"i&#039;m 36 yr old female who has been on strattera for 8 months. when i started back to college full-time my focus was a mess and it took me hours to write the simplest of papers. growing up i greatly struggled in school and clearly it was due to undiagnosed add. as an adult i was diagnosed w depression/gen anxiety but never found much relief from medications. once i began the 80mg dose of strattera, i was sleeping better, able to focus in class and at home while tackling work and much of my anxiety is gone. over the break my dr suggested some people take a med break , so i did -- now realizing what a huge difference it made for me. side effects in the beginning were heartburn, but i took a xanax w dose and it subsided in about a month."