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?
Yes I’ve been on it for half a year now. I feel like I’m emotionally still the same (good thing) but the background anxiety that always used to constrain me has gone. I’ll have a talk with my psych and ask him once more if he could keep me on it. (My ADHD problems are more to do with not being able to focus on boring things rather than emotional dysregulation)