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Hello ADD/ADHD thread! I am a long time lurker and now a full member of the  contingent. I'm on Atomoxetine and thanks to the advice here, took it with some food this morning and all seems to be well stomach wise.I'm trying to figure out how to judge the effectiveness vs. placebo effect. I'm told it takes a few days to really ramp up in the system, 25mg for the first week, then 50 thereafter, but how quickly do psychological effects take place?
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Mechafunkzilla posted:A good question for your psychiatrist. Haha, well of course, just curious what others have done to see the difference.
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Feb 26, 2018 15:10
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BoneMonkey posted:These drugs dont seem to effect us all the same way. Fair enough.. I need to be patient and see what happens. I'm pretty sure that a placebo can't keep me focused for days at a time  Thanks!
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Feb 26, 2018 20:07
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Geisladisk posted:Yeah, this stuff varies a lot person to person. Interesting! It's kind of freaky to me how these things work, the Strattera literature basically says straight up "we've no idea why this treats ADD, but it does! v v"
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Feb 28, 2018 00:51
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Drugs that have to cross the blood-brain barrier tend to be like that, with effective dose relatively independent of bodyweight. Ah, that makes sense. I'm finishing up week 1 and it's...good? I get an attention boost but still get distracted, but I'm kinda consumed by what distracts me. I think this is probably more a self-discipline thing than the meds at this point. I feel like if I pull myself back to the task-at-hand, I can get back to work with minimal disruption. It's cool to have this kind of control. I can feel some anti-depressant effect (even though I'm not depressed), I feel almost happier than should be natural at times. Not really giddy but just not knee-jerk annoyed at every little thing. Pdoc wants me to up the dose to 2x25/day, do people usually take them at the same time in the morning, or spread out through the day? I'm leaning toward one in the morning, and one around noon. Doc's order just says 'take two'.
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Fusion Restaurant posted:Echoing call your doctor -- timing matters, so he should definitely have some prescription for it. Spoke to the doc, they're basically like 'whichever works for you'. The main concern with 1am/1pm is that you'll forget the PM dose, but it seems to be working great for me. Related, has anyone else taken the Quotient test? They track your reactions as you identify different shaped stars on a screen and hit the spacebar when anything *but* a 5-point star comes up. Apparently I missed the point of the test (which is consistent reaction times) because I thought accuracy was more important, so I scored beyond ADHD. I'm ok with the outcome since at least it's something measurable that I can test against again.
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