STRATTERA Reviews (ATOMOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.6 (443 Ratings)

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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)

  

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 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
 3  Adult ADD Sleeplessness around 1am, tired during day, but didn't really have to nap. Sometimes, I got the feeling of nausea, but it wasnt truly like getting the flu, just a mild feeling of "omg I need to eat something so I wont pass out" kind of feeling. Flatulance I think has been a symptom since I started 2 weeks ago. The euphoric feeling is with me, but I feel the 25mg dose my pdoc prescribed needs to be increased, as the sensation the medicine leaves my body too soon, makes me feel uncomfortable. Overall, being on this is better than with no meds for add at all. I was a trainwreck before, I guess I am just a minor trainwreck now with it. Supposed to give it three weeks to see how it affects me. Also takin Effexor XR 250mg daily. Oh, no sucicidal thoughts either before or after taking strattera. Feel pretty good overall. F 38 2 weeks
1/29/2007
 3  ADD Trouble urinating, upset stomach. Went off Strattera cold turkey after four years to see what difference it would make. Was taking 80mg/day the whole time. And ... nothing. Five days later no withdrawal symptoms but no other symptoms either. May as well have been taking a $250/month placebo except for the upset stomach and trouble peeing. M 40 4 years
1/18/2007
 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
 1  ADD oh my gooooooooooooooood. this was the worst experience on medicine i have ever had. i really don't mind taking drugs for the most part but this was crazy. i looked up the side effects in the doctor's desk reference book and found out that i was having ALL of the uncommon symptoms such as: trembling (i stopped taking this about 4 days ago and i still shake. on the day that i decided to stop, and my doctor said to as well, my hands were shaking so hard that i could hardly write). i had (and still have) memory loss, constipation (GROSS), tachicardia (heart racing) insomnia, hot flashes and the brutal sweating. i was irrational and irritable (suddenly and violently) and unable to sleep at night but slept all day instead which did not do a lot for my job. i hated it. since coming off my head has hurt so much that i feel like crying. today is really bad. sucks ass. i started taking this about a month ago. i had never gone to a "real" psychiatrist before and she decided i have ADD (i still have some reservations about this diagnosis). apparently because it is not a stimulant it is supposed to be better. i really can't stress enough how bad this drug was for me. i felt crazier than ever (and that is pretty hard... lol). please make sure you are careful before taking this, educate yourself and read all you can. it is not worth the aggravation of taking it. to say nothing of coming off it. i am miserable. F 36 4 weeks
1/8/2007
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 3  ADHD Chills, flu-like symptoms and mild paranoia was experienced the first few days. The overall and only remaining side effect is that I am exhausted, literally, all day long. I sleep through the night, am exhausted upon waking and must come home to nap after work. I AM EXHAUSTED. Having said that, I have only been on it for the meds for a month. I will give it one more month to see if my body adjusts. I am much more focused, but much less motivated. Between lack of focus or lack of motivation, I will choose lack of focus. If it continues...I will quit Strattera. F 39 30 days
1/6/2007
 3  Adult ADHD Nausea, chills, tired, suicidal thoughts, not hungry, mood swings, painful and difficult orgasm The medication makes me very disconnected and my mood swings are bothersome. The suicidal thoughts are frightening. Though it does help with my inattention disorder, I am considering discontinuing this medication. F 23 4 weeks
1/2/2007
 4  Adult ADD I feel nervous whenever I'm taking this. Urination difficulty and other "downstairs" problems. Sleepiness during the day, can't sleep at night. Sick-feeling sometimes shortly after taking. Works well other than the side effects. Benefits outway the bad-bits. M 34 1 years
12/29/2006
 3  ADHD--Inattentiveness Concentration Side effects weren't THAT bad... My doctor decided to start me on this before trying any kind of stimulant (ie: Adderall). It made me EXTREMELY tired midday ( I had to take a nap)--- Sexual side effects were really weird... Almost no libido. At night my sleep wasn't always sound. TAKE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE DECIDING... I was able to organize my thoughts much better. I felt so calm and almost euphoric :)... The only reason I stopped is because of feeling so tired. Try it, It works well. M 19 4 weeks
12/29/2006
 1  Adult ADD Headache, some nausea, sleeplessness, anxiety. Most physical side effects wore off after a week or two. This stuff was BAAAAD for me. I took it because I was sick of the restrictions on ritalin. I liked that it could be phoned in, refilled, etc. This drug made me feel somewhat stoned and disconnected. In a way it made my ADD symptoms worse. I was never very hyperactive, but am the highly distractable scatterbrain daydreamy ADDer. I didn't stop when I knew it wasn't working because the drug gave me some euphoria. It wasn't until I got burned by some bad decisions and consequences that I stopped taking the drug. Withdrawal was not a problem and I didn't crave it later. I'm still paying for the poor decisions I made under its influence and have no doubt that it distorted my judgement. Ritalin works for me. M 35 5 months
12/11/2006
