u/Balance-Mediocre

I’m about 3 weeks into take 200 mg Qelbree (started at that dose) and I am more sluggish, tired, have more brain fog, etc. The only minor benefit I initially felt was a bit less anxiety (but now that seems gone!) but it has done nothing for my ADHD and in fact has only made it worse. I’m supposed to have a Dr. appointment in a week but thinking I don’t want to stick it out another week at this dose, and am planning to message him to see about going down to 100 mg, and if still nothing, then getting off of it altogether.

I’ve read posts about tapering (THANK YOU EVERYONE. I’m so glad I’m on here because my Dr. said nothing about side effects if I were to stop taking it), but am so anxious about going down to 100 mg and getting off it even with all the tips people have shared (like getting migraine medicine, drinking a lot of water, etc). I have actually never had a migraine so I have no idea what that’s like, and am hopeful that it wouldn’t be TOO terrible if I’m not prone to them?!

Anything to ease my anxiety and help me with these adjustments would be wonderful. I’ve read the worst is going from 100 mg to nothing, but is it still bad going from 200 to 100 mg? Should I do 200 to 150 by pouring out some beads? And how do you measure that? Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I have been taking Qelbree almost 2 weeks, 200 mg. Drowsiness/fatigue/brain fog/spaciness have been my main side effects and I do feel like they are decreasing, thankfully, but I just want to feel some positive effects!! The tiredness and brain fog are making it more difficult to get work done and function normally, and I struggle to get out of bed in the morning. (And I sleep well, no insomnia!)

Overall, I feel my ADHD is worse (struggle with task initiation, focus) and I am just trying to wait it out and hope it gets better…I was on Wellbutrin for about 3 months earlier this year (with increased dose after 2 months) and didn’t feel any benefits with that, then Vyvanse made my ADHD symptoms worse, so it’s hard to be hopeful this will work for me.

Any encouragement/advice would be helpful. I’ve been taking it at night but might gradually shift to taking it in the morning. I just wish I saw little signs it was starting to work… I do feel like it has lessened my anxiety a bit overall, but then I still get anxious toward the end of the day thinking about how little work I got done!

I started on 200 mg Qelbree Friday night (first time taking this med) and have felt tired/drowsy especially in the afternoon the following day. I took it at 8 pm Friday night, and drowsiness hit me early afternoon Saturday. I took a nap early afternoon, woke up, then fell asleep again late afternoon. I took second pill last night (Saturday) around 10 pm, and this time was out and about this afternoon (Sunday) so couldn’t take a nap, but felt really tired/drowsy. I’m thankful my husband was driving us around.

I thought taking it at night would prevent afternoon drowsiness but apparently not? Any advice? Should I try shifting the time I take it? But I still want to be able to sleep through the night…Thankfully I haven’t had insomnia and have been able to sleep through the night both nights. I’m a little nervous driving this week. If this drowsiness has been your experience, did it get better pretty quickly?