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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • Visiting my husband’s home town where this has happened and all his parent’s friends have moved into trailers because the houses where they raised their kids were bought for insane amounts but then they couldn’t afford a smaller house in the same town. Where we live now on the East Coast, we can no longer stay in our school district for less than half a million because doctors from larger urban areas keep buying the houses in our school district and we’re being forced 60+100 miles out from my hometown where we raised our young kids to even begin to afford housing.


  • I’m happy to report Straterra leaves me personally totally intact. I get a little more bored on the weekends but otherwise feel fine. I only drink socially but so far Alcohol presents no issues. I’m a full-time stoner and I haven’t noticed any differences in my Cannabis effects. I do smoke just a little less because I’m a little more focused during the day but it’s not a big difference.

    I got off stimulants 20 years ago because I hated feeling like I was ‘either on or off’ and Straterra has given me a steady middle ground that’s supremely pleasant. I was very against meds but after I hit 40 and was working from home over pandemic my symptoms just weren’t manageable any more and Straterra helped immensely.


  • I’ve been on Straterra for about 18 months.

    You do need to take it every day because the drug builds up in your system over about 3 weeks to the correct levels. It adjusts how much of your norepinephrine gets reused and so it takes some time to take full effect. I also was in the habit of only taking stims on work days and this will not work for that, it needs some time.

    The biggest side effect I or anyone I know has had is some lightheadedness right before my next dose. I ended up getting split doses 12 hours apart but you can also bump the dose up to avoid this, I’ve been told.

    Compared to stimulants, I prefer the steadyness of Straterra. I don’t wake up in a panic state every morning, I think thought a problem first before a knee-jerk reaction sets in, and I can focus on my work without being constantly side-tracked, and I still feel like “myself” and can engage in my creative work day after day in a sustainable way.

    Best of luck to you!