Posted by Kacy on September 3, 2003, at 17:30:54
In reply to Re: Antidepressants, norepinephrine and efx on anxiety » Caleb462, posted by MB on September 3, 2003, at 1:33:13
I take Straterra. It's an NE reuptake inhibitor. It wasn't prescribed for anxiety, although I do have that problem. It helps a lot.
I told my doctor that it was helping with anxiety. Others posted the same comment here in the early Straterra thread with the same comments and I shared those with him. Here are a couple I saved:
>Posted by ciejae on April 27, 2003, at 8:04:29>I've also noticed that I don't seem to be as afraid of things as I used to be. For instance, it usually drives me crazy to be a passenger in someone else's car. When my husband and I are driving long distances, I'm always nervous about going over bridges, sitting under bridges, driving next to big trucks, driving to close to the car in front of us, etc, etc, etc. Well, now that I think of it, we were driving around the other day, and I don't recall being concerned at all. Isn't that different!
>Also, I've always had a fear of flying (though I have to do it anyway), and for some reason, it's not bothering me lately. Is Strattera ever used as an anti-anxiety drug?
>Posted by teacherkris on April 25, 2003, at 14:19:36>I've now been on Strattera for about two and a half months, three weeks at 80 mg, next week I'll meet with the doc and likely try 100mg to see the difference. I finally went completely off my Concerta two days ago. Although I'm feeling tired I think that's a result of the Concerta withdrawl. I tapered down but my body still needs time to get used to waking up on it's own after 6 years on stims.
>I find that I'm much calmer on strattera. Things that used to bother me (ie noise, traffic, etc) no longer bother me. On Concerta I was able to control the impulses that normally would have led me to lose my temper and complain constantly about things but I was still annoyed by them. However, on Strattera I am simply not bothered by them at all. It's wonderful.
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