Posted by Whit on October 15, 2004, at 22:54:15
My wife has never been on any psychotropic drugs of any kind. She is generally a lightweight, and it doesn't take much to knock her out.
She decided recently that she needed to focus better at work, and she has had a difficult time with that for a while, but she has been able to compensate. Anyway, she started taking Strattera. The pdoc gave her 60mg tablets to take at night. At first, she dumped some of the powder out of the capsules so she would not start so high, but the past few nights she has taken the full 60mg.
At the beginning there were some mornings where she would be dizzy, but right now she is not really having any side effects.
However, she says she does not feel any differently either. It has been a little over a week. Shouldn't she be feeling something?
I have read that the therapeutic dosage is around 80mg, but she is not willing to ask the pdoc for an increase just yet, especially since she has not really noticed anything (except the fatigue and dizziness she usually slept off).
Any ideas?
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