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 |
| 1 | Adult ADHD | Within one week of starting Strattera I was taken to the emergency room 2 times in 2 days for major panic attacks. The second time I was admitted to the hospital for one night to get my heart to stop racing. I am now suffering from high blood pressure. | I will never recommend this drug, and have told all my family and friends to BEWARE. | F | 45 | 7 days | 11/30/2007 | 2 | ADHD | severe flu symptoms, sweats, insomnia, achy feeling, tender scrotum, ringing in ears, some loss of appetite, don't feel like working out | I started with 10mg, 18, 18, 28, 28, 28, 54, 54, 60, 60 at 9pm each evening. The first 2 days had noticeably better focus, and I felt great. Days 4-10 have been horrible. entense flu, hot-cold. can't regulate temperature, only sleeping 2 hours at a time. some cramps in muscles and tender scrotum, constant ringing in ears. I feel cold all day at work. I had them check my office temp, which is 74F. I feel like I am getting the flu now for 7 days. Horrible experiment | M | 46 | 10 days | 11/29/2007 | 3 | ADD | This medication seems to prohibit me from sleeping longer than 4-5 hours at a time.. even at that, it is a very light restless sleep. Described as "Short sleeping periods" by an earlier entry.. Insomnia. Possibly mild euphoria. Difficulty reaching orgasm. | I started at 25mg and worked up to 75mg as prescribed. PRO's: I have an anxiety disorder, and this ADD med doesn't seem to exasperate those symptoms and I do feel a little more calm and collected. CON's: The sleep thing is really pissing me off, if it continues I may discontinue this med, Sexual side effects :( | M | 23 | 14 days | 11/28/2007 | 5 | ADHD | Nausea, headaches, thirst, weight loss. Can't get to full dosage of 80mg because of nausea but 40mg seems to work fine. | I actually suffer more from depression, anxiety, obsessive thoughts, hypomania. ADHD runs in my family and I have problems with concentration. Strattera has been extremely effective for anxiety and depression. Able to handle confrontation and has lowered my aggression. This has been a wonder drug for me and has changed my life. Been on lots of meds. Effexor was good but I had bad reaction to it (brain shivers for one). Strattera has forever changed my life. | F | 33 | 11 months | 11/24/2007 | 1 | add | horrible sexual side effects, felt zoned out | It made my penis shrivel up like I dipped into below degree water. My erection strength and orgasm sucked also. Therefor it;'s not worth it, rather go with ritalin or wellbutrin | M | 20 | 2 days | 11/23/2007 | 5 | Fairly severe ADD my entire life | Side effects: Decreased libido (I had too much anyway), for the first month hesitation when urinating. Causes urinary tract to be so sensitive that ejaculation happened far too quick for the first couple of months, after that subsided a lot but still ejaculate fairly easily now. After ejaculation I feel like I have to urinate like a race horse for five minutes, the same pain you have when you need to go bad! I have involuntary muscle jerks in my feet and hands from time to time, when falling asleep my whole body sometimes jerks hard once or twice. When these involuntary movements of my feet or hands occur I believe I might also be experiencing something akin to a very short lasting seizure which for a fraction of a second causes a blackout but it is so short and so quick to come and go the symptom is difficult to recognize for what it is because during the event you stop thinking for a few milliseconds, probably 25-50 ms. | Wish I had this years ago, I can now split my attention between tasks where before I could only focus on one thing at a time. | M | 49 | 3 months | 11/11/2007 | 2 | ADHD | My son (9)is on Strattera because Ritalin and related drugs just made him paranoid. We tried Strattera for two months beginning this year, took him off because we saw no improvement. But then his teacher complained about his inattention and he has been back on it for three months. And for three months he has had a skin rash which our doctor said was eczema, but turns out to be Strattera allergy. I was stupid enough not to read (again) the additional info which comes with the medication and when I did, I realised what was going on. I don't think the American info mentions the skin rash, but here in Holland it is included and actually warns to stop taking the medicine the moment something weird happens to your skin. Now we have to wean him off, which is also bad because he will have mood swings coming off it, again. | I can only speak from our experience, I know many people are helped by drugs, but right now I can't wait to permanently stop medicating my son. The constant itching and scratching made him so depressed that any increase in concentration was counter acted by his physical discomfort. The rash is something you guys should definitely watch out for, up to 10% of people using it can get this side effect! | M | 9 | 90 days | 11/8/2007 | 5 | ADHD, PTSD | dry mouth | In two weeks I began to see a difference, but one month was enough for me