STRATTERA Reviews (ATOMOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (443 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare STRATTERA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR STRATTERA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | ADHD | NONE | My son started taking this in Sept '2007 (he was 10 yrs old). It has been a GODSEND for our family. His moods, his behaviour at school and his temperment are SO SO much better! | | 8/25/2008 | 4 | ADHD | Most Undesired side effect is tinnitus but it's not constant. Sometimes I would get a little dizzy and have xerostomia but those would subside with time. Within an hour or two of taking this medication I would get a nice warm and fuzzy feeling but I wouldn't describe it as a high, more just a sense of wellbeing. | Atomoxetine helps with blocking out all the background noise that neurotypicals can without thinking about it. It also helps offset the jitters I get from my stimulant medication. The best way I can describe it is that this medication to me is what blinders are to a horse. | 39 | 60 days 40 1X day | 4/21/2021 | 3 | ADD/depression | Initially there is a transition which was unpleasant for the first few weeks - changes in sleep patterns and dreams, insomnia. Then, the whole time I was on it - dry mouth and a constant battle with constipation. | I think it helped me focus on what I needed to do. After taking it for maybe 7 years I thought I'd see how I manage without it. I'm doing just fine and just made it through the really busy season of my business without a hitch. The dry mouth and constipation stopped as soon as I quit it. | 7 years | 9/24/2008 | 3 | add | it lowered my sex drive a litttle,mild headachs and fevers,loss of appitite during the day(usually it would where off later in the day if taken in the morning)restless sleep | i was on 40mg strattera once a day for 1 month and felt know drastic change in my day to day life, now my doc wants to try me on 60mg, but i found it ultered my personality and i felt like i always want to be by my self, i might just try the 60mg for one more month and see maybe i didn't give it enough time..but i know its better then adderal xr because i took that drug before and felt like i was on cocaine. | 26 | 30 days | 1/22/2009 | 2 | ADD | fatigue, anxiety, brief panic episode, premature ejaculations/emissions, fecal incontinence | Had no real reason to be on Strattera, as I was on Concerta before. But after it was switched out with a generic (which I later learned is the exact same drug), I decided to try Strattera, lured in with the promise of 24 hour ADD coverage, and a potential reduction in my tics. I knew obviously it would take a few weeks to come into effect, yet on the very first day I began experiencing the side effects, virtually all the ones described all in one day. I thought nothing of the fatigue at first, and napped after four hours of being awake from a full night's sleep. Then I realized I was still fatigued later that day. Sex drive was also negatively impacted, and fluids ran liberally with very little stimulation. Urethra tended to burn during orgasm, only slightly unpleasant. Also realized on second day that it had been 3 days since last I went to the bathroom and still I felt no need to. On third day (today) I felt no need and it is now late at night, 4 days without going to the bathroom once, where previously my schedule was once every 1-2 days. On second day almost had an anxiety/panic attack or episode of some kind, nothing major but definitely out of the ordinary. It's only been three days, and i'm sure the medicine would work for most people, but I don't really have any reason to be on it (Concerta worked fine for me with virtually no side effects). Given that I'd have to be on this for more than a month to get the full experience, i don't think t | 23 | 3 days 1X day | 12/31/2011 | 5 | ADHD | None besides headache if I forget to take it one day. | Strattera is wonderful. It won't help anyone who doesn't have ADHD or ADD. Both of these are the most misdiagnosed conditions. Oh you can't concentrate? You have ADHD.....How about cutting dyes and sugar out of your diet first before going down the ADD route. I have a very strict diet for my ADHD, but I also need this medication or I'm super hyper. If you give me red dyes or sugar you better get out of the room. With Strattera I don't have to worry about manic swings like you get with Adderall. I am not bi-polar but when I tried Adderall you couldn't tell. I've tried many drugs and this is the only effective one that doesn't have serious side effects. | F | 23 | 9 years 25 MG 1X day | 4/2/2013 | 5 | adult ADD | Heavy menstrual periods, increased blood pressure, slight insomnia. | Five stars for helping control my ADHD symptoms from the first day of taking it. I notice a difference within an hour of taking it in the morning. I also take 7 mg of dextroamphetamine at the same time. Adding the Strattera has been very beneficial for increasing my focus, motivation, and staying on task. | F | 47 | 6 weeks 25 mg/day 1X day | 8/17/2011 | 5 | ADD | No appetite (benefit). So far, so good!! | Feeling pretty euphoric right now. Easier to concentrate on tasks, thought process not so scattered, able to make decisions quickly and not change