It’s 4:47pm, and I’m exhausted. I had a U10G practice from 9:00-10:30 and a practice/game (which I reffed) from 12:45-145.
Maggie sometimes says: “Maybe if you didn’t sprint the whole time you coached, you’d be less tired after practice!”  But I can’t help it. I get super-amped being around all those kids.
My boys team has three kids with disabilities ranging from mild-to-heavy-moderate. It makes for a more challenging practice. We’re trying to focus on all the kids, not just the one who is causing the disruptions. Urg.
Hey! Did I ever mention that I got put on Strattera about a month ago? 60 mg. Wednesday, they upped it to 100, although I’ve been ramping it up via an interim-80 until tomorrow, when I go to the full dose. So far… well… nothin’. Not a thing. But that’s why they upped the dose, I guess.
Anyway. It’s time for me and my oldest to run some errands, so I’m off.
Love to all. Even you, the kid who kept grabbing me where I don’t want to be grabbed.
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My boyfriend is on strattera as well, but only takes 80? Not sure. I can definitely tell when he is off of it. He eats everything in sight. It suppresses(sp?) his appetite and makes him constipated, all of which I know you wanted to know.
When we were in NYC for vacation, he didn’t take it. Can you guess why we spent more on food than anything else?
Somehow, I can’t imagine you not sprinting the whole time, anywhere.
You’re tired and STILL doing errands?
I’d be asleep by now.
Way to go, dad!
The kid touching you? WHERE WERE HIS PARENTS?!
Were you on Concerta before? Was that just a bust? I hope Straterra is the drug for you! It’s a whole different ball game than Ritalin/Concerta, works in a more subtle way (and acts on increasing levels of norepinephrine, rather than norepi and dopamine). And it makes you drowsy, as opposed to the stimulant effect of Ritalin, so that may also be why you’re sleepy.