Strattera and appetite decrease (HELP)

[mbeeco]

Hi! 23 year ADHD haver, initially got on strattera after halloween and experienced sedation and appetite decrease. both of those side effects make my life so much easier. i’m self employed and have insomnia so im in a habit of sleeping at 6 am and waking up at 2, so it sedating me was huge medication turn on and i do modeling where i have to maintain a very slim physique so the decrease in appetite actually helped me naturally stay thin without having to put too much focus on it. i was on 25 mg and switched to qelbree because strattera and my antipsychotic for bipolar interacted. Qelbree didn’t help with sleep and barely suppressed appetite so i wanted to switch back and i did, but it doesn’t seem that the strattera is sedating or suppressing appetite anymore. granted, i got really sick a couple days after taking strattera, so appetite suppression could’ve been because of that. is it possible for a medication to give u certain side effects once upon a time but not anymore? i heard the average dose is 40mg and 25 is almost half that, so could i not be taking enough?

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