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 |
| 2 | Adhd | Extreme drowsiness. Erratic sleeping patterns. Trouble concentrating (ironic). Feeling of overwhelming exhaustion and trouble catching breath while exercising. | Very disappointed by this medication. The sedation was insane. | M | 27 | 1.5 months 20mg 1X day | 7/20/2012 | 5 | Add | Slight manageable sexual side affects - blood pressure increases during dose titration- normal | M | 48 | 2 months 60 mg | 9/9/2014 | 5 | Non-stimulant ADHD medication | Dry mouth, occasional night sweats, occasional slight anxiety but nothing unmanageable | I love Strattera. I've been on it three different times (going on and off of it for various reasons) and each time it really doesn't start working for about a month or a month and a half, so you really have to give it time to build up in your system. It's very different from a stimulant in that way. The reason I started Strattera the first time was after failed use of Vyvanse and Ritalin. They made me jittery and extremely anxious (I had previously been diagnosed with anxiety, so it makes sense that a stimulant would make my anxiety worse.) I also found that at the end of the day, I could not focus anymore. It was as if I had never taken it. This was really upsetting to me because, being a college student, I needed to be focused all of the time and that just wasn't happening. Strattera has been my miracle drug. Nothing else has helped me like this has. I honestly would have dropped out of college if it weren't for Strattera. I can't say enough good things about it. I would definitely recommend taking a chance with Strattera. Give it time and it will change your life. | F | 19 | 2 months 40 mg | 11/25/2015 | 5 | ADHD | No side effects | My son failed school last yr. All F's. Gave him straterra during summer an now my son has straight A's. My son says he can finally pay attention an focus an his grades prove it..a miracle pill!! | M | 17 | 2 months 25mg | 9/26/2015 | 5 | ADHD | Nausea, sweating and headaches | I actually take 25 mg in the morning and 18mg in the afternoon. This stuff quieted my mind. I am now in college and can stay focused on what I put my mind to. It does make me a little jittery and has increased my anxiety but the Dr. gave me Buspar to counteract that. The nausea and the sweating are the worse. I tried a lower dose and felt totally un motivated. | F | 58 | 2 months 20 mgs 2X day | 10/12/2020 | 4 | Adult Adhd | The only side effects that i've had so far is weight loss,upset stomach,irregular periods,and very tired at night. | I have no problems with Strattera other then the side effects that I have listed.It really works for me. | F | 26 | 2 months | 3/25/2007 | 4 | ADD | At first there is alot of nausea but after the 2nd week id dies down but never realy left. Seem to have sleeping porblems but not major, same as ritalin. Also seem to be very sleepy around the afternoon often. lately been feeling sick and abnormaly bad stmoache aches but not sure if it could be mounting pressure and stress so not blaming the drug. in first 1 or so peeing did sting a bit. appitite is fine compared to what ritalin did but sometime occiasionaly dont eat lunch. coffe seems to upset my stomach if i drink it just after i take it. | started of with 40mg for 3 days then 60mg for 4 then jumped to 100 for a week and then went back down to 80mg for a week the back up to 100mg. what seems to help with nausea is ginger lemon tea or eating some fruit before and after taking the dosage. just a suggestion for beginners to stick it out first 2 weeks are the worst, after than you'll see the advantages and side affects will die down. Also unlike ritalin this doesnt supress my personality as much or cause depression, i find it is much easier to socialize and talk to my friends. also my confidence has boosted and i feel much more relaxed. | M | 17 | 2 months 100mg 1X day | 10/31/2010 | 4 | ADHA | agression, very low "motor", has a horrible time getting started in the morning, picks fights | At first my daughter was doing great and she was on 18mg strattera and 10 mg Zoloft. Then we noticed she was getting really out of hand after school so upped the does to 18 in the morning and 18 at night. after about a month she started to become really agressive and angry - hitting and picking fights pretty much a nightmare. I asked the pharma guy and he said that that is usual in mixing zoloft and strattera so we cut out the strattera and then she was almost immediately better. Then we started having horrible mornings - this week I forgot to give her the strattera at night so she only got one 18mg does and we have had good mornings but last night I remembered and this morning was a nightmare! I guess it is important to keep the dose as low as possible. ON the beneficial side she is having her best year ever at school! so yeah! | F | 10 | 2 months | 10/11/2007 | 4 | ADD | thirsty and tired...really big yawns! | overall this is a good fit for me. i've been taking it in the am with breakfast and I'm good for the day up until 3 pm or so when I feel like I need a nap. I'm able to push through this usually. I've tried taking it at night before bed, but it causes me to wake early (if I take it at 10 PM, I'm up at 5:30 and really alert). I've exercised frequently my whole life and I'm still able to do so without side effects. I'm actually able to take longer runs b/c I'm not preoccupied with a zillion other things. | F | 29 | 2 months | 4/25/2007 | 3 | Mild ADD | I started at 10mg and went to 18mg and just bumped up to 25mg in the course of two months..have Non stop sweating. I sweat all the time..it's terrible..I sat in front of a fan the other day for hours...my skin was cold but I was sweating. I wake up many times during the night..never used to do this. I seem to pop out of bed in the am..which is good...but I crash at work around 3 or so...very hard to make it through the day. | I'm not giving up..i'm hoping that the side effects will wear down and it'll be worth it... | F | 36 | 2 months | 5/1/2007 | 3 | ADD - Inattentive | The bad news: headache, sweats, and chills occasionally in the 1st few weeks, but that went away. following effects are still here after 2 mo's: constipation, big time queasy and 'stoned' 1 or 2hrs after taking for 1/2 hr