my mind (big problem before), got my libido back BIG TIME! | F | 42 | 3 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | adhd | Initially I woke up frequently at night w/dreams nightmares-overtime this has subsided-chills some headaches these too have also lessened greatly-some hot flush wondering if muscle aches that have started lately are related to strattera medication...lately I have noticed dry skin scalp hands and feet.. | I have never taken strattera until june of last year. Immediately I gained focus from morning throughout the day, I wasn't tired and unmotivated all day as I used to be. I became less irritable with people, distractions, noise. I can listen without interrupting constantly. I do not go into talking marathons. My thoughts and conversation do not split off into dozens of tangents, or new topics altogether. I am not running around trying to do ten things at once, becoming overwhelmed, then ultimately melting down and not fininshing any of them. Previously you would not have found me responding to this or any survey for example. I found that for me taking it at night is best, since it makes me sleepy, and although I still experience some sleep disturbance the sleep I do get is much more produc- tive. I feel rested upon waking whereas before treatment I never felt rested, although I would sleep the clock round, nor did I feel motivated to accomplish much of anything, much less set goals and meet them. It all seemed to be too much. In other words, regardless of the side effects the benefit I experience has greatly outweighed the negatives. I take 60 to 80mgs/day. | F | 47 | 6 months | 1/27/2010 | 5 | ADD | massive anxiety and nauseousness, and moderately horrible insomnia and irritability during the first week or so. It goes away, so i recommend waiting it out. For the nausea, chewing on ice and taking the medication at night helped me :) | I've been taking straterra for about a year, and recently went from 60 mg to 80mg.I find I can focus better in school (especially lectures) but especially in ever day life, i used to constantly lose things like my phone but I barely have since I started taking strattera, I also haven't gotten a speeding ticket since I've started taking it (I got a lot before, because I felt like I was driving the speed limit, I'm less clumsy, remember to do things like locking the door and turning the stove off and more present in the current moment ¶ I've noticed that I don't feel emotions as easily, I can't cry, I rarely desire sex, and can't an orgasm when I do have sex since around the time I started strattera, however, other factors in my psyche (I went through a rough period where a lot of my friends died, and I was in a series of abusive relationships and remembered a sexual assault that occurred in the past) Personally, I feel like my loss of emotion and libido is a combination result of both the stress and medication factors, however, that certainly isn't scientific. ¶ I would also warm people the the first week or so on strattera, or on an increased dosage is hell. I felt hot, nauseous, anxious, panicky, woke up in the middle of the night, and was suicidal (As I said before, I have other stress factors in my life that the medication could simply be adding to) every time I increased my dose or missed a few days, however, those symptoms start to go away after | F | 20 | 1 years 40-80 1X day | 12/17/2010 | 5 | ADHD/Auditory Dyslexia | I am shocked to see so many negative comments about this drug. It has worked very well for me. The first month of taking it, i was VERY sleepy and had to take daily naps after school, but was warned that this would happen for the first month and then it would go away, and it did. Sometimes when i work out, i get chills, kind of dizzy but but that bad, and hot flashes sometimes during the day. | I love this medication it has been my savior! I have always struggled in school. I wish i would have discovered this earlier in life. Now, i can focus without anything distracting me (big change) pay attention to conversations, remember more, no more test anxiety/stress. | F | 22 | 5 months 60 mg 1X day | 1/28/2011 | 5 | Adult Inattentive ADHD, OCD | Stomach upset, difficulty sleeping through the night, always hungry. | I've been through quite a few stimulant medications and finally told my doctor I was through with them. Was prescribed Strattera (by my own request; I do a lot of research) and have been feeling really, well.. good! Today for the first time since stopping stimulants I managed to finish everything in my work day and even started on some of the next shift's work. I honestly got bored with surfing the internet, something that I usually get stuck doing for hours, and got up to tidy my apartment instead. It's certainly a different feeling from stimulants, more of a self-directed feeling of goodness and wanting to get things done rather than the panicked overenergized nature of adderall/ritalin. The side effects haven't bothered me too much. In fact the feeling of always being hungry has *helped* because I had lost so much weight on adderall I was basically a twig with limbs. Gained over 5 pounds since starting Strattera and steadily approaching healthy weight. Best of all I don't have to force myself to eat! I would definitely recommend