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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 107438" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>Strattera is an antidepressant, not a stimulant, and like all antidepressants it has warnings about suicidal ideation/behavior. From the examples I've seen, that ideation is not related to depression but to impulsive -- even <em>compulsive</em> -- behavior and often involves choking/hanging. The biggest risk comes within the first 10 days of taking the drug (though it never goes away for those who are tripped into mania by antidepressants). It sounds like you saw that adverse reaction. For the doctor to assert "he shouldn't react at all to this cause its a non stimulant" shows either a lack of knowledge about the drug he is prescribing or an unwillingness to believe in adverse reactions. Red flag about the doctor as far as I'm concerned.</p><p></p><p>Have you had any neurological testing done for brain abnormalities or seizures? There's too much going on there not to do medical testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 107438, member: 1498"] Strattera is an antidepressant, not a stimulant, and like all antidepressants it has warnings about suicidal ideation/behavior. From the examples I've seen, that ideation is not related to depression but to impulsive -- even [i]compulsive[/i] -- behavior and often involves choking/hanging. The biggest risk comes within the first 10 days of taking the drug (though it never goes away for those who are tripped into mania by antidepressants). It sounds like you saw that adverse reaction. For the doctor to assert "he shouldn't react at all to this cause its a non stimulant" shows either a lack of knowledge about the drug he is prescribing or an unwillingness to believe in adverse reactions. Red flag about the doctor as far as I'm concerned. Have you had any neurological testing done for brain abnormalities or seizures? There's too much going on there not to do medical testing. [/QUOTE]
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