For anyone who speaks MBTI, can you tell me if you think Strattera has affected any of those four personality traits or describe any of the changes the drug had on you in terms of those letters?

I found after taking Strattera, suddenly I started feeling much more 'S' as well as 'F'. S because I thought in a far more linear rather than intuitive fashion, and actually grew a hatred for heavily 'intuitive' conversation, and I say 'F' because I could now read people's feelings much more clearly. After a week or two I took a Myers Briggs test expecting to get ISFJ or something, because prior I was an INTJ but now hated intuition and had feelings, but I turned up as an ENTP, which I thought made lots of sense actually.

Funny, I took the MBTI some years ago and I also came out ENTP :)

That said, I wouldn't give it too much importance. AFAIK the MBTI that much of a rigorous scientific evaluation. I mean, it certainly gives results that make sense, but it's just another "personality test" (and a popular one at that). The one thing that makes me think less of these tests is that no matter which personality type you get, most websites will tell you that it's wonderful because Einstein was also ENTP, or Jesus was INFJ, etc. Then again, same goes with those websites that say: ADHD is great! Did you know that Bill Gates has ADHD? And Einstein had it too?". Come on... Maybe Bill Gates, but how would Jesus or Einstein have taken an MBTI or ADHD test? haha

"In 1942, the "Briggs-Myers Type Indicator®" was created, and the Briggs Myers Type Indicator Handbook was published in 1944"

(Einstein passed away in 1955)

Whether your point is that personality can't be dissected from beyond the grave or that senior citizens don't count as people, sadly it is not valid.

(Though neither is Einstein's assessment as an ENTP, he was an INTP!)

?? My point was that Einstein theoretically could have taken the Meyers-Briggs, since it was created and available for use at least ten years before he passed away. As far as senior citizens, i'm not sure what you are referring to.



Whether your point is that personality can't be dissected from beyond the grave or that senior citizens don't count as people, sadly it is not valid.

(Though neither is Einstein's assessment as an ENTP, he was an INTP!)

I read somewhere that much like Einstein, MBTI was heavily invested in and used by the American government to defeat Germany in WW2, as they used it to dissect high ranking Nazi officials' personalities based on covert data. Very interesting if true!

So anyways, no one finds Strattera altered their personality in MBTI terms, or just plain English?

Modern employers sometimes administer the test to potential new hires in order to ascertain (among other things) their ability to be a "team player" and also whether they would be inclined to committ a crime. A test is only as powerful as the individuals who use it to make decisions and those who believe in its ability to support those decisions.

Modern employers sometimes administer the test to potential new hires
I know! And part of me can't help but think that's wrong, what if those hiring had a prejudiced disliking of my personlity type? I think I'd refuse it lol

Sorry that you hate intuitive types, but that the middle two letters of the MBTI are considered your core personality. So, whether you are INTJ or ENTP, you are "intuitive type, with thinking as auxiliary", with either an extroverted or introverted approach.

I never said I hated intuitive types, I said I hate heavily intuitive conversation. That's probably not entirely true though. Just some that an untamed intuition will present us with, such as having a racist conversation about how 'chinese people all like math' or something!

In case it was directed at me, I said nothing against old people. Oh, and I stand corrected about Einstein and him not being able to take the test. Thanks for the info!

Oh, I agree with you. Theres just too much room for subjective interpretation of the results and if someone wants to make a random attribution/assumption based on what their "type" is, they can.



I know! And part of me can't help but think that's wrong, what if those hiring had a prejudiced disliking of my personlity type? I think I'd refuse it lol