Posted by loolot on November 12, 2003, at 22:18:20
In reply to Re: Strattera -does it wear off? » loolot, posted by Lasagne on November 12, 2003, at 21:39:49
Yet, since Strattera has a lot of side effects in the beginning the doctors are now starting people on lower doses and then working up to the optimal dose which I believe is based on your body weight. I think it is still a little early to know if your body will become resistant to Strattera, thus indicating a higher and higher dose over time. From my personal experience with Prozac (an SSRI), I have been on the same dose for years now and it's effectiveness has remained the same. Since Strattera is somewhat similar to the SSRI's, we can only hope that it will behave the same over time instead of becoming less and less effective like the traditional stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall.
Thanks so much for the reply! I think the reason I worry is because I was on wellbutrin and it wore off, and I could tell that a lot of the poop-out which effected me physically was norepinephrine depletion. I developed worse asthma and allergies, etc.
So now I worry the same thing will happen with straterra. How is straterra similar to ssri's? Does it block reuptake of NE? I know it doesnt work on seratonin, right?
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