Its has been more than a week that I started starterra 40 mg. Its has been quite live changing already for me.
Not to say that it goes like that for everyone, but Stattera alrealdy helped me out aligning my emotional framework. The anxiety, self doubts, the daydreaming...
Without anxiety standing in front of everything I see, it made a lot of stuff more clear. Who I am, what I like, what I can't stand.
Its quite scary actually, never realizing how much anxiety I always carried.
I knew of it, but not the extend.
There even the little things that changed, i just occured to me the other day, that I am not applying lip balsam that often really. It was somewhat a tic, for self soothing.
I am a way calmer person. It may not sound like much, but as a person with anxiety. I would dread talking in public spaces, where I get a lot of attention like university lectures. My voice would tremble and my heart race, start sweating. Well, I dont really have that problem anymore. I can still get a little excited, but I now I can stand my ground and speak out my mind. I can be me, it feels great.
Now telling you all of this without my current side effects, would twist my real experience.
I currently struggle with muscle tensions in my neck and shoulder area. It has already got a little better, but it still feel like my muscles are pinched together there.
With that I currenlty struggle with bruxism - teethe grinding. It happens more at night than when I am awake, but I wake up with some tenching in my jaw.
My nights are currently are a bit restless. I wake up a couple of times in the night. I tend to dream more vividly. I am assuming because of my tension in my body, my mind tends to play nightmares. Associating the stiffness, with stressful events. Its just a personal theory of mine. Quite ironic how my night and day switched. Normaly I would sleep pretty well.
I hope these sideeffect will soon subside, but currently I do what I can to manage those through yoga stretches, pills, living more mindful.
Thought I would share my experience, thank you for everyone taking their time. I hope you may also find more peace of mind with this medication or one way another! :)