Posted by Racer on November 16, 2006, at 2:22:21
In reply to straterra update, posted by linkadge on November 15, 2006, at 12:02:55
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> I don't think I can continue it though, as it it really makes me feel uncomfortable all day. It gives me mild chest pain, as well as the fact that I can sense my heart beat *all the time*.
> It makes my heart seemingly shorter and sharper.
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> Oh well, I can't say don't give it a try though.
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> Linkadge
>Actually, I have to ask you: how long did you stay on it? It seems to me you just posted a few days ago that you were going to start it? I don't know that that's long enough to know how it would really work out for you.
I'm sorry to say this, Link, and I may be totally off base here, but you posted before starting it that you were worried about cardiac side effects. I wonder if your worry about them has made you more aware of your heart beat, rather than the drug itself doing it? I know it feels horrid to me when someone suggests something like that to me -- but often, if I'm honest with myself, that's what's going on for me. My own worries cause a lot more problems, cause me to imagine problems that might not be there, or might not be nearly as bad as I think they are.
I know you're not fond of drugs, and combined with what you've already mentioned being worried about with Strattera, I wonder if you're not doing yourself a disservice by discontinuing so rapidly? It might be a good tool for you, if you give it a little more of a chance.
Whatever you decide, though, I wish you the very best.
poster:Racer
thread:703885
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