View Full Version : Missed dose a few days. feeling like i'm not in my own body.


TodaysWonderful
09-16-05, 11:36 PM
I decided to cut my dose in half to save costs. And since I cannot easily split the pill in half I chose to take it every other day... I did this for about a week.

Well, last night I slept like a baby. Probably the first time I've had a solid 9 hour sleep in a while. I went to work and I felt light headed and like I was on auto-pilot. I felt surreal and spacy. Floaty. My body actions slowed down and I became a little depressed and I was fighting negative thoughts most of the day.

I felt numb in a way. I still do actually. My work requires my full and constant attention. And many people don't understand what medication problems can be like, so I don't even mention it to my work. They would probably say I was inflating the problem and offer a 'light-switch' solution such as "just breath and calm down." like it was that easy.

So I'm just hanging in there.

KMiller
09-16-05, 11:40 PM
Strattera requires that you take it daily in order to maintain the levels needed in your system. Taking it every other day will result (and in this case, has resulted) in the levels gradually decreasing to below the functional level. I recommend talking to your doctor about altering doses or taking other action to save costs, if money is a problem, rather than changing doses yourself.