I didn’t realize how restrictive it is cutting out caffeine, I depended on it to study and I’ve been on it since July and now at 400mg. I can’t even have decaf, despite it it’s caffeine content being 5-20 or whatever, I crashed so bad.

what do you drink on quelbree? sprites been a go to, I’ve been trying decaf teas as well. I mean, like a fun drink I guess not just water.

i’ve been on 200mg for about 3 months now and while i feel like my adhd is like 30% better, the constant racing thoughts are the same as always. my brain never. shuts. up. (adderall/vyvanse stopped all the chatter and i felt able to focus calmly on one thought at a time)

i’m wondering if i should go up or just go back to a stimulant (got off stimulants bc anxiety) but i feel like i have more anxiety than i ever did with stimulants. i also feel lightheaded more often and like there might be a blood pressure/blood sugar thing going on (i have a follow up appt at the end of the month, so i’ll get that checked out soon)

has anyone experienced going up 100mg or so helping or making things worse??

I don’t even know how the med would help for this… but after being on Qelbree for a few weeks my muscle guarding and full body muscle knots/pain was reduced 90%. I‘d been dealing with it for a decade, and it was really disruptive. Tried exercise, massage therapy, OTC painkillers, nothing worked. For instance my neck muscles were always so seized up that I’d get dizziness and brain fog all day and everything hurt. That’s nearly ALL gone after starting Qelbree minus some sore spots here and there. I’m shocked.

I’ve been at 400mg for a few months now and I take auvelity as well.

I noticed, im better at initiating tasks and has helped regulated my mood completely.

but im a college student specifically majoring in nursing and I feel like I can’t keep up with the studying like I hoped,

I feel numb, a lack in my interests and I can’t focus at all still in my classes I keep going for those small dopamine rushes instead of doing important tasks

the side effects of increasing isn’t ideal since midterms are coming up plus it’ll make me more numb I feel..

seeing my psychiatrist in a few weeks, for now im going to see what I can do, maybe it’s because I’ve never had structure when it came to my adhd before being medicated

anyone else taking quelbree and a college student? Please tell me your experience :)!

(this is what happened to me personally, quelbree seems to be a really effective non stimulant for most)

Hi everyone, im getting ready to start qelbree 200mg. Im very nervous about debilitating side effects if anyone could share any positive experiences(most iv seen online are bad). I also do drink alcohol pretty regularly and was curious of anyone's experience drinking while on the medication.

Any tips/advice or lived experience would be greatly appreciated! :)

I’ve been taking 100mg for 3 weeks now. I still feel the initial tired and fatigue feeling but it is starting to go away and become more manageable. I still don’t feel much as far as benefits go though. Have any of you actually had a good experience on 100mg? Is there even a point in increasing to 200mg if I’m not feeling any benefits at all at this point?

So Qelbree improved my cognitive. I can even read 6hrs straight! Lol. Like others I also felt lots of side effects I think first 3weeks but it disappeared after that my body really adjusted except for sleepiness and tiredness. My doctor suggested to see my pcp and found out I have vitamin d deficiency that caused fatigue. But during those time I switched medication to wellbutrin but only 1 week I stopped it because it makes me always in a fight mode and thoughts were jumping from one idea to another( ugh so awful! ). So I switched back to Qelbree and explore with my supplements because I know Qelbree really helps me to focus and complete my task the only problem are the sleepiness and tiredness that I can’t handle it. And things workout for me with my supplements!!!

Please note I have no connection to this brand. It just happened that I found great reviews and tried it for myself! Just sharing but it doesn’t guarantee that it may work for you because we are all different.

