Google said Strattera goes up to 100mg but it was wrong. Psych said it goes up to 200mg.
Apparently I can also take a low dose stimulant together with Strattera.
I've been diagnosed 2x with ADHD, but he has to do an assessment and legally can't take my word for it, so totally understandable.
Raising Strattera to 100mg a day from 80mg and in 1.5 months if it isn't helping, we will do an ADHD assessment and he will prescribe me low dose stimulants + strattera.
@ashleyspencer You’re fortunate. Not only does your psychiatrist sound like he knows what he’s doing, you might not have to jump through that many more new hoops! 🦘
@Kencf618033 He’s very careful and has helped a lot. I thought it was good of him to say, let’s wait until I feel better because it sounds like I’m in a burnout, and I may not need stimulants when it passes. So for now just raising the one I’m already on just a small 20mg.
@ashleyspencer My suggestion — if you get to the stimulant phase, there is a real difference between the ritalin-type drugs (Concerta, for example) and the adderall types (Vyvanse being one of those).
If one compound doesn’t work well for you (too much / not enough), possibly consider the other type (after considering dosage adjustments etc w yr HCP)
@jacquiharper they gave me adderall at 17 and it did not go well. My hand tremors got really bad too. But your brain is still growing and developing at that age, so different than now.
The psych who diagnosed me in 2018 wanted to give me a low dose of concerta. Not sure which this psych would choose. Hopefully Strattera being raised works. Last time he raised it was a year ago and it took this long to wear off.
@pathfinder his orders were to rest and let the burnout pass before we go adding any new ADHD meds. But he’s upping the non-stimulant 20mg to help for now.
@Cassandra I don’t have that because the assessment was done when I was 17, and then a psychiatrist diagnosed me again in 2018. It was so long ago he has to do one himself.
@ashleyspencer@JeremyMallin Makes sense in this context. But I’ve definitely heard of people having to regularly prove that they’re permanently disabled to get benefits.
@Cassandra@JeremyMallin It works like that here in the US with SSDI. They do evaluations every few years to see if you can work or not.
It’s unfortunate that disability keeps people in poverty. I probably could have gotten on it in the past, but I didn’t want my income to be capped at poverty.
@Cassandra@JeremyMallin The shitty thing is once you turn 65 you can’t collect SSDI anymore because you’re social security age, but since they didn’t work and didn’t pay into social security, it’s either next to nothing or no SS at all.
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