hi everyone.

im new here and ive spent what seems like days reading(or rather, scanning) everyone's posts. ive been on straterra for almost three weeks and i seem to be tollerating it well. at least my mood is much better. i dont think ive noticed any decrease in these crazy add symptoms. i was hoping i would be able to concentrate a little more and find out the answer to my question:D! but alas, here i am asking. what can i expect from the drugs? how much 'better' will it be? what questions should i be asking the doctor, my family, myself?

thanks for any insight.

rachel

what questions should i be asking the doctor, my family, myself? Hi Rachel, Bart here, Concerta18, 2 months. Can't tell you much since I'm a newbie too (figured one could help the other out), and the meds haven't started to "kick in" yet.

Can tell you my easiest trick though: I ask myself how bad I still hyperfocus on the small things. From the neighbours making noises to the cat washing herself in the silence of the night :p.

Oh and I asked some of my friends to warn me when they saw any differences.

All the best,
Bart

Hi Rachel, Bart here, Concerta18, 2 months.
BartDoh! First post and there's already a mistake in it :p:p. Diagnosed 2 months, about five weeks of Concerta.
I was so excited about finding this forum in my bookmarks after an 8 hour search (I knew it was good!), that I instantly started posting without saying hello to everybody first.
Sorry Rachel, didn't want to hijack the thread, just needed to correct things.

Bart

Hey there, welcome. I can only tell you what Strattera's done for me - your body chemistry is different than mine, so I can't tell you what to expect.

First, it clears up a lot of the "fog" (I hope that makes sense to you, otherwise I don't know how to describe it). Second - I'm inattentive type, and as such I'm not very physically impulsive, but I would describe myself as "mentally impulsive". Strattera curbs the mental impulsivity for me. And third, it helps my sense of time.

Although it does these things for me, it certainly doesn't make the ADD go away. I still have lots of trouble in choosing to focus on boring things over more interesting things, I still can't follow a lecture to save my life, and I'm still as slow a worker as ever. That's not to say I'm better off without it, it's just not a miracle drug.

thanks guys. bart, i dont mind getting hi-jacked but, i would like to go somewhere pretty, if its all the same to you. :D

bart, i dont mind getting hi-jacked but, i would like to go somewhere pretty, if its all the same to you. :D:o Now, where is that white horse of mine ... ? :p;)

In all seriousness, what do you mean by questions to your doctor? In my case there's one that does the physical part (required for subscriptions in Belgium), and there's the one that does the "guidance part".

The latter is result-oriented: we try to detect things that can be done better (planning, ..) and try to find solutions. I get the feeling there's a lot you can find out by yourself, but whenever there's some doubt or such, you can ask him for guidance, to put you on the right track. This almost sounds religious, but it's very often about practical matters in my case (I have a yellow sticky tape on the wall next to the bathtub saying "! 7 !", because whenever I was already in the water I realised I had forgotten about 2 or 3 of the 7 items that I needed .... swoooooosh onto the wet bathroom floor I went :p:p).