Does anyone know what #Atomoxetine does to a motherfucker?

#ADD #ADHD #Medicine #Sideeffects #Neurodivergent #WhatThisDo

#tdah #atomoxetine #ritaline #audhd #fibromyalgie #fatiguechronique #medication #neuroa #neurodiv #handicapinvisible #sommeil #paralysiedusommeil

Hey folks 👋

For those who don't already know, we're currently signed off work due to depression, anxiety, and burnout.

Our employer is supportive, but there are multiple, fundamental, ongoing issues with the organisation that no amount of individual support can resolve. We cannot go into more detail.

During the last 2 and a bit weeks, we've done a mixture of resting and doing tasks we've been meaning to do for ages, but neither had the time nor spoons to do.

We're still on 200 mg sertraline (an SSRI) daily, but we've made the switch from taking 150 mg bupropion (an NDRI) daily alongside to 40 mg atomoxetine (an sNRI, not an SNRI) daily alongside. We're slowly titrating up to the recommend 80 mg dose.

As we came off the bupropion steadily, we definitely felt it (i.e., mood; executive function; energy etc.), but the effects are levelling off as our atomoxetine dose steadily increases.

The bupropion had helped us for a while, both with our mental health and some ADHD struggles, but could only do so much. As such, we decided to make the unorthodox switch to atomoxetine.

Bupropion is an atypical NDRI and antidepressant: it boosts noradrenaline and dopamine (to a lesser extent). However, it's only prescribed off licence for ADHD, as it's not been shown to be effective. Atomoxetine, conversely, is mainly used to treat ADHD in people who do not respond well to stimulants, such as methylphenidate. It directly boosts noradrenaline and indirectly boosts dopamine in the prefrontal cortex by a decent amount.

Since we do not tolerate any stimulants well (even caffeine), atomoxetine is our best bet in terms of an ADHD med that also helps with our mental health.

Unlike bupropion, it doesn't have any major interactions with sertraline (only moderate), and we can take 40 mg propranolol tablets alongside to help keep our anxiety under control, rather than turning straight to 10 mg diazepam tablets.

So far, we're doing well with the switch, both physically and mentally, but it'll be a while before we know for sure whether this the ideal medication combination.

We are still very much in low power recovery mode, so don't expect anything much or consistent from us.

A last note to sign this off: from the above listed drugs, the only one we can currently get via the NHS is sertraline. We may be able to get atomoxetine through the NHS in the future, but that's dependent on us ever actually getting a formal ADHD diagnosis 😮‍💨 The waiting lists are rather long... even when using the Right To Choose a mental health service provider.

Apologies for any typos.

#MentalHealth #depression #anxiety #burnout #neurodivergent #ADHD #AuDHD #NHS #NHSEngland #sertraline #SSRI #bupropion #NDRI #atomoxetine #sNRI #serotonin #noradrenaline #dopamine #RightToChoose #propranolol #diazepam #stimulants #methylphenidate

En Europa solo se permite un medicamento para tratar el TDAH en personas adultas, y solo si el primer diagnóstico se dio en la edad adulta.

Y casualmente ese único medicamento que se me permite tomar no me funciona, y llevo gastando casi 30 € todos los meses desde marzo del año pasado.

Pues ya estoy harto. No voy a tomar más pastillas para el TDAH, salvo que me receten algo que me funcione.

#ADHD #TDAH #Atomoxetine @EUCommission

Hey, people who take #atomoxetine -

What time of day do you take it, and why?

Does anyone have any experience with or personal knowledge of the medication “#atomoxetine”?

Starting a new non-stimulant #ADHD med today (#Atomoxetine) and then proceeded to drink a venti coffee with an extra shot. Curious to see how these two will interact.

#mentalhealth

An update for anyone who is interested.

https://epicwhim.com/personal-updates/adhd/647-my-adult-adhd-experience-week-two

#ADHD #AdultADHD #Atomoxetine

So I started a journey today. #ADHD #strattera #atomoxetine https://epicwhim.com/personal-updates/adhd/639-my-adult-adhd-experience-day-one

Does #ADHD medication help with emotional dysregulation?

Getting pretty tired of being pissed off at the tiniest things and being miserable most of the time.

#EmotionalDysregulation #methylphenidate #lisdexamfetamine #dexamfetamine #atomoxetine #guanfacine

Trying to switch #ADHD meds sucks. I haven't been very productive for the last two weeks.
Switching from #Adderall due to the side-effects of a daily stimulant.
Trying #Strattera as soon as insurance approves it.
Anybody have any experience with #Atomoxetine / Strattera?

@andthisismrspeacock I also feel like the doctors here follow a roadmap that always starts with #atomoxetine, then #methylphenidate and if both don't work, they'll start with the amphetamine variants. I heard some people very quickly going away from atomoxetine, while I was quite happy with it for about 2 years and if not for some unexpected life events, might have stayed on it

Have any #ADHD people here been on #atomoxetine? My friend is considering it... if so, how would you compare it to stimulant therapy like #adderall?