When does Strattera start working?

[magik416]

Hi all -

I recently discovered I am ADD, and I am new to all of this. Anyway, I found a psychiatrist and he started me with Strattera, the typical 18mg for 4 days and then 25mg after that. I am supposed to go back after a month to see him again. After the first five days I felt horrible (tired, lethargic, nauseous) and called the doctor - they said keep taking it, Strattera's effects don't really kick in until the second or third week after you start it. Well, I tried - but I couldn't do it, so I quit.

My question: is this what other people have found? I've seen one post that referenced after the first couple weeks there was a change, but has anyone else experienced this? If so, how do you make yourself stick with it to get to the good effects? I am a college professor and cannot afford to be "off" for three weeks like that.

Thanks for your help!

[GigglyBabeB]

hi there, my daughter started straterra two weeks ago this am....shes doing fine. she was started on 25 and still on that...once a day. til we see the doc again .....the first day she had a bad headache....i gave her tylenol....second day she got sick and throwing up....then we started making her eat breakfast ...then wait about 15 mins and take the med. no problems since as long as she eats first.....


lotsa luck

GigglyBabeB

[dbr]

here's my experience--the first pill I took--40mg--I took at night. i thought it would make me sleepy. Actually, it energized me (an effect my Dr was not sure would occur). It was as if my brain had been a dead battery and the Strattera a pair of jumper cables. My thinking was much more clear, i felt less depressed and more energetic.

When I went up to higher doses, things changed. I have taken as much as 80mg/day. But even at 60mg/day the Strattera makes me drowsy--so I take it at nite.

i believe it still has some positive effect, but not the effect that the initial 40mg/day doses had.

Has anyone else noticed this--that Strattera is more energizing at lower doses?

Best regards

[magik416]

Thanks for the info - my doctor has since switched me to Concerta, so we'll see how that goes now...