Strattera is pretty polarising.

The best advice for it would be to increase your dose slowly, even if it means going at half the rate that your doctor advises. If possible, get their go-ahead to increase the dose slower than usual.

Expect side effects when you increase your dose. Often they settle down over time.

I'd try to go into it open-minded and without reading up on the side effects too much because of the nocebo effect (the opposite of the placebo effect). If you start feeling side effects and you want to know more about them and how to manage them, definitely go searching at that point but before then try to avoid bringing too many expectations into your experience of it.

Some people love Strattera, some people hate it, some people can't tolerate it. It's a very neat medication and it's unique in how it works but the side effects kill it for a lot of people, unfortunately. It's an absolute game changer for some people though.

Best med I have ever taken for my combination of disorders (ADHD and OCD), it made me feel normal. However, it reduced my sleep time to 3h so I had to stop taking it. As far as sexual side effects go, it caused my ejaculations and orgasms to desync by a few seconds if that makes sense, was kind of funny actually

I take Strattera, and it works great for me, but only because I also take Wellbutrin.

I really hope it works, I'm so tired of being tired!

This is what I like the most about Strattera, I don't feel drained outside of some small window of time when I'm supposed to try to be productive like I did when I took stimulants. I can focus pretty much whenever I want, though cardio exercise still helps me feel focused, post-workout.

Other than not draining me like stimulants do, Strattera by itself does not make me feel like I have more energy. I take it a few hours before going to bed, it does not keep me awake. Wellbutrin wakes me up during the daytime, for me it functions as a replacement for a stimulant (Strattera helps with focus, Wellbutrin helps with alertness).

When I took Strattera without an antidepressant, I felt a little depressed. It's hard to say if that was because of the Strattera, though, that was over a decade ago.

This probably won’t be helpful. But here’s my experience.

I took it for about 4 months. 40mg daily. In terms of treating ADHD symptoms, it was ok. Kind of like caffeine without the racing heart or thoughts. It made me feel pretty emotionally numb though. Like everything was a little too placid in my head. And it affected how my brain prioritizes things. Like it made me feel calm when I probably should have felt a little bit anxious, like studying for an exam that I bombed or being late on papers. I could study and write papers more effectively, but I just didn’t because I wasn’t that stressed about it.

The worst was the stomach issues. My doctor kept telling me it was normal to have changes in my appetite and eventually it’d go away. It just didn’t really get better. I felt nauseated for hours everyday. I hated how it made my stomach feel. I had no appetite for anything. It sucked.

However, while I was on Straterra I was being treated for other medical/mental health issues. Those other treatments I was undergoing probably changed the Straterra’s effectiveness in some way.

Worked great for me, but had completely unacceptable side effects.