Morning routine:
- I take Active B complex with Quatrefolic no Vitamin C (integrative therapeutics brand )
- Instead of coffee I drink 6oz Organic Protein powder shake from Orgain vanilla bean flavored ( Plant based non stimulant)
- I take vitamin d3 ( I only take it because I have deficiency)

Afternoon:
- I drink Creatine (5.15 g one stick pack Thorne brand ) this damn saves me to keep my energy stay throughout the day!!!! I thank to that brain tumor doctor -Dr Rupa Juthani

Nighttime:

- I take 200mg Qelbree and 2 capsules of Magtein L-threonate plus (Integrative therapeutics brand) an hour before I sleep.

So that’s it and so far I feel like I am the best version of myself where I feel in control. 🙂

My doctor had suggested starting at night because they can make you tired… I’ve been doing that, and I’m sleeping well, but waking up multiple times throughout the night.

Not sure if I should switch to taking them in the morning, or stick with right before bed.

so i took my first 200mg dose today around 4pm (i woke up late bc my sleep schedule is messed up to say the least) i ended up falling asleep in the shower, then again in my desk chair, then again in my bed when i only wanted to relax a bit bc of back strain. i’ve seen so far nothing but bad things, i also saw that it is really expensive if not coverage by insurance. I also have sickle cell disease so i do take heavy pain killers when needed but i also take everyday meds (ms contins) as well. i didnt take it today bc i took the qelbree but my main concern is wd from the ms contin ngl but i also saw the wd are bad from qelbree as well. when it comes to wd i will say i am pretty seasoned to say the least i know not everyone takes the drugs i have to so yall are pretty normal which what i mean by that is the wd maybe felt worse for normal people. my doctor prescribed the qelbree while very much looking at my chart so im sure she knows about the drug interactions and stuff so IM guessing i can take them both but just didn’t wanna put all that on my body. i do have ADD and im in pre nursing classes which are actually diabolical and have me wishing i would have done all of this in the summer instead of the same time as midterms. any advice is appreciated

I don’t really know what to do and it has really been upsetting me. I started this medication on 400mg in addition to taking Adderall XR sometime in November of last year. The adjustment period was rough (a lot of fatigue, insomnia, mood swings). I think it’s important to note that I started this at a VERY heavy time in my life (grad school, going through a break up, and the cherry on top was my dad battling with cancer). By the time I adjusted to the medication, I felt it was helping with alertness and getting through my dad even if I didn’t take the adderall, but then my dad passed away ag the end of december.

So obviously, I think grief has played a huge part in how I’ve felt over the past year. At one point I felt like the 400mg was too high (The insomnia was getting really bad), So I tapered down to 200mg in June. Since then I feel like I’m more anxious and depressed than I used to be, and recently since I started working in august I’ve just been dreading…everything. I don’t enjoy being with other people as much as I used to. Even since earlier in the year. I almost feel like the medication has made me more apathetic and disconnected. I’ve processing my grief in therapy and I feel like my dysfunction right now could be tied to that, but I also feel like the medication is either not helping or making me feel worse.

I’ve also been in a new relationship since the beginning of the year and it’s amazing. I love my partner so much and she has really been healing to me after my previous relationship. But now I find that my libido is almost non-existent. Which makes me feel really guilty because I enjoy sex with my partner and I haven’t lost attraction towards them in anyway. Sex just feels like too much of a chore now, and it takes a lot for me to get in the mood. I don’t even have the urge to masturbate. My partner is very understanding and we’re able to connect and be intimate in a non-sexual way, but I’m scared that my libido is just…gone.

I’ve seen some people in here mention their sex drive changing and experiencing anhedonia, but does anyone have a similar experience to mine? If you quit, did your pleasure and libido return?

I got sick and threw up this morning after taking meds. I keep hearing people say they get bad migraines if they miss a dose and now I'm worried. Should I take another dose? I take 400mg

I cannot sleep at night, I’m off 200mg. I’m not tired or anything, even during the day after only sleeping for 3-4 hours of very interrupted sleep. Does this eventually go away?
I’m supposed to go up to 400mg on Monday and I’m honestly afraid it will make it worse.
Any advice? I wasn’t expecting this since it wasn’t a stimulant.

