I wanted to ask a question to see if anyone has experienced this or can help.

I was diagnosed as a child with ADD. When I turned 13, I stopped "hopping around the class" and "blurting out", so my parents discontinued Ritalin. I had never been able to concentrate in college, hopped from job to job due to lack of interest, etc., but never put 2+2 together. I also had a very hard time falling asleep due to all the "noise and static" in my head.

When I was 25, I started becoming very agitated, so my doctor put me on Paxil, which I had been taking for over 13 years.

By chance, I took an online ADHD diagnosis quiz, and immediately showed the results to my doctor. He had me see a specialist, who started me on Strattera. I started with 25mg, then 40mg then 40mg in the am and 25mg in the pm seemed to do the trick.

I became amazingly focussed on my work, and am able to read things and recall them like I never had. However, the Strattera was keeping me up at night even more, so the doctor prescribed Ambien, then Rozerem, neither of these worked. He prescribed Seroquel 50mg, and WOW - I fall asleep about 45 minutes after taking it, sleep very soundly, no tossing and turning, and wake up very refreshed.

My problem is that I don't know if it's the Strattera, or the fact that I am amazingly focussed now, but the slightest interruption when I'm watching TV, reading, or concentrating gets me very agitated (especially repetitive background noise or kids). The Paxil used to take care of this, but it stopped working. The doctor put me on Lexapro, and that's not working either. I DO NOT want to give up the Strattera - I have an amazing new focus, but I can't go on being agitated whenever I'm concentrating on something.

Has anyone else experienced this with Strattera? Any suggestions? Thanks!

Never been on Stratera personally but I do know some med combinations don't always work with some people's body chemistry. And getting the right combo is a pain in the arse! You definitely want to talk to your doctor.

Strettera did the same thing right when it was working boom it quit same with the paxil this is a newer addhd drug it's simmilar to adderall but safer called Vyvanse not as many side effects as adderall. If that doesn't work maybe try provigil which is also milder then most stimulants I"ve taken didn't help with the focus as much ,but i will say it did help me stay awake
Right now I"m on a remeron ,and Vyvanse combo working great

All the drugs you mettioned did the same thing worked great for a wile then quit talk to the doc though i know some ADs it helps if you cycle off for it for awile then try again after so many months like me ,and the remeron off of it for about 2yrs now it's working great since I started again.

This post has been edited by mccoffee: Jun 23 2008, 07:07 AM