From: Gina Pera
To: V.V.S.Ramakant
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:36:01 PM
Subject: Re: ------FW: [adhd-india] FYI - AD/HD Workplace strategies
Thank you.
I will just mention that one of the problems with Strattera is that it can push people into mania and aggression. This happens more frequently at the higher doses (for some, that is beyond 40 mg).
I do this work, Ramakant, because I was pulled into it, not because I sought it. I heard too many devastating stories from people whose doctors and therapists did not know what they were doing — and often did not really care. And there was some tragic aftermath. People in our local CHADD group, who are mostly people with ADHD, asked me to organize the group because I’m good at organizing.
I have no profit motive and no delusions of grandeur. Frankly, I am quite tired. I do it because I do care about facts and bodies of evidence. Because I’ve seen what happens when clinicians “wing it.”
best,
Gina