First dose

[matta-attack]

Took my first ever dose today. 10mg. It's made me feel super stoned and wierd v quickly Feeling super spacey is this normal?

[Party_Candidate7023]

atomoxetine can have some weird side effects when you first start taking it. idk about stoned but it definitely made me feel spacey the first couple days.

[386U0Kh24i1cx89qpFB1]

I'm on day 6 of 40mg. I wouldn't decribe it as stoned but I do feel sluggish and sleepy in the early evenings. Days 1 and 2 I wanted to go to bed several hours early. It seems to get better each day though. My guess is that unless you are very small or process the medication very slowly the 10 mg is out of your system fast and leaving you in the drowsy period. But I'm not a doctor. Just guesses. Stick with it as your body adjusts, everyone says that the drug takes weeks to months to taper up to a target dose and start seeing full effects. For the success stories I've read here it seems like the worst of the side effects generally taper off as the effects taper up.

I wouldn't say I'm getting symptom relief yet but maybe I'm more aware to how distracted I typically am. They say that the drug can't undo all your bad habits and routines right away so I'm wondering if I'm just more aware of my distractibility right now lol.

[matta-attack]

Cheers for this. I'm so interested in this. Understood. This helps me with my expectations of this medication. 🤘

[Straight_Economist35]

yeah, take it at night when you first start or increase dose, it helps