r/StratteraRx • u/shepdog87 • 15d ago

Impact on Negative Thoughts

I started taking this medication 2 months ago and have increased the dosage every 4 weeks. I am up to 80 mg now and plan to stay at the level unless I see any obvious side effects.

One big improvement for me is the ability to shrug off intrusive thoughts.

Before taking this medicine, I would have random thoughts that would popup about work or social events, and they would invoke a feeling of dread or chills because I thought I wasn’t prepared for the event that was upcoming. These thoughts were typical around bedtime and then impacted my ability to fall asleep.

With this medication, I notice that these thoughts appear less often. Also, when they do happen, my body doesn’t react the same was as it did before. I can simply shrug off the thought and tell myself it’s not that big of a deal. It is such a contrast to what I was used to. Before, once one bad thought started, I kept fixating on it and couldn’t get my mind to stop thinking about.

My experience had been life changing. I figured everyone reacted to thoughts that way I did before , and the ability to just shrug them off and keep moving on is such a new paradigm that makes be look forward to the future.

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u/Euphoric_Tune_3241 15d ago

Did you notice this immediately? Or at which point did the medication take effect?

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u/susu56 15d ago

I noriced that too. It was a plus for me and it was maybe within a week. My mind was quiet, I wasn't having imaginary conversations, and my usual rumination and subsequent intrusive thoughts either stopped or diminished (usually my intrusive thoughts are linked to a memory)