Posted by snarley on February 19, 2004, at 14:39:44
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR for ADD? frustrated w/ my psychiatrist, posted by micro on February 19, 2004, at 0:38:19
Well, I talked to my pdoc on tuesday and told him about the sweating, and he reduced me back down to the 150mg/day of effexor that had worked for me before and abandoned it as an ADD treatment option in my case. We'll just stick with it to use for my depression.
Now he is putting me on strattera (starting at 40mg a day, how high do doc's usually take that up to for an average adult dose?). frankly i'm a little afraid of how this will go... i've read a lot of stuff about how strattera has lots of really rotten side effects in a lot of people. I have one close friend with ADD who's doc tried him on strattera when it came out last year (he had been on dexedrine for a long time) and apparently it made him groggy/tired all the time and he couldnt keep food down. So his doc took him off. The other day he was like "whatever you do, dont let him put you on strattera next", and now here i am.
I took my first dose a little while ago and from a pointer my friend gave me i made sure to take it with food, apparently otherwise you get nauseous? there was no warning on the bottle about that, so i'm glad my buddy told me. Anyhow, I took the dose a little late-- at noon because i slept in today; had to break off my relationship with my boyfriend of about a year because there was too much drama, but regardless it's making me sad to not have him around even though i know it's for the best. Too much stuff to deal with lately.
I'm hoping that the strattera works out but why on earth do docs always prescribe the new "designer" drug with all the side effects as opposed to the old drug you can get generics for that are proven safe and well-tested??!? ugh.
Lastly, i've read that strattera has some antidepressant properties to it too-- if it works out for me and i stay on the strattera will my doc likely be able to lower my effexor dose below 150, or should he?
Marley
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