this drug if you can stomach it, but don't be afraid to try out alternatives if the side effects get to you. | F | 21 | 8 days 80mg 1X day | 3/11/2011 | 5 | ADD | Hugely dialeted pupials, Dizzyness, Stomach hurting, Loose about 40 pounds | I love it. | F | 12 | 1 days 80 MG 1X day | 3/27/2011 | 5 | Moderate to Mild ADHD | Constipation, night sweats, but went away after a week of taking. Decreased appetite and would not recommend mixing this drug with any over the counter cold medications without checking the side effects, I took Zyrtec-D which has psuedoephedrine in it and it made me feel quite uncomfortable and then I found out that there is a moderate side effect warning for most cold medicines. | I seem more organized and less forgetful and more content with daily activities, I could not take the stimulant drugs due to the increase in anxiety so this is my last hope and it seems to be having a very positive effect on my life just in one week. I am able to focus at work and not multi-task and focus on one task at a time. I do not get distracted so easily, I finish what I am doing and I noticed I pay attention more closely to details and I am more efficient in daily life. I would recommend this drug especially for those of you who suffer from anxiety symptoms or have a stressful life, drugs like ritalin only intensify anxiety and have a very negative effect for most I believe. Also I seem to be in a better mood and I think it is because ritalin made me feel high and to me that is not a good feeling! I would rather feel normal and balanced and healthy and this drug so far is doing what the doctor told me it was going to do and that is make more organized and together. I don't bel | F | 25 | 7 days | 1/25/2009 | 5 | adhd | sick to stomach. loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, moody | This medicine works great you will never know it unless you get past the first month. No medicine is going to work the first few days of trying it out. I have been on it for many years, it has changed my whole life. As a child my mother kept telling the school something was wrong with me, the school never listend i failed every class as a young adult i lost many jobs for not be able to stay on task. I am in my middle 30's and Am able to function much better at work and even relationships. | F | 35 | 7 years | 12/16/2008 | 5 | Adult ADD | When I first started taking strattera, I had huge mood swings. My doctor prescribed 5mg of lexapro in addition to 100mg strattera and I totally evened-out almost immediately. Constipation! Terrible. I had this problem before Strattera too. Metamucil helps when I remember to take it. | This drug has been amazing for me not only for concentration, but confidence and decreased anxiety. I always knew "something was wrong" and SSRI's were making my ADD worse!! | F | 46 | 4 months | 3/2/2008 | 5 | adult ADD | Slight nausea for the first few days. Tired and ready for bed by early evening. | I wasn't optimistic when I started taking Strattera, but it seems to be making a huge difference. I'm a lawyer and have to fill out timesheets every day recording my billable hours. Yesterday, I compared my hours for the last couple of weeks against my weekly reports for the last two years. I am, amazingly, billing nearly double what I did before starting Strattera. I'm actually able to go into my office and work from the minute I get there until the minute I leave. The only downside is that I'm exhausted and ready for bed by 7:30 or so, but I'll gladly accept that over the much harsher side effects of stimulants (which I discontinued two years ago and wouldn't consider taking again). | F | 51 | 5 weeks | 1/13/2007 | 5 | Adult ADD | Reduced my appetite (welcome side effect) but this only lasted for first 2 weeks of use. | This medication really helps me to be a much more productive, efficient person and employee. If I miss a day I can really tell the difference. I also take Lexapro for depression and this is a good combo for me which has worked successfully for over 3 years. I took Adderall for several years but I much prefer Strattera because of reduced side effects. | F | 42 | 3 years | 2/7/2007 | 5 | severe ADD - also on adderall | at first i was jumpy. now i have dry mouth and some visual issues, limb tingling and joint tightness. i will deal with that because it works so well and i can function like a normal person. | F | 32 | 3 months | 9/27/2007 | 5 | ADD | Decreased appetite which has since gone away | This drug seems to work for me. My dosage was just upped from 80mg to 100mg since I am taking night classes. This seems to help with my concentration in class which is a good thing. My mood is more upbeat on this medicine and I am definitely more focused. Irritability has dropped somewhat but is still there. | F | 34 | 10 months | 9/23/2007 |
STRATTERA (ATOMOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE): Atomoxetine is used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan, including psychological, social, and other treatments. It may help to increase the ability to pay attention, concentrate, stay focused, and stop fidgeting. It is thought to work by restoring the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 2005-02-14 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)