to fall in love. As a nurse I became more effective, more observant, and I was not nearly as tired at the end of the day, I no longer had to expend so much energy to focus and remember all the tiny paperwork details. | F | 36 | 5 months | 11/3/2007 | 1 | ADD | Goosebumps, Mania, Anger, Nausea, Headache, Out of it... made me feel crazy and non functional. | This Medication made me feel 200X's worse then before taking it. It was horrible. I have recently starting taking Vyvance 30mg and it has helped tremendously. I would recommend this over strattera any day. I am very hesitant to trying a stimulant medication due to previous drug abuse, but with proper monitoring this medication makes a difference. | F | 29 | 1 days | 10/24/2007 | 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 + anxiety | Started at 40mg. Chills,insomnia, switched to taking in AM .upped to 60mg headachestarted, upped to 80mg, thought i was going to die (my head wanted to explode) turned out my bood pressure was through the roof!! (never had any problems before) Cut off without problems and am staying at 40mg. it really helps with focusing, it feels like i am in my body ad mind!!! (wish i would have found this stuff years ago, but beware of high doses)... | Beware of high doses | F | 27 | 3 months | 10/11/2007 | 3 | ADHD | pounding headached won't go away, nightsweats, tired all the time, nausea, chills, body aches, hot flashes, cry easily, dry mouth, nightmares, shakes. | I feel it is helping me a bit, but I don't like feeling this way. I am constanly irritable and crabby cause I feel so gross. | F | 28 | 30 days | 10/9/2007 | 1 | ADD | swollen prostate & difficulty urinating- anxiety & irratibility | increased focus but not worth the terrible effects on my personal and social life | M | 44 | 90 days | 10/8/2007 | 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 | 4 | ADD | Extreme nausea and other flu-like symptoms the first week or so; decreased appetite, goosebumps, chills, cold sweats, exhaustion, and feeling dazed you get after taking it for a while (DONT TAKE IT WITH ZOLOFT WITH IT!!!) | If you need it really bad then try to rough it out the first month or so, thats the worst of it. If you make it past that then you only have what i would call a small discomfort... But if your on an anti-depressint try not to take both. Strattera makes you depsessed and anti-depressents dont mix well. I take both and im doing ok, but i dont feel like talking or hanging out with my friends. | F | 14 | 6 years | 10/2/2007 | 1 | Adult ADD | Regardless of the good reports about this stuff, it can cause some of the most horrific side effects imaginable. The first two days I took Strattera (40 mg. once each morning) I experienced a vague detached, stoned kind of feeling which subsided in the early afternoon. The third day started much the same until around noon. I started having waves of panic, profuse sweating, shortness of breath; in short, I felt like I was dying. My job involves dealing with the public and there was no one to replace me as I was unable to function. The manager had to temporarily close. He was very understanding to my plight, and allowed me to go home. Needless to say, I was told by my doctor's office to discontinue the Strattera. I last took the Strattera four days ago and am still experiencing the panic symptoms, headache, stiff muscles, etc. I also have a terrible time talking to people as I feel extremely nervous while interacting. I have never had this problem before; very much a problem. I am | I have heard several good things from others about Strattera, but my experience was the worst I have ever had in my life with any medication. I will never even consider it again, nor recommend it to anyone. I personally believe this medication is dangerous. | M | 56 | 3 days | 9/30/2007 | 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 | 5 | ADHD | So far only a bit restless at night but switched dose to morning so not a problem now. | Seems to work alot better than the Ritalin my daughter has been taking since she was 6. Much less anxiety and the school reports no beharioral problems, her attention and restlessness is better. No acting out - concentrating. Keeping my fingers crossed that this helps. | F | 10 | 18 days | 9/6/2007 | 1 | Borderline ADHD | Nausea, chills, fever, constipation, diarhhea, headache, abdominal pain, lack of hunger, unable to eat, excessive thirst, need to sleep constantly, shaking, paranoia, | The first week I took Strattera I caught myself up at work on 7 months of back log......however, the side effects out weighed my need to focus. After being told to not stop taking Strattera and instead now going through 4 days of scans and tests....missing work, and being unable to have a life I am caught....do I focus or have a life? I need both. If only there was something in between that could help me focus without making me feel like I am dying. I miss having dinner, I miss sleeping through the night, I miss not being soaked in sweat....my doctor insists that I not quit but I can't take it anymore! | F | 33 | 5 weeks | 8/30/2007 |