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One of the main side effects from mixing certain drugs appears to be anger issues. Read on for more information:

• My 5 1/2 yr. old son begins Strattera (10 mg. going to 20mg. after one week, depending) tomorrow. He is curently on Valproic Acid (Depacote) for a seizure disorder named Lennox-Gastaut. His neurologist suggested that if the Strattera turns out to be ineffective that Adderal is next. Because of his seizure disorder we have addressed his:

1. Seizures w/Valproic 2. Sleep Disorder w/Benadryl

Now we find ourselves with a seizure-free, full-night sleeping child that has a 5-10 second attention span. I'll let you know how the Strattera works.

• I am 18. I have ADHD innatentive type, (aka ADD). I'm a very bright kid and if you met me in person, you couldn't tell. I tried switching from adderall to strattera for a summer between middle school and High School. It made me extremly Irritable, paranoid and anxious. It appeared to be anger and irritability to my family. I went back to adderall and felt much better. However, last year i went to see an ADHD specialist in my area and she prescribed a much smaller dose of strattera (18mg for 1st week, then 36mg afterwards) to be taken at night. this also helped my trouble sleeping. My previous dose was aroung 200mg per day, taken in the morning. obviously WAY too much. now on the smaller dose i feel much better. i still take 40mg of adderall in the morning and 20mg in the afternoon. i can function normally and sleep more than 3-4 hours a night.

• He's just a kid. Who's giving him all this stuff? Even just taking one of them can be dangerous. Check ritalindeath.com for information on how to take him off the stuff, what to do instead, and which other sites would come in handy.

• My son was in to see the doctor yesterday and has been diagnosed with severe ADHD. I was wanting to put him on Stratera and was told that it only addresses part of the problem. I was told with my son Stratera would be great working in conjunction with Adderal or Ritlin. So that is likely why he is on both Adderal and Stratera. Hope that helps. We have tried about everything natural for my son. We were very nervous about meds. Now it has come to the point that his ADHD has caused him to be extremely depressed. Natural ways don't always work and sometimes medication is the only way to give these poor children a normal life. They deserve to be happy like all the other children.

• My Nephew was on both Strattera and Adderal. It seemed to cause anger issues. Once the Strattera was removed, the anger dissolved.

• I am 19 and have depression, anxiety, and panic disorders. I was taking Wellbutrin SR and Adderall. The Wellbutrin is for depression and I was taking it twice a day. The Adderall I began taking a few months ago after being diagnosed with Adult ADD. I noticed that I became immune to it and the doctor increased my dosage. Over the past month I have been a mess, EXTREMELY irritable, cannot concentrate on anything, feel "spaced out" all the time, horrible memory, etc. which made it very difficult to make and keep friends and do well in school. I finally went to the doctor today and he switched me to Wellbutrin XL, a higher dosage of Adderall (2x a day), and Strattera. My dad didnt like the idea that I was on so many meds and just did not understand it. I now see that Strattera is used WITH other meds and not alone. So it basically boosts the other meds. As for the Adderall and Strattera mixing, well, I was prescribed both, so it was not just you. I thought it was odd because I thought they were the same, but after reading several things on the internet I have found that it is normal to take it with other ADHD meds.

• My son and daughter take Straterra only and it works great. I believe that the increased anger some people have noticed when used in conjunction with Adderall is not from the Straterra, but the Adderall, or more correctly from the combination therapy. I noticed that when my son took Straterra in conjunction with a ritalin based product, he was wildly hyper, and I believe the same to be basically true for Adderall. The Ritalin based products my children where taking needed dosage increases every 3 months consistently, which I believe to be necessary because the body adjusts to the meds so a higher dosage is needed to get the same results. Adderall is the same. In the evening hours when Ritalin based products would wear off my children were especially hyperactive (even more so than before they started meds) and decreasing the dosage caused withdrawl symptoms. This pattern of Highs, Lows, and withdrawl symptoms tells me that these drugs are addictive. I stopped giving him the stimulant drug altogether and kept him on Straterra only and within a day he was normal again. I would not recommend combining Straterra with Adderall or a ritalin based product. But, after a year of Straterra following a year of a Ritalin based product, I could not recommend any stimulant even taken alone.

• I have a 15 year old son that takes risperdal and strattera. It seems to be working at the present time. He has OCD, ADHD and a tic disorder.

• My son is eight and has ADHD. Please note although Risperdal is widely prescribed for children. It is NOT, I repeat, NOT apporved for use in children by the mfr. Janssen. Closed clinical trials, those required by the FDA to approve efficacy have not been done for children. Risperdal can cause certain serious and ptotentially permanent side effects in children and adults. Go to www.risperdal.com for more info. I have switched psychiatrists because he wanted to combine Adderall and Risperdal. The adderall appears to work. Also note that the prescribed dose for Strattera is 1.2mg per kilo of weight. He also got that wrong. Bottom line - go to the mfgr's website for the best info. They created it, make it, get approval for it, and have their companies on line over it. Doctor's can legally prescribe anything for anybody and base it on any study. Please note the Paxil class action related to use in children. The mfr. Glaxo Smith Kline is in big trouble because it did NOT publish certain studies related to severe side effects in children.

• I only take adderall and strattera. The closer I take adderall with the stattera, the stronger my bad symptoms: I experience indigestion, and nausia, like I'm about to vomit, although I haven't yet. I was able to solve this by taking strattera at night and adderall in the morning. Besides the imediate, for the long term, I haven't been aware of other symptoms or decrease effectiveness.

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