Strattera & Sexual Side Effects | ADHD Information

same iwth me...tough to keep erection, leakage, no sex drive, and ejaculated about thirty seconds beofre orgasm (i.e. do this once and its the last BJ you will ever get )...I am 38 with a smoking hot wife - this was unacceptable! Now on adderall xr. the pros are not as good, but no side effects. where straterra was a 10, adderrall is about a 7 - still playing wiht the dosage, though.  Do you think Straterra can cause permanent damage to your prostate or just temporary? Cause I can barely even get it up now on this drug.For me my problems started with Strattera, when I switched to Adderall XR I feel like the problem continued BECAUSE staterra had done something to my body. I.E. if I had started on Adderall I would not have had any problems.There are many threads on this topic. So keep digging around it's better to find an older thread where the topic got hammered then to try and start a new one.    I will say that yes, many have similar problems. Or delayed ejaculation (which could have some kinky uses, but it's so disconcerting) or painful ejaculations, or none.

I was on Strattera for several months. On the positive side I noticed an almost miraculous 'clearing' of my mind. I was able to concentrate on and understand text books that I remember struggling to read in Grad School. This was very short lived, unfortunatelly.

On the negative side it basically rendered me impotent. I was able to achieve an erection but finishing was difficult and when I did have an emission it felt very forced. I suspect Strattera was affecting my prostate. In the end, the side sexual side effects were not acceptable.

While Adderall has been better, I suspect some sexual side effects from Adderall XR. I'm considering asking my doctor to switch me back to regular Adderall.

I am 42 and recently diagnosed with ADD.........although I've pretty much known that I've had it for over 30 years......  I have taken  Strattera (80)  for 2 weeks, and I really haven't noticed any real improvement other than a slight increase in "awareness" shortly after taking my morning dose.....  ON the negative side, I am more prone under stressful (IE athletically competitive) situations to lip off.   Sexually, my libido has not suffered at all, however, something seems to be going on with my prostate............  twice now I have gone to the bathroom for a #2, and had an involuntary (wasn't even "thinking" about sex) "leaky" ejaculation without the normal "good" sensation.......   I wouldn't even complain if it wasn't missing the sensation......but seriously.........Has anyone else experienced this?  Will it go away?  Has anyone taken Strattera and Cialis/Viagra?

I am a 51 year old male, recently diagnosed with ADD, but my wife has been compensating for 30 years for me. I've been on Strattera, 40 mg daily, for 10 days. Urinary problems vary, depending on how much I have had to eat, and how long it has been since taking the Strattera. The worst effects occur at the first urination after taking the medication, especially if I took it before eating. It almost feels like I am having a bowel movement through my penis, that is to say, it comes in waves, and takes a long time. Very strong urge to urinate, very slow flow, never sure if I am done. The symptoms improve throughout the day, and if I take the medication on a full stomach they are very much less severe, basically just a weak stream, and some dribbling. + + Sexual problems seem similar, the closer the activity to the time I took the medication the worse. Today for example, I was very horny, no sex yesterday, but I had cum twice on Saturday. (more on that in a moment.) My wife was in a hurry, she was on her way out of the house for an appointment, so she agreed to masturbate me. (She is very accomodating.) She couldn't get me to cum (not unusual) so I took over. It had been very good, but took a lot of work to get off. But the pain immediately after orgasm was exquisite. It's like ejaculating hot peppers. + + Other experiences have been similar. The other day I was very horny, but couldn't get hard, but I came still soft, it was kind of unnerving, not as satisfying as it should have been, a lot of leakage as has been reported, it almost seems like the ejaculation and the orgasm are unrelated events. Very odd. Saturday I wasn't feeling horny, but got some stimulation. I couldn't get full hard, and during masturbation, I didn't want to cum yet, so I quit stroking. But I ejaculated anyway, just not very satisfying. I thought, if I can ejaculate without orgasm, maybe I can orgasm without ejaculating, so I continued stroking. Pretty soon I had a very satisfying orgasm with ejaculation, less than 1/2 hour after the first. Pretty good for an old man after 3 days of good sex in the days leading up to it. But still the burning in the urethra and prostrate. It just is less severe when it has been all day since taking the medication. + + If all this doesn't get better I am going to go back to being ADD. Has anyone found a way to effectively deal with this? It's rather frustrating. I'm a newly wed and we're trying to start a family here... It's like my ADD went from my head to the "little soldier" and now he can't pay attention long enough to get anything worthwhile done. That sucks.

I've ramped up from small doses like 10 to 20 to 40 to 80 a week at a time. I am somewhat worried because I just barely started on 80 this week and now I'm having the problems. Is this because the 40 doseage was too much? What does that mean next week will be like?

I take it mixing other meds to handle the sexual dysfunction aspect of this isn't the best idea?

I've never had a problem before unless I was on too much adderal or something. Once the adderal had worn off for the day, I was fine.

Let me know what you know.
  I am a 30 year old Male, never had a problem in the area of sexual arousal/performance until I took Strattera.  I couldn't get it up the first night I went on it (And that was scary because I never had this happen before)...lucky that was the only time.  After that ejaculating wasn't the same...there was a burning sensation on the ocassion and pre-ejaculatory fluid was more frequent than normal. I'm off Strattera now..while the med certainly helped me focus and concentrate more..the side effects far outweighed the good parts  IMHO.