must take w/lots of food or nauseous (It should say MUST TAKE W FOOD on the label!!) cold hands and cold nose (circulation?) ejaculation prior to orgasm and then weak orgasm weak erections vision seems a little blurier expensive and not covered by my insurance (BCBS) | Here's the good news: "emotionally neutral" wife says I'm calmer wife says I'm easier to talk to team leader say "more focused lately" Can follow conversations, better listener, brain is not racing Here's the stuff that not really good or bad: decreased appetite More quiet and thoughtful decreased libido a little less excited about things, slightly a don't care' attitude | M | 48 | 2 months 80mg 1X day | 4/7/2010 | 3 | ADD | Severe stomach pain and nausea. Inability to sleep at night, but tired all day. Got more done when I wasn't on it. | After experiementing with the time of day and food levels with this drug, I found that if I took it in the morning, I was exhausted and nauseous and if I took it at night, I was sleepless, but no nausea. I couldn't win. I snap awake very easily at night and don't seem to sleep well. I started taking it with peanut butter at night (a Strattera drug rep told me this would help nausea and it has- BIG TIME). I also take Melatonin, a natural supplement that induces sleep and so far so good. My grades in grad school have never been better, so I am afraid to go off it, but the side effects can be so bad and so spontaneous that I often think it's not worth it, especially since my ADD is very mild. There are times when all I want to do is sleep during the day now. I don't know what is going on. I think I got more done when I wasn't on anything. Strangely enough, my libido is through the roof too, not like others who say theirs is low. | F | 28 | 2 months | 10/4/2007 | 2 | ADD from Bipolar Mania | I took this medicine December 2009. In addition to bipolar type II, I have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) which I think is a product of the manic state or medication induced (probably abilify). Since stimulants sometimes induce mania the Nurse Practitioner prescribed Strattera (Atomoxetine). Before I could ramp it up to the recommended therapeutic strength (100 mg), the side effects got in the way. I had a starter pack and had gone up in dosage to 80 mg in four weeks. At 80 mg the medication made me manic; that mania crossed over into mixed state within hours. I felt angrier and more irritated on it, then extremely depressed. Very unwanted side effects. At this point 400 mg of Lamictal, 5 mg of Abilify and 300 mg of Seroquel XR tether me to normalcy(whatever that is) and this drug definitely doesn't go well with that mix. You can read my blog where I write about my struggle with my mind and medications... | M | 35 | 2 months 80 mg 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 1 | concentration | was very hot when sleeping, and sweating. would wake up and unable to go back to bed for 2hrs+. general sleeping disturbance. not able to sleep deep. acid reflux. could not get erection. no difference with concentration. | M | 32 | 2 months 80 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! It has the highest black box warning!! Since taking this drug, I have suffered awful low moods. The effects it has on the brain can be long lasting. It has altered my mood levels and my psych has attributed it to Straterra. This is Not a Drug to be played with!!!!!!!! THINK VERY CAREFULLY before taking this drug. | M | 33 | 2 months 25 1X day | 5/31/2012 | 1 | ADHD | Aggressive, Mania, horrible tantrums | My daughter was put on Strattera during an inpatient hospitalization. She has also been diagnosed with a mood disorder and was taking Seroquel as well. Horrible results. Rages lasting an hour or more. Days that were really bad ALL day long. DID help with hyperactivity, but made her obsess over small, minor things (maybe too focused). She was on 18 mg daily. | F | 5 | 2 months | 11/19/2008 | 1 | Adult ADHD | flu-like symptoms, irritability, constapation, some trouble urinating, sexual difficulties, extreme fatigue in evening | I have suffered moderate ADD symptoms all my life with problems concentrating, reading, starting tasks, impulsiveness and with personal relationships. I started on Strattera after an ADHD study I was participating in was cancelled. I gradually built up to 100mg/day taking the full dose in the morning. The side-effects were present almost from day one and increased in severity along with the dosage. The flu-like symptoms usually occurred an hour or so after taking the dose and lasted for a couple hours. I consider myself to have a pretty hardy constitution and have never experienced side-effects like this before. Still, as bad as it was, I may have been willing to live with it if I would have noticed any imnprovement with my ADHD symptoms. But Strattera did very little for me and certainly no benefit worthy of the longer-term health risks. I'm still working with the doctor that was conducting the ADHD study. He took me off Straterra today and I'm trying Concerta. Strattera may | M | 51 | 2 months | 12/4/2008 | 1 | Adult ADD | Actually made my ADD symptoms worse. Could not focus, increased depression. Sleepy and new feeling of weakness. Will probably go back on a combination of Adderall XR & Cymbalta | Not a medication I can tolerate. | M | 52 | 2 months 80 | 2/21/2017 | 1 | ADD | Heavy sweating, headache, high blood pressure, nausea-- even after 2 months. | Was completely Ineffective for ADD symptoms. compared to adderal. Refilling Adderall is a hassle with my work schedule. Wanted to try something easier to refill. Strattera experience was really awful!! | F | 59 | 2 months 60mg | 8/16/2015 | 1 | possible ADHD/concentration issues | nausea, weight loss,fatigue, could not stay awake, physically, weak, did not help with focusing problems either, once I got to 100mg I started getting depressed again, and I begged to get off of it | the first 3 days I took it I felt great and it gave me energy but it did not help me focus and with each increase the side effects worsened until I couldn't tolerate it any more; I got up to 100mg, then quit cold turkey per my pdoc's advice, this is actually an anti-depressant that just happens to help SOME people with ADD not all | F | 31 | 2 months | 9/16/2009 |