I’m only on day 2, but I feel so able to concentrate, it’s ridiculous. I know it’s expected to take weeks to start working, but I’m feeling it already. I spent the morning reading wikipedia, catching up with work, and doing laundry that I hadn’t done for weeks. Now, I’m gonna go out to eat at a restaurant with a friend and his kids. Is this what NTs feel like all the time, just able to focus without struggle and the motivation of looming despair??

However, I slept maybe 30 mins last night even though I took 12 mgs of melatonin throughout the night, and my male genitals are not working well. I also feel a bit irritable.

  • Did anyone on Strattera have a similar experience? And did the side effects eventually go away?

  • If so, how long did they take to subside? If not, what did you do about it?

  • Did this ability to focus last too?

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Unfortunately I don’t have the posts handy, but it was discussed in the sub on Reddit for ADHD that sometimes starting new meds can cause a sort of euphoria feeling early on. I’ve definitely had that sort of feeling before when I’ve went a while without then got back on them. For me it tends to last anywhere from a day to a week.

    Just be careful and give it the amount of time your doctor said it would take for them to work for your body to get used to them. Especially if you aren’t sleeping. That’s really not good. Might be best to try and stay in some, as this can be somewhat like a manic episode.

    Unfortunately, what you’re experiencing right now is the “adhd meds are just coke” sort of thing. Here’s your coke effects. Mania and sleep deprivation.

    Sidenote, strattera did literally nothing for me. Glad it’s doing something for you.

    • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m on a very low dose of a stimulant ADHD drug and the first day I was visibly tweaking. I felt like I could punch God. A few weeks later I feel happily focused but day one was crazy.

  • FoxyFerengi@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Strattera gave me serotonin syndrome-like effects. I was very very sick a couple days after starting it. I’ve been hospitalized with serotonin syndrome before from random antidepressants though, so I think I’m just prone to react that way.

    I didn’t see anyone else mention this, but melatonin actually has the opposite effect the more you take. So that could be another reason you couldn’t sleep. I don’t even know how the supplement companies get away with selling it at 5mg, when 0.3-1mg is the range where it’s the most effective.

    • hypnotoad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Here’s my vague understanding of why this happens with melatonin; if someone can correct me I’ll have learned something.

      Taking supplements your body naturally produces, like melatonin, creatine, and some weight loss products in large doses makes your body turn off its own production. You’re also training your body to process and live with more than it needs, and considering it always wants to reach homeostasis, you end up needing more of it to have the same effect (like many drugs).

      Back in the 90’s a lot of people on diet pills ended up gaining a lot of weight back once they stopped taking the pill because their bodies took a long time to produce the same chemicals naturally, having essentially been overdosed for a while.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m a dude as well who’s on 60mg and started with 40mg

    For me the “I feel like a damn super human getting shit done WTF, is this how it is for other folks?” lasted about 3 days before starting to amp down.

    I also had a bunch of other side effects but basically all of them went away between a couple days and about a month. Though I am more thirsty in general so I’m drinking more water but that’s probably for the best considering how often I’d simply forget to drink water.

    The… uh… member effects seem to only be an issue for me for the first few weeks. Though currently (4 months later) the “member” can’t really be used within 12 hours of taking it as climax takes a long time, it takes a lot more work, and it doesn’t feel as good. In fact during that 12 hours climax and building to it is kinda meh. Afterwards though it’s back to being great but just taking longer, which by virtue of feeling great again is pretty cool.

    The sleep quality is one that was really rough for the first couple days while I still felt super human but when the super human feeling went away my sleep quality improved, though still wasn’t great for about 2 weeks. I’d recommend doing what you can to improve sleep hygiene though, it really helped being strict about that.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think we might have similar brains because I seem to be following your path. Hi, brain brother! Once the super human period went away, how was your attention and ability to complete tasks?

      • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        After the super human feeling went away I’m still able to get stuff done I just have to aim my morning before it kicks in

        Look at memes before it’s working? Good luck, you’re going to be fighting yourself all day.

        Eat breakfast listening to music with a task you know needs done when you finish? It’s going to be a productive day indeed.

        Getting stuff done isn’t as easy as it was during those feeling like a super human days but it’s still way easier than before I started the meds.

        • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          omg, I’m learning this as I type. Whatever I focus on in the morning is what’s going to get my attention all day. I’m gonna head out to a coffee shop tomorrow in the morning with my laptop to see if I can get some actual work done. 😆