STRATTERA = CONSTIPATION! | ADHD Information

hello folks!!!!!

well, every one seems to be songing and dancing and tiptoeing AROUND this touchy subject, but i will get straight to the point.....

I am a petite young lady, that had FINALLY managed to grow some meat onto my skinny little bones after getting married when i started strattera. I did not like it because I could literrally go for DAYS without eating if i didn't FORCE myself to eat!

I lost a whole CRAPLOAD of weight, and I stayed SO CONSTIPATED ALL THE TIME that my life was MISERABLE! i had the worst stomachaches i have EVER HAD!

As for my temperament?? I would have to give a POSITIVE response because, my husband says my moods calmed WAY DOWN and i was able to laugh things off much more easily, focus more, and was easy to get along with, and did not take myself or anyone else too seriously.

i would just have to take his word for it because I WAS TOO MISERABLY CONSTIPATED ALL THE TIME TO NOTICE!! i thought the side effects would wear off so i was on strattera for about 6 months, but it did not get better for me.

Now I KNOW i CAN'T be the only one who has had this problem obviously, because it is one of the main side effects listed for this drug, i just never HEAR anything about it because to lot's of people, this is a touchy, no discussing subject.

but, i will tell it like it is!!!

some people live by strattera, but it was just not for me.

 

i'm reposting this here, because i made mistake and posted it in the wrong place!!

Constipation problems can be thyroid problem related. Not enough fruits and water also.rshn 

honey, what i had won't no "thyroid problems".  and i had no desire to eat anything, so what i DID eat I was forcing down.

i tried EVERTHING.  VEGGIES, FRUITS, METAMUCIL!!

and you know what finally worked for me???
STOPPING THE STRATTERA!!

And as i mentioned earlier, other than this awful side effect, the strattera worked for me.  if you are blessed enough not to have to worry about the stomach issues it MAY cause in SOME people, it might be good for you.

BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAD MY SAME PROBLEM AND ARE JUST TOO SHY TO SAY ANYTHING, OR ELSE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PRINTED IT AS ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICATION!

I was constipated for the first month or so.  I have been on strattera for 5 months and the only side effect I have is nausea if I dont eat with my pill.

My son got bad constipation from ritalin adderal and strettera. Being he was only 5 when he started I thought the brown streaks was from him being to lazy to wipe or playing to hard to go use the bathroom. Come to find out it was just that he was so constipated he couldnt go or was to painful so he tryed to hold it all the time.  We started giving him colace which is an over the counter stool softener.  The dosage that works is different for every person so the best way is to start with 1 pill a day and see if it helps. If it doesnt either up to 2 pills a day or down to 1 pill every other day.  I have noticed also that less constipation makes a happier child as you said you were to constipated to notice anything other than the stomach aches, I think that was very true for him also and he couldnt express that to me since he was to young to understand.  A stool softener is different than a laxative. It doesnt make you go it helps to keep your stool soft enough to pass easier.  and is cheap I get 100 pills for under .

jessica:

 

thanks for the tip!!