Strattera | ADHD Information

I have 2 kids who take it. One takes it alone - the dosage is 60mg. and he weighs 85 lbs.  The other takes it in conjunction with 10mg. Daytrana and 12.5mg. zoloft. 

It has been very helpful for both of my kids.  My older one (who takes just strattera) still has some impulse issues and can be very fidgety but the strattera was the key to getting him through homework and projects. His ability to focus on schoolwork was markedly improved.

For my younger guy, it has helped a lot with tempering his adhd.  He used to be kind of jumbled in the way he thought and expressed himself when there was no stimulant in him.  Now he can function, though not optimally, without a stimulant in him.  It's almost like it reduces the severity of his adhd but it doesn't completely control it.  Also, it doesn't seem to help much with impulse control.

FYI - as I am finding out that the Daytrana that he's been taking isn't working half the time (they are apparently having some QC issues), I know that the strattera is helping a lot.  In the pre-strattera days, my son was accidentally sent  to school once without his meds and they called within the first 1/2 hour to see what was wrong.  This time, it took 2 weeks for teachers to tell me he was a little bouncier and less controlled than usual.

Also, the strattera let us cut back the amount of stimulant he was taking from 30mg. to 10mg.  He doesn't always use the DAytrana on the weekends even.

We started seeing differences with both kids within a couple of weeks at the correct dose.

For those of you who have had some success with Strattera, how long did it take, once you reached the correct dose, to see a difference?  Also, how many of you/your children still have to take another medicine (ie. stimulant) with it?

I'm trying to figure out where I am with my DS.

Thanks!

 

[QUOTE=rhondacty]My daughter has had good success with just Straterra alone. However, she still has a little bit of aggresiveness and control with getting upset.  But it is only da 13 on the med.  So far so good!!  [/QUOTE]

Well she is going on week 3 of the Srat. Still having issues with anger, frustration and aggresiveness; as far as her controlling it.  maybe when we go to the Physch and he does the testing we will see what these drawn out emotions are with her.  We have to sit her down and really, really talk to her to get her to calm down.  Yesterday evening we came home and as always she wants to run out right away to play with the neighbor girl.  She went over there and the little girl's brother came to the door and said i don't know if she can play and shut the door.  Boy, did that crush my daughter.  I think that some of the kids either in school or the neighborhood have issues with her due to the above problems I stated she has.  What do I do to make her feel better?  We literally had to have a deep talk with her to get her to see that not everyone will always like you. My fiancee even told her that some people don't like him either and that made her feel better.  I am somewhat of a constant reminding mother on everything she needs to do.  Could that be making her ADHD worse? My fiancee says sometimes he feels like I attack her constantly, with issues like, brush your teeth, hurry up we have to go, get dressed, take a shower, etc..... Could me being such a energetic person be making her symptoms worse? And that I'm consistent with her getting things done in time so we are not late.  Please I need advice.

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[QUOTE=edbson]Strat takes 4-6 weeks after reaching the target dose of 1.2-.18 mgs per kilo of body weight. [/QUOTE]

 

It took us about 4 weeks, the good thing is if for some reason she doesn't get her pill before bed we can give it to her in the morning and not see big withdrawels like with some other short term meds, this is because it stays in the system longer.  OUr 7 year old is taking strattera and it has worked great we have seen a big improvement in her behaiver.  This is the only drug she takes.

lauren

We are starting Strattera today, and hoping to be able to use it alone, but if not we will add back 10mg of Daytrana.My daughter has had good success with just Straterra alone. However, she still has a little bit of aggresiveness and control with getting upset.  But it is only da 13 on the med.  So far so good!!  Strat takes 4-6 weeks after reaching the target dose of 1.2-.18 mgs per kilo of body weight.