Posted by Sad Panda on March 22, 2004, at 10:58:43
In reply to Re: Sleep disturbances with Strattera... » pauladd, posted by King Vultan on March 22, 2004, at 8:04:34
> > Diagnosed with ADD, trying stattera, has potential, but:
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> > I'm finding strattera wakes me up in the middle of the night, or makes it hard for me to fall asleep. Then I am a zombie all day long. Groggy.
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> > Any guidance on the best time of day to take it? I've tried morning, dinner time and bedtime.
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> > Do these sleep disturbances go away after a while?
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> > Perhaps there is something that would help me sleep? I've tried it with Adderall to wake me up during the day, no luck.
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> > Don't really have access to my pdoc right now, getting the strattera from a GP that is somewhat clueless.
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> You might want to consider switching to the tricyclic desipramine, which has nearly identical therapeutic effects to Strattera, is much cheaper, and in my experience on the two drugs, caused less insomnia with no daytime sleepiness. I got so fed up with the insomnia and grogginess after a week on Stattera that I dumped it and switched back to desipramine, which I had taken some months before.
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> Todd
>It's interesting, disapointing & disturbing that the older drugs are proving to be better than the newer drugs that are far more expensive.
Cheers,
Panda.
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