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What new medications are all the cool kidz taking these days? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Been on the same meds forever so I have no idea whats been brought to market people are taking but curious whats been cooked up as of late

Mine is quite old school ;)

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[–] lwhjp 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I dunno if I (41) count as a kid, but I got diagnosed last year and put on atomoxetine. It's got the jumping-from-thought-to-thought under control so I can concentrate on something if I get started, and I guess making phone calls is a bit easier now. But I'm still very much ADHD, just under control a bit.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My partner's on atomoxetine with a similar experience. It doesn't magically make everything better the same way that stimulants seem to, but it's a fairly big improvement without needing to worry about the effects waning.

[–] lwhjp 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it would be nice if I could get some stimulants too to help when I really need to get something done, but I can kind of work around it with large doses of caffeine. (I live in Japan where even most doctors can't prescribe amphetamines)

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thats Straterra right?

[–] fan0m@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Yes it is. Straterra is the brand name

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I know this is 6 months old but I just wanted to share my experience which was negative, I just got diagnosed and my psychiatrist wanted to try Atomoxetine before a stimulant. I was only on 20mg for two weeks, it raised my resting heart rate by 30 - 40 bpm. My resting heart rate was literally 100 bpm because of it, blood pressure also sky rocketed. It made me depressed and took away my libido. I hated that shit.

But it gave me cool vivide dreams every night. It works well for some people.