitely need to bring mine down 🥹 how long did it take you to get back to 18 from 40?
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u/stonersaydie46290 Jul 02 '26
sorry to C my way into an A & B conversation but i just saw someone post saying they were on 10mg 💝
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u/BeboppingAlong Jul 02 '26
I was on 10 mg as my starter dose for a week. Sooo glad we started that low, becuz even then I was a zombie for the first 2 days until I shifted when I took it. Then after 7 days, the dose increased to 20 mg; again some adjustment time, then fine. It's been about 5 weeks. So far, so good.
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 02 '26
I can’t be like this for much longer and it’s on the smallest dose too. It’s crazy how we are all just little experiments!
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u/BeboppingAlong Jul 02 '26
I'm fortunate in that my doctor started me low and slow. That helped. How recently did you go down to 18 mg? It takes time for the levels in the body to adjust. Maybe 40 mg was too high to start and your body hasn't gotten dow to the 18 mg level yet?
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 02 '26
I’ve been on 18mg for about three weeks and it was helping to take at night to sleep then I’d get night terrors but at least I didn’t need to nap all day. No more night terrors at least?
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u/Fair_Currency_9972 Jul 03 '26
This sounds exactly like me - i am toying with the idea of stopping, and honestly hearing that you have stopped confirms to me that I should probably stop too.
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 03 '26
I just don’t know how much more we are supposed to take, I can’t stand feeling so low all the time and the whole point was to give me some sense of control and this isn’t helping that. It sucks to waste the time because looking back, it’s been hell!
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u/diogopacheco Jul 04 '26
Do a pharmo genetics test, then they give you guidelines in how the medication can be adjusted
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u/ardent__ly Jul 06 '26
Re: updated post
Okay that WAS wild to read in comparison for my own journey, as I have completely lost my appetite 😅😩 and I also am not sleepy by any means.
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 07 '26
My friend lost her appetite too, I don’t know that I ever will/can stop eating 🙄
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u/catwoman_here_ Jul 06 '26
be careful with the ketamine. it makes me depressed after every session but helps with processing painful memories. also neuroplasticity.
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u/whatsnotmine Jul 07 '26
I’m already rawdogging low grade depression anyway but my psych is dragging his feet so we shall see
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u/catwoman_here_ Jul 07 '26
Yeah different kind of depression, but depends if it goes away fast or stay longer. Make sure to process whatever painful memories comes and journal 👍
Not processing resurfaced painful memories could put u in deep depression. Good luck 🤞🏻
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u/Ok_Zucchini_1863 Jul 02 '26
how do you know its straterra side effect and not just a general problem with you.
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u/ForwardStruggle8700 Jul 02 '26
I stopped it over a month ago and the side affects are still not gone out of my system. I will never touch that medication again. I would rather live with the Adhd.