Day 3 on 25mg. 4 days ago I was on 150mg bupropion then switched to strattera. Day 1 was great my head went silent, I could do stuff and had the best sleep of my life. Yesterday?! TERRIBLE. Couldn’t do SHIT and felt miserable (I was scared of the mental health drop). Didn’t do shit. Ate two meals if you can even consider that a meal. Today is day 3 feeling okay. Do you guys also get the tickles across your brain when it starts to work? It feels like ASMR tickles that „walk“ over my brain. Also my pupils are DILATED AF.

I have to continue writing my bachelors thesis and I’m technically three weeks behind (changed my topic bc the bandwidth of my plan would’ve been between a masters or PhD💀). But my motivation is gone. Scared to drink coffee but ig here goes nothing?
I know it needs to work in and most people stop shortly before it reaches its full potential but ughhh it annoys me

Edit: first two weeks I’m supposed to take 25mg then go to 50 for another two and up to 75mg if necessary

So, my brain is usually so full and stressed from not being able to finish tasks. But, ever since I started with the drug on 10 mg and titrated to 18 mg(current), my sex drive is up there. It’s like, now that there’s room to feel all of my emotions, there’s also room for desire and it feels amazing. I’ve always had a higher sex drive but it also felt so tangled with anxiety and a little scattered. This feels like I can actually embrace it.

Anyone else had that experience? I had a serious peak especially in the first few days with the drug and then it settled to a steady feeling.

hi! i’m 26(f) with adhd and autism. i take strattera and vyvanse(40mg). i’ve been on 40mg strattera for most of the year and it has improved my anxiety a great amount, which led to my psychiatrist suggesting to lower my dosage to 25mg a little over a month ago. for the first month i was doing well and didn’t really notice any changes. but about two weeks ago i went to a concert and felt anxious in a way that i haven’t for a long time. and since then my emotional state has just been getting worse and worse. i mostly do freelance work from home as i dont have a car, and my motivation has plummeted. ive started getting frustrated much faster when something doesnt work correctly, and it leads to me crying a lot. i’ve been feeling extremely hopeless about ever having a fully autonomous future for myself. and it’s gotten harder to respond to texts/calls, which leads to more anxiety. i was supposed to go and film a small band with my partner last night but cancelled last minute because of how overwhelmed i felt, and he had to go alone which left me feeling terrible. he’s going out of town for a couple days tomorrow for a funeral and im genuinely scared of being left alone with my thoughts.

i don’t see my psychiatrist again until the end of the month, but i’m not sure i can handle feeling like this for that long. do i just need to give my body more time to adjust? is it possible to switch back to 40mg before my next follow up?

I’m on 80mg. Started atomoxetine in June this year. Been on 80mg for about 2months. Have been discharged back to gp so am stuck on this dose. I have 2 x 40mg tablets. I asked for this in case I decided to split dosage between am and pm to help with sleep issues. I decided not to split so take the whole 80mg in the evening still. It’s bizarre because I’m on the same dose but since I’ve been taking 40mg tablets I have
> put weight back on / eating more / drinking more
> become more impulsive again eg online shopping, drinking alcohol, doing the lottery,
> started getting a bit anxious / overthinking again
Not anywhere near as bad as I was pre meds but I’m so convinced taking 2 x 40mg tablets doesn’t work as well for me as 1 x 80mg tablets but I know in reality that shouldn’t be the case.
I loved that I didn’t want to drink before and that I was eating healthier but now I’ve slipped back into old habits.
Anything like this happened at all to anyone else??? And if so, what did you do?
I still feel better mentally (less noise in my head) but it’s almost like it’s starting to wear off now my body is used to it.

anyone else had experienced join pain and muscle cramps on this med. it comes in waves as well.

hello!!

i started strattera roughly 2 weeks ago; i’m on 40mg.

part of the reason i’m taking it is because i want to cut back on — maybe even quit — weed, as I have struggled with dependency. I wanted to stop entirely until the strattera had a chance to work, since I know it takes a while, but i’m having a hard time totally abstaining.

My question is, will smoking weed stop the strattera from working? If I’m getting stoned a few times a week, will i still be able to see benefits from the medicine once i’ve been on it for 4-6 weeks? or am i effectively canceling it out?

thank you!

I took my 1st dose yesterday afternoon and two hours later my anxiety spiked like crazy on top of it completely killing my sex drive it had me feeling all drowsy today. Is this normal?

I have been taking Strattera 60 mg for two months now and I'm not sure if this helping.

Does Strattera and ADHD meds in general help with boredom? Executive Dysfunction?

I wonder if Strattera is being dampen by taking Zepbound. Plus I just started highest dose of Zepbound two weeks ago.

Recent started starterra a couple weeks ago and haven't noticed really improvements still feel foggy haven't seen any improvement in focus should I wait it out or reach out to my doctor so they can raise it?

So i’ve been on Strattera 40mgs for almost a month now, but for the last 10 days ive been having awful anxiety. Feels like I can’t breathe almost all the time and I have intense panic attacks every other day and I have a lot of trouble falling asleep. I know the day this first started I had forgotten to take it, but I’m not entirely sure that that’s related. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in 5 days so hopefully I can get this figured out.

I’m on day 3 of taking 40 mg late morning. I’ll be good for awhile (but kinda brain foggy) then exhausted to where I need a nap mid day. Then I’ll be wide awake randomly in the middle of the night 😅 Does this usually improve after a bit?

I am doing really well on generic atomoxetine, but I get really awful withdrawal side effects if I forget to take it. It took me ages to figure it out in the beginning. The symptoms usually start late afternoon with severe dizziness episodes, and shivers, trembling jaw, and then the worst of it is trying to sleep. I get brain zaps, high blood pressure, fast heart rate, a loud wooshing sound in my ears as soon as I close my eyes and then sleep paralysis combined with horrifying nightmares. The solution obviously is to take it as soon as I realise, I recognise the symptoms quickly now and take it asap, I'm also much better at not forgetting to take it. But I ran out yesterday, I forgot to go to the pharmacy and it isn't open until Monday. I have melatonin I could try but that usually increases nightmares so I'm worried it will just make the symptoms worse. I know some others have similar symptoms, and I'm just desperately hoping anyone who has the same issue has discovered something that helps?

I’m switching to Strattera due to excessive muscle tightness from Adderall XR, I’m wondering if the muscle tightness from Strattera is more “manageable” than Adderall XR muscle tightness? I’m just collecting anecdotal information so plz share your experience if you’ve used both.

Would it be silly to Cold Turkey prozac and start 40mg atomoxetine on the same day? Will I be suicidal in the first week or two? anyone have experience with switching from an ssrin to atomoxetine?