ADHD Questions
ADHD Questions
Does Strattera give you focus?
Charles Li, MD
November 3, 2022
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Difficulty focusing is a key symptom of ADHD.
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Strattera is a non-stimulant treatment for ADHD that has specifically been shown to improve focus.
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However, everyone’s experience can be different. Some patients report having great results; for others, it might not work at all.
ADHD and Focus
A lack of focus and attention is one of the key symptoms of ADHD. The first two letters of ADHD stand for attention deficit.
According to the Mayo Clinic, one of the first symptoms that people notice when they suspect that they may have ADHD is difficulty focusing.
Strattera, as a treatment for ADHD, has improved ADHD symptoms, including providing patients with more focus.
Data on ADHD and Focus
One of the best ways to find out whether a drug can improve focus is by testing it in ADHD patients and seeing whether they notice an improvement in their focus.
One clinical trial studying once-a-day Strattera in adults did just that.
They randomly assigned certain patients to receive Strattera and others to receive a placebo control.
After the study, they tested the patients to see whether those who received Strattera performed better on ADHD tests, including tests of attention.
They found that those who received Strattera had improved their ability to focus compared to those in the control group.
This suggests that Strattera can indeed give you focus.
Individuals given Strattera had a greater reduction in their inattentiveness than those given a placebo control.
What does the FDA say about Strattera and focus?
The effectiveness of Strattera has been confirmed in the guide approved by the FDA for doctors and patients.
The quote below was taken from the prescribing guide for Strattera and summarizes the results of the clinical trials used to evaluate Strattera.
Do patients feel that Strattera gives focus?
As with any medication, experiences can vary for every patient.
Just because a medication performs well in a clinical trial doesn’t mean that every patient will feel better after taking it.
We have collected the quotes below to show the wide range of experiences people have had while taking Strattera.
On Reddit, many users reported that they didn’t feel much improvement at all on Strattera. They did not feel that Strattera gave them more focus.
One possibility here is that Strattera has a much slower, and in many cases subtler, effect than stimulants like Adderall, which can cause noticeable changes in a day.
On the other hand, patients on drugs.com reports having more positive experiences on Strattera.
The most helpful reviews of Strattera in that particular community were from individuals who reported the Strattera gave them more focus.