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Strattera vs other anti-anxiety meds (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My psych wants to take me off Strattera because it isn't helping my ADHD and apparently it's quite expensive.
One thing it is helping me with though is my anxiety – I no longer get the random bouts of anxiety that I used to and I feel like I'm just generally more chill and enjoying the present moment.
What's more, I can actively feel the Strattera keeping me calm at times when my brain would have panicked before, like when approaching girls.
Do you know if other anti-anxiety meds my psych is likely to give me will have this same effect, or should I urge him to keep me on Strattera?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like mentioned by others, the emotional regulation is a good result from your current medication. Is your psych recommending you switch to another medication?

I'm on antidepressants for my ADHD so the experience is likely slightly different, but being on ritalin solely at the beginning occasionally sent me into a focused spiral into very unhappy feelings that seemed even more consuming than usual. Then I switched to generic wellbutrin, which wasn't for long but gave me insomnia.

Currently on Pristiq now and I and my partner have noted significant improvements in my short term memory and emotional regulation. Maybe your psych thinks there's something that can address more than one symptom? Hope it works out for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You say you had problems with short term memory – did you keep forgetting what you were doing have having to re-trace your steps/thoughts? This is one of my problems, it's gotten so bad that I forget like every 2 minutes and always mumble 'What was I doing? What was I doing?' to myself...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, a lot of that. If you gave me 5 tasks in a row I'd remember maybe the last 2 and wouldnt even remember there were more tasks. Now my memory is noticeably a lot better. I usually remember what I came back to my room to grab now. It's very different from what I dealt with before...

Of course I do recommend writing down work tasks and stuff when you can - it helps supplement and cover for the bits you still end up forgetting.