Posted by Cairo on October 10, 2003, at 4:59:53
In reply to Re: anyone have side effects from strattera « suzi, posted by Viridis on September 22, 2003, at 0:47:04
Strattera brought on depressive symptoms in my teenage daughter. We started at 10mg and increased the dose gradually. At the lower doses her attention improved slightly, but as we increased slowly, fatigue became extreme and it brought on depressive symptoms. Her anxiety and withdrawal had been coming on before then, but the Strattera definitely increased the symptoms which improved somewhat again after we tapered off. Attention was never helped that much, but we never were able to optimize her dose.
Psychostimulants (Ritalin and the like) cause withdrawal in her, and they increase norepinephrine and dopamine, so I'm wondering if kids who have withdrawal side effects on stims might not do well on Strattera.
Cairo
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