 3  adhd/depression hot flashes, chills, nausea, This med does help me focus, BUT all the FLU SYMPTOMS are tough to take. this is my 2nd time on strattera. started out on 25mg and had to quit. this time on 10mg and as i type, im having hot flashes and the goosebumps. doc is hesitant to prescribe adderall because i was addicted to pain killers and got in some trouble. guess i'll try and tough it out. excuse me while i wipe the sweat beads off my head. M 26 4 days
11/29/2006
 1  adult adhd throwing up, jittery, mad, annoyed, hot flashes, severe stomach ache, confusion, decreased attention span, goose bumps, sweating. THIS IS THE WORST DRUG EVER! do not take it! I'm warning you! If you wanna feel like shit for the better half of the day, then take it. Does not help with concentration. Makes me soooo annoyed and irritable. Adderall seems to be the best way to go with medication for adhd. Also... non stimulant? thats the ONLY good thing about this shit. F 19 2 days
11/23/2006
 1  ADD chills and goosebunps, tingling up and down arms and head, then hot flashes. within a half hour taking the medication a terrible hyper, crazy feeling like I was going to crawl out of my skin. That would lessen after a few hours. Sudden high blood pressure. Extremly upset stomach and abdominal cramps. Angry rageful feelings although I'm usually very even tempered. Sudden sleepiness, needing naps then jumping awake with my heart pounding like a bomb had just gone off I did notice a slight increase in concentration about 3 to 4 hours after taking the drug after some of the terrible side affects would abate. I was on 60mgs/1xday. F 38 10 days
11/20/2006
 5  ADD , mind racing, trouble sleeping, depression(WHEN COMBINED with atypical antipsychotics, or Remeron), COMBINING STRATTERA WITH OTHER PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS WILL MAKE YOU DEPRESSED!!! when i first started taking strattera i was also taking zoloft 100 mg, but couldn"t concentrate, after a few weeks i decided i hated this combination because i was haveing alot of social anxiety and moodswings and trouble making friends, after about a moutnth i quit the zoloft and started only strattera, at 160lbs my concentrating and grades did improve after being stabilized on 65mg daily, i became convinced i was skitzophrenic because i was so nervous so my doctor perscribed me 40mg geodon daily(this sent me into a dark miserable mindracing panic attack depression, then i swiched to risperdal and nearly the same was tru for this combo, now im taking remeron and stratter and it is hard for me to talk to people. thus i conclude Dont Combine Strattera with Zoloft, risperdal, geodon, or Remeron (i Was holpitilized all the events except the current occured) M 17 4 months
11/18/2006
 3  ADD none I just started taking Strattera so I am not sure how it will work on me. Hoping for the best and I will continue to keep you updated. F 26 3 days
10/21/2006
 4  Adult ADHD Snapping awake suddenly, needing naps all day, flu symptoms, nausea, FARTING OMG, turning into a bitch if I miss a dose, depression, bad periods It doesn't help focus as well as stimulants, but it DOES keep me from being very hyper--like a leash on a yippy dog. So much so that I needed to get zoloft to combat the depression it was causing. I like it better than Adderall and the others, but the side effects are terrible. F 37 3 months
10/19/2006
 5  ADHD Frequent urination for first month, drowsiness (a plus when taken at bedtime), decreased appetite ( has lost 2 pounds in 2 months) My 5-year old son went on Strattera after Adderall was discontinued due to severe mood swings when it wore off. The Strattera is very helpful in curbing impulsivity and increasing concentration. The social anxiety has also all but disappeared on this drug. My son is still the same happy, energetic boy. His ADHD is still present but the Strattera has lessened the symptoms by 50% or so. He is sleeping full nights and rested in the morning. We will continue this drug indefinitely and hope that it continues to work well. M 5 9 weeks
10/3/2006
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 1  adhd nausea, depression, tingling chills that ran down my head and legs. I HATE THIS DRUG!!! I became the black box warning within hours of taking it. It was like a bad acid trip that wouldn't wear off. It also introduced thoughts of killing myself which were never there before. It took weeks before it's affects wore off and some are still here. I would sue them if it were possible. F 35 4 days
10/2/2006
 4  ADHD Slight ephoria, ejaculation prior to orgasm on occation, some loss of sleep, and a small bald head growing out of the left side of my arse. Ok, all but the head. Hass helped me already. I have an open relationship with my boss and let him know I was taking it. He said he's noticed a differance, as has my wife. As for me, much easier to focus. M 40 4 weeks
9/14/2006
 4  Adult ADD Ejaculation BEFORE orgasm.. Thats not normal for a male.. and i couldnt tell i was ejaculating.. The orgasm comes 10 to 30 seconds later.. Its a good thing my girlfriend uses birth control. It would be very unwise to use the "pull out" method during intercourse if you are a male and on this medicine. Also, I already have insomnia and this medicine causes "short" sleeping periods. I could only stay asleep for 2 or 3 hours and would suddenly "snap" to complete awakeness all at once. The most sleep I averaged on this medication was 5 hours (which was a good nights sleep while on this medication) It did however work dramatically good for helping me with ADD.. But the side effects are risky or over-whelming.. I was very tired from little to no sleep.. The worst thing isnt even related the medication itself. It is extremely expensive and most insurance companies are un-educated to this medication and therefore wont cover it because of so-called alternatives. M 35 9 days
9/13/2006

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