I have mainly been off meds all my life - I went through a trial periods of various medications with a psychiatrist last year. I stopped seeing them because they didn’t listen to me and I had a reaction to the last medication we tried. I’m thinking of resuming my meds journey soon.

What have people’s experience been with Strattera in general? I’m open to non stims but it concerns me that it’s not recommended to mix with alcohol. In my 20s and drink socially, so cautious of that aspect vs stims

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Never tried it, Adderall has always worked just fine for me. Definitely recommend talking to the pharmacist or your psych about interactions with alcohol. If mixing is strongly discouraged and social drinking is a part of your life, you've got to try something else.

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It sounds cliche but … keep advocating for yourself. It took me quite a few tries (and even more insurance hurdles) to settle on the one that worked for me.
I haven’t tried the medicine you mention below but would love to keep up with your journey to learn more!

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I’m having success with straterra and intuniv. Adderall and vyvanse were very addicted and bad for me. What meds have you tried?

I had an odd skin rash - my psychiatrist told me its not a side effect (I only saw her over video call) so I went to my derm and they said she had seen people with similar rashes from similar medications (SSRI) and she was basically of the opinion - why not stop the meds and see if the rash stops if it’s the only change I’ve made recently? Rash stopped as I moved off the meds, but the medication was great otherwise. I was on 150 MG.

Rash was super odd - it would really only crop up at night, super itchy and unbearable. Rash is a possible reaction of basically every medication so I don’t know why the psychiatrist was so quick go dismiss but whatever

I would honestly stop by your pharmacy and ask to speak to the pharmacist about it. This is exactly what they went to school for, and I feel like everyone forgets that they’re literally doctors of pharmacy. :)

The questions I would ask are: 1) Is it a strong reaction to alcohol? Or would you be ok to skip a dose in the evening if you know you’re going to go out with friends? 2) does it take a while to build in your system or will you see results right away? 3) is there any other option that they would recommend you speaking to your doctor about considering your other medications and social alcohol consumption?

OP, I get that you’re frustrated with your process, and I understand it. But please let me point out a couple flaws I see in your reasoning.

Pharmacists go through 5 years of schooling based solely in pharmacy. (Think of this as similar to how a medical doctor does 1 year of internship and 4 years of residency in their specialty.) This includes in-depth pharmacokinetics, how to recognize unsafe dosages of hundreds of types of medications, recognizing repeated therapies, and also identifying conflicting treatments. They also study compounding, eye, ear, oral, subcutaneous, and intravenous routes of administration. they frequently catch medication allergies that doctors do not, saving lives in the process. They determine if dosages of medications need to be increased or decreased based on medication interactions. This is *entirely* what they went to those extra 5 years of school for.

Whereas… Medical doctors? They took less than 5 pharmacy classes through their many years of undergraduate, graduate, internship, residency, fellowship…

If I had to trust one person regarding medication interactions, it would be a pharmacist over everyone else. 10 times out of 10.

The psychiatrist might be more familiar with some medications, but at the end of the day, they’ll likely tell you not to drink because it’s “bad for you.” A pharmacist will tell you how it’ll interact with your medication, why you want to avoid mixing them, and how to safely consume limited amounts of alcohol while taking different types of medication, or if it’s too much of a risk in safety to mix them at all.

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I have never taken that but I have heard realy good things. I have several friends on it and they all say that it is great. I mean, no medication is really supposed to be mixed with alcohol lol.

Tbh pretty much every mental health or brain-related drug is going to have potential interactions with alcohol. I drink socially (only occasionally) but I have no issues with doing so because I’m drinking in the evening and by then, the effects of the Adderall I take have worn off. Drinking when I was on anti-depressants was much more of an issue for me than on ADHD medication.

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