Hi guys,
Well this is how it worked for me.
After a very brutal first day things started to get better. Now the only side effect I feel is the elevated heart beat in the morning. There's no neasua anymore and my tummy is feeling well as long as i watch what I eat. I do have very weak stomach and i feel that straterra just made it a little bit more sensitive. So i have to be extra careful. But that's okay, nothing i am not used to.

I noticed that during the lecture I find myself day dream only once or twice and comparing to paying attention once or twice that's a pretty good improvement. I am not sure if it's the medicine or the beginning of the year effect BUT something is working. I am more organized with my homework, I did already start doing the homework which is amazing and never happened before. BUT I am more irritated if someone/something is distracting me during my concentration time. It almost feels like I have lower tolerance for annoyances. I also can start and finish other projects I had in mind. So it is working I guess. I still procrastinate occasionaly but if i really need something done i do it.

And i am not tired anymore. I work out every morning and that just gives me a lot of energy for the rest of the day. It's quite amazing. And if i don't work out i don't feel as concentrated and good, So i definintely feel the good effect of work outs :)

Well I think that's it for now..
:)

Good Luck with the Strattera..Immortality
I only wished it had worked for me :(

Karen :eyebrow:

This Monday, I'll have been taking Straterra for 2 weeks. I must say I've noticed absolutely nothing. I'm still as inattentive to what I'm doing as ever. My problem is at work, for example, I'll type out a sentence and then re-read it and find I made a couple of errors, even though as I was typing it, I knew what I wanted to say - my fingers just didn't type what I wanted. For example, if I meant to type "form," I might've typed "formula," instead Or if I meant to type "benefit," I might've typed "benefiting" instead. Silly mistakes like that. If I'm researching a particular individual, I'll forget his name midsearch or something like that. I also struggle to talk to people when it requires confidence. Well, not only that, but even chatting it up, I can tell there's something wrong (always has been the case). When I talked to the psychiatrist, however, I think I did an ok job. Who knows! For example, the other day, my supervisor had a question about something because he hadn't encountered it for years and wanted me to verify it (I'm just starting out, so I've recently encountered this mathematical concept). I was explaining to him how I did it and I was visibly nervous - my hands were shaking as I pointed to things, my voice was cracking. I don't understand it! I knew exactly what I was doing, yet I gave the impression that I had no idea. Any ideas?

By the way, Karen, you said Straterra didn't work for you. Did you find something that worked? If so, what? Ritalin, Concerta, and Dexedrine did nothing for me. I tried Adderall when I was in college, and didn't notice (I just typed "and didn't know..." but meant "and didn't notice...") anything, though I wasn't really required to be as attentive as I am now, so I'm not sure I was able to make an accurate assessment of it.

Thanks.

I'm glad to hear about others with success. I had the same symptoms when I first started strattera. I no longer have any of the side effects. They gradually went away after a few months. I felt a little nausea at first but found out that if I took the meds with food, it wasn't as bad. I used to get an elevated heart beat also...but with a light headed feeling......when exercising. It occassionally still happens but it seems to happen if I didn't drink water before exercising. Now, I drink lots of water....especially before exercising and I haven't had a problem since. I've also replaced the soda and coffee with water.

Your description of how you are different is almost exactly the same for me....except replace "work" for "school". I'm so glad that you found help while going to school. I wish I would have been diagnosed while attending school........studying would have been so much easier. I hope you have continued success.