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February 8th 04, 10:11 AM

(Don W. McCollough) wrote:
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(Don W. McCollough) wrote:
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Don W. McCollough wrote:

"Mid" wrote in message
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Well I was raised to 200 mg of Seroquel at night and 120 mg of
Strattera in the morning accompanied by 100mg of Zoloft in the
morning also. The seroquel puts me to sleep but it also has a
lasting affect that muffles my anxiety powerfully throughout the
day. It leaves me groggy in the morning though ...that is till I
swoosh down my morning Strattera with several cups of coffee. You
might wonder why someone with anxiety problems would drink
coffee? I wonder also, but it seems to work to balance out the
Seroquel/Strattera mix. Its hard to get the right levels going in
my system but now by noon I am awake, sharp and astute due to the
Strattera but with no anxiety or unreasonable thoughts due to the
lasting affects of the Seroquel.

So here is the concern. Is this a healthy mix? It feels like I am
just taking downers at night and uppers in the morning. And when
the night draws near the time to take my Seroquel, I can hardly
wait...almost like I crave it already....probably because I know
it will keep the horrible anxiety away and keep my mood from
going bad. My mind is already creating unreasonable fears that
the drugs will take over and make me go nuts or something one
day.

I have no long term studies of these drugs to look at. So , I am
wondering if anyone else has this mix and how they are doing on
it.

I'm glad that these medications are having effect on you. I took
Strattera for a few weeks and it, ironically, made me depressed.
My combination was Zyprexa and Strattera ( along with Klonopin ).
Don't know that much about Seroquel. But the combo of meds
you're on sounds good and healthy. You're really not using heavy
duty uppers and downers, but very precise manipulators of
Dopamine (highs) and norepinephrine (lows). Strattera is a
really cool new drug for ADD. The Zoloft can lift your spirit
I've heard, though I never been helped with it.

You were asked to take Zyprexa as well as Klonopin at the same
time? Does the Strattera impact on dopamine? What is ADD?

I take both Zyprexa and Klonopin. The Klonopin is for my headaches.
The Zyprexa is for my thoughts.

Strattera acts to increase norepinephrine in the brain. Apparently,
some people
gain the ability to focus mentally when taking Strattera.

ADD is Attention Deficit Disorder. Strattera is marketed for the
treatment of ADD.

Take a few thousand of them at once, Staintard.

I tried that once. All it did was make me thursty. :-)

Hi tolerance I'd say.

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