I am posting to help myself keep track of how I feel. Hopefully it may help others when they start Strattera.

Last yr I had been on Strattera 80 mgs. I had taken it for years, but it just didn't seem quite as effective anymore sooo in my infinite wisdom I stopped taking it and really started working out hard and eatg right, sleepg right, etc....
I guess that staved off any overwhelming feelings I had for awhile but about six mos ago I started to feel totally swamped again...went to the psych (a new one because mine was on vacation) and they just don't get it when I tell them I'm depressed because I feel overwhelmed (as opposed to being overwhelmed because I'm depressed)....
he started me on 40 mgs yesterday and I only took half (at about 3:30PM)....first I was very sedated and then hrs later and through the night >> WIDE AWAKE. I still feel the effects this morn! I am not going to take any today and start again tomorrow morn w/half of the 40 mgs. Anyhow...immediately my mind has totally stopped revving...I can think w/o foreseeing thousands of possibilities...so this makes life alot easier. Physically I feel a little tense/jittery but my head feels so much better...sweet relief.

Thanks for everyone being out there...I'm just glad to be able to write this down somewhere and "talk" where people understand. :o

It's been a couple of days and in the meantime I talked to the pdoc and he called in a prescription for 10 mgs which I took for one day and then went onto 20mgs a day for the next couple of days. I'm disappointed that I am not feeling any better and angry that I am going to have to wait awhile until I can get my dosage up w/o too many side effects. the main side effect now is the grogginess...after it wears off I am alert but I know I am nowhere near where I want to be. However, the strattera has helped me with socializing because I am better able to respond and keep the conversation going...I don't get "stumped" when I'm talking to someone/I can make some small talk! This is a real morale booster for me> I feel less like the odd man out.
So far I have been at this for a week....I know, I have no patience.

well, unfortunately, after a few tries I can not get past the 10 mg dose....if I take 20 mgs, after a few days I am a wicked crabass. And Strattera had worked so well for me before. So I went to the pdoc today and told him this and we could increase the wellbutrin I am taking (which was only 200 mgs) to 300 mgs...and then after a few weeks try to increase the Strattera again...he said the wellbutrin will lift my mood enough so that I am able to increase the strattera w/o getting so unnerved after a couple of days.
whatever...but anyhow, even w/as little as 10 mgs the strattera has helped me be a bit less overwhelmed and therefore less angry at the end of the day.