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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
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 Posted - 02/02/2004 : 14:09:34
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Anyone here taking this or know someone taking it? I've just started taking it and it makes me feel very drowsy and medicated. I was wondering if this will pass with time as my body adjusts to it.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2004 : 15:26:10
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I didn't know what you were talking about specifically, but having just been through a very difficult and traumatic several months of my husband having to take/try one medication after another (with numerous possible side-effects, including death, and/or swollen tongue), we became quite accostomed to prescription drug forums. You may already be aware of them, and I know that you can never be sure that most of them aren't plants from rival companies, but you never know, right? Fun fun fun! So anyway, I haven't taken Strattera, but I found a site with a forum of people who say they have had similar problems/side-effects.
http://addhelpsite.com/stratteraforum.htm
and here is a list of resources as well:
http://www.drugs.com/index.cfm?pageID=0&search=strattera&searchtype=internet
It's just a start, and you may already have exhausted this stuff, but I had to help - quite frankly, the pharmaceutical industry scares the weeping bejesus outa me. Any help we were able to find at the time we went through all this was very welcome. Good luck.
"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen."/"Our house has seven doors, all are green...except one, which is yellow." |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 07:18:03
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Is it normal to read 90% bad reviews of a drug because the people who are satisfied aren't compelled to visit those forums?
I'm thinking about ditching this shit. It's stifling my creativity. I guess I'm doomed to be scatterbrained...
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 09:21:28
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Yeah, I think it's fair to assume that you will mostly only see negative reviews on forums, for the reason you mention, but I know that having a great experience also compels serious loyalty and happy raving.
The real test is, obviously you are unhappy with the side-effects, and they seem to outweigh the benefits. It seems like a lot of drugs just add to the problems instead of just solving the one you have. Hopefully you have a good doctor that is eager to research and discuss alternative or older, and possibly safer, drugs - it looks like Strattera is very new-to-market.
I've recently become a fan of trying to address problems that aren't life-threatening with changes in lifestyle and behavior, self-training, diet change, meditation, etc. Dunno if your health plan covers alternative treatments, but my husband, after almost half a year of a debilitating headache and multiple tests and drugs, was cured of the headache after 12 acupuncture treatments, and after that, some serious changes in work hours and the way he handles stress to minimize risk. We were both rather skeptical beforehand, but now it seems there are more ways to skin a cat. Sorry for all the rambling. This events of this last year have had more of an effect on me than I thought.
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