Been taking qelbree since January. This godforsaken drug has seemingly made me nocturnal. How do I fix it?
I’m writing this at 3 am in my time. I’m 24 years old and take qelbree for ADHD. I recently got my dosage increased from 200 mg to 400 mg. After taking that dosage for a couple of weeks, my sleep schedule is completely destroyed. I feel dead tired randomly throughout the day. I could be sitting or lying randomly anywhere and I will struggle to keep my eyes open and begin to doze off. But the second I actually get ready for and go to bed at night, I all of a sudden can’t fall asleep at all. I lay there in bed with the lights off just staring at the ceiling in the dark. It’s a horrible feeling.
If and when I do fall asleep, I only stay asleep for a couple of hours. I feel horrible all the time. I was initially taking it in the morning and I switched to doing so in the evening to no effect. It was actually helping with my focus and attention, but now the lack of sleep is beginning to cancel it out. Do I just stop taking it and see what happens? My next psychiatrist appointment isn’t until the end of June and I can’t wait that long to be able to sleep again.