Another post about side-effects

Hey all.

I tried Qelbree for the first time yesterday which was ~100mg since I opened to capsule per the instructions.

The last 24 hours have been awful. I was in and out of extreme fatigue and had to lie down several times. I went to bed early and slept quite a bit and woke up with sweats. I have slight nausea.

I'm making this post because I'm wondering if I should really try to endure this or if I should call my psych to let them know this is another medicine that isn't working for me. I'm not trying to be a baby and I know all meds can take a while to work but this has been extreme.

TIA

in qelbreeby LilArsene

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24d

Eissimare

24d

I'd give it a week and see how your feel from there. If symptoms improve, give it another week, otherwise, it just might not be for you.

LilArsene

24d

Thanks.

Day one was so awful and I know I have to tough it out to an extent but ugh.

IllustriousBelt7755

17d

I only made it one day!! I know when my body says no thanks.

LilArsene

17d

I'm sorry to hear that. I'll post an update to my post when I have something substantial to say about my experience.

I'm on the smaller side so starting at 100mg was probably "a lot" for me so I did 50-ish for a few days afterward and have done 100mg the last two days. I haven't had such severe problems since day one and two but I alternate between sleepiness and being awake. I'm sticking it out and seeing where this goes, to say nothing of what will happen with insurance.

myhoagie02

24d

It’s a little rough the first few days. I endured and feel like the medicine is helping now.

LilArsene

23d

Thank you for sharing. I'm hoping and begging that this works and this is worth it.

ggf1222

24d

I tried qelbree for 3 months and had almost all of the side effects lol. It made me so nauseous I just couldn’t tolerate it

ACoupleOfNoNameSlobs

24d

It’s altering brain chemicals and disrupting your natural mental state. Along with that can come systemic disruption. Looping in your doctor is 100% the best move. Keep a log of your side effects or progress and keep them posted as much as possible. They won’t know if you don’t tell them.

LilArsene

23d

Thank you. It's incredibly important to tell doctors what is happening contemporarily so that they can chart it and it can be used later in case you need a different medicine.

NerdyAssWebDev

24d

My first week onboarding was so hard that I almost quit. My half-dose was 100 mg and within 24hrs I was fatigued and fighting massive headaches.

Day 4-5 the mood swings were really rough. I had never experienced panic attacks before then and I had 2 pretty bad ones in 48 hours. The silver lining is that it leveled off by Day 7 before I was supposed to move up to my full dose.

Silver lining – I haven’t had a single issue since then. It’s kind of surprising, because my pharmacy has messed up my Rx refill a few times leaving me without a dose for 3-5 days.

All this to say… the side effects are no joke! But in my experience they taper off quickly.

Keep in contact with your physician so that they can guide you.

LilArsene

23d

Thank you for the solidarity.

I'm taking this medicine for ADHD but whenever a medicine makes me feel bad it distracts me even more which is the exact opposite of what I want.

I took a "half" dose of 50mg today so I could have at least some of it in my system. I'm going to try and stick it out in the hopes this works but this is the most miserable I've been trying a medicine.

Dorariona

23d

I was really tired on it starting out so my doctor recommended that I take it at night. Have been taking it at night ever since.

that_lanky_one

23d

Honestly the beginning side effects for Qelbree are awful. I am at 10 weeks on it and finally starting to really feel the good effects of it. The side effects changed throughout, but lasted about 7 weeks

ghost_lxver

21d

listen i don't think it's worth it, i've been on it for months and it was "okay" but then it got bad. really bad. i couldn't tell you a time frame cuz adhd LOL but months. don't settle for this drug.

Rosetintedtreebark

22d

My first 2 days were awful and had the same symptoms as yours. I'm on day 4 and big chillen.

Helpful-Jellyfish799

22d

I just started last Tuesday 100mg. The first day was horrible. Almost all side effects are now gone except for the fatigue. I take it at 4:45pm it's the extended release 1x a day. The fatigue doesn't kick in until about 8:30pm and lasts until until about 11am. I'm changing my schedule and taking it today at 2:45pm to see if it changes. I'm gonna give it a month.

ghost_lxver

21d

im cutting it off cold turkey after months of taking it. it's a hell of a drug. don't recommend. try something else. if you wanna know why, ask and i'll give. but it's a lot.

vermmin

21d

Id be interested to hear your experience with it. My psych wrote me a prescription but I’m waiting a bit to deliberate whether or not I want to actually try it. So far I’m not liking what Im hearing but I still want to get as many perspectives as I can before making a decision.

turbowned

20d

Damn. I guesss DM me your reason. I accidentally forgot a single dose recently and had a massive headache I could not figure out why… I thought it was due to me grinding teeth until I saw the pillbox and realized….:o

MamarunnerK

19d

Wow! This just happened to me! After forgetting a dosage, I got a massive headache in my sleep like 10/10 pain and exhaustion, I went to the ER the next morning. All clear with a brain scan. 🤷‍♀️ I didn’t put it together until the same thing happened again last night but a little less intense of a headache, 9/10?, and I realized I forgot to take it yesterday too! I’m not a migraine/ headache person so this is totally wild for me!! I took 200mg this morning instead of 400, and my headache improved some. 😑😑 I’m going to taper and not take this ever again.

turbowned

19d

If it’s working for you, I wouldn’t stop taking it. I can read for pleasure while taking this stuff and I’m not willing to give it up yet

Yeah the headaches were weird almost throbbing like with my heartbeat… I’ve had similar ones when missing doses of ssri or ssri withdrawal

IllustriousBelt7755

17d

It is a snri

kwillich

15d

It takes about 2 weeks for your body to even out with the change in neurotransmitters. If you've not been taking anything like it there can be a more pronounced shift, but give it some time. The potential benefit over years to come could easily outweigh a few days of side effects. That's not to belittle your experience, but just a refocus.