Posted: 23 August 2008 at 4:22pm | IP Logged

lcso910, what is your grandsons weight? Strattera is VERY weight dependant. My daughter suffers tics also. We have tried almost EVERY med out there, so BELIEVE me I understand your frustration. A couple of things, dont completely discard Strattera as it doesnt sound like the dose was ever ramped to the approrpiate dose. If the dose is too low, you will see the side effects you mention, like emotional lability......................also it's worth trying other stimulants to see what is the right "fit" for his metabolism and symptom control. Meds taken AS PRESCRIBED will not case him to become addicted. Please try to educate yourself and your son as much as possible. We are finally able to successfully use stimulants wiht ym daughter after many years as she is taking Strattera, at the approriate dose, allowing her to take a very low dose (10mg) of generic methyphediante (same med as Ritalin). The low dose is not causing tics, nor the signifiant appetite suppression we saw with the other stims. All meds will have different effect on each child/person. I am not saying our combo would work for the next person, just try to stay patient and open minded, learn as much as you can about the different meds options and even non prescription options and make infomred choices.

Good luck to you and your family.

Posted: 10 January 2009 at 3:29pm | IP Logged

I came into this post on Strattera with one aim and now I have read the posts I feel I have to change it a bit. I wanted to say,

one group member said the same about Stratt as I feel about it - its great! She was on a ritalin med before and it was a real roller coaster, very very wearing - spent a few months in a mental hospital overcoming the depression suffered from it. The Stratt she has been on about a year and to hear her talk about it made me so pleased that I am on it too.

I get the feeling from the posts here though that it isnt a child friendly med. I certainly wouldnt put a child of mine on it.

I am going to try some diet supplements though. I had my hair analysed by a special method whereby they can tell if you are deficient in trace elements, it is actually an organisation in England for the support of couples wanting to get pregnant where for medical reasons it isnt working. Sounds odd but they can inform the woman having difficulties conceiving of the trace elements she is either deficient in or has too much of and the results are phenomenal. But of course for me it was interesting to see that I am deficient in a trace element which is necessary in metabolism, the winning of energy from cells for my body to operate. Made absolute common sense. I checked out the element in wikipedia and will try it out sometime soon. The website for the hair thing is

Best of luck, it is one of those things that is worth a try I think.