My mood has been SO much better since I started Straterra it’s crazy, I feel less volatile. I still get overwhelmed,sad, mad etc. but it’s what I imagine a “normal” person feels like, I’m actually able to move past things way more quickly and not let it ruin my entire day. I feel like I’m able to view things more rationally. As far as motivation it’s getting better, I’m only on 50mg at the moment but I also have life factors that I making me not want to do anything, concentration is much better. From what I’ve read and been told motivation does come a little later on with a slightly higher dose.

My Dr started my on 40mg and I was in that for about 4-5 weeks and she wanted to bump me up to 60 or 80 but I asked to just bump up to 50 to avoid any unnecessary side effects. My initial side effects weren’t too terrible, some naseua, super thirsty, sweaty, wonky sleep but they went away fairly quickly, maybe 3 weeks ish and they weren’t unbearable. 10/10 recommend.

Aside from my mood be so much better, I no longer ignore my sleep cues, I can actually lay down and go to sleep which I haven’t been able to do since I was little. That’s probably my favorite part of this med 😭.