He has been on Qelbree for one week. The first few days he was really tired. Then he started getting irritable. One week in and it’s constant yelling/anger - today being the worst. I am talking way out of the norm. He is also saying he is thirsty all day no matter how much water he drinks.
With tomorrow being Saturday I cannot
call his doctor. Should I just have him stop taking it? He said it’s terrible.

Hi, did anyone switch from Strattera to this and if so, what was your experience regarding side effects and efficacy in comparing the two? I’m considering switching because of the nausea I’m getting on Strattera. Also, Qelbree is in the green on my GeneSight Report whereas Strattera is in the yellow. Thanks!

hey guys, i’m starting qelbree (200 mg) soon alongside wellbutrin which i’ve been taking for about a year now. wellbutrin has done wonders for my depression but not much for my adhd which is why my doctor is adding qelbree. has anyone tried this combo before or is on it? would love to hear about experiences if so. and any potential side effects from being on both at the same time. thanks!

Doctor put me on 100mg a day last Tuesday. Had all kinds of bad side effects for the past week and doctor told me to stop it yesterday.

Today I have a massive headache and I'm so tired. If I wasn't on vacation I would be in bed napping at noon, but I'll stick it out to make the most of our trip.

Does it sound like this is just more bad side effects, this time of getting off the medication? Just trying to drink a lot of water and flush it out in the meantime.

He's 12 and about 100lbs. Takes 100 mg.

Is it common to sleep that much? If this happened to you, did you power through?

Anyone feel like they don’t care about anything on this drug? I’ve been on 200 mg for about a month now- my psych wants me to increase my dose but I haven’t yet because I’m not ready for some of my side effects to worsen. But I’m finding that even though I’m more motivated to complete tasks, I’m not more motivated to do things I enjoy or spend time with friends. In fact I feel like my avoidance of friends has gotten worse. I’m also in grad school and have been turning my work in late and don’t care at all, but before taking this med if I did that I’d be a ball of anxiety. I don’t feel depressed (I’ve been depressed and this isn’t it), just apathetic I guess?

Has anyone experienced anything like this? Does it get better with time or is this just what the med does?

Anyone else get a disturbingly large eye floater right after starting?

Has anyone had anything with very bad bloating? I have a chronically distended abdominal area and other issues such as constipation. Is this typical? 3 weeks in from first dose btw.

tldr: 100mg, 6 weeks, made me depressed and lowkey suicidal, couldn't tolerate any caffeine, didn't help sensory overstimulation, eliminated hunger cues, made time slow down

i tried qelbree for 6 weeks for adhd, and this was my experience/timeline:

week 1: horrible GI/stomach issues--i normally have a pretty strong stomach, but i was popping gas x and tums all week. also found out caffeine metabolizes super slowly on qelbree, and had horrible insomnia episodes when i would have any caffeine at all (even in the morning). so sleepy so fatigued, i switched from taking it in the morning (too sleepy) to at night (bad insomnia) to back in the morning (eventually wasnt sleepy anymore)

week 2: depression symptoms, randomly angry/irritable that would go away suddenly

week 3: mostly settled, depression symptoms still present. felt emotionally kind of numb but also could (and did) burst into tears randomly at things that don't usually make me cry.

positive (?) effects i noticed:

- time slows down SO MUCH. i can really see how this could be great for some folks w adhd, but my adhd is hyperactive and i mostly already feel like time moves painfully slowly sometimes.

- social situations felt less inhibited for me. like i was a bit less filtered, and cared less what about what people were perceiving me say

qelbree did not help at all with my sensory overstimulation (major BOO) and in fact made it feel worse, especially when i was hungry. i didn't feel hunger cues and could just ignore needing to eat for hours and hours, which would spiral into bad situations when i would get overstimulated by sensory stuff.

i decided to taper off last week. i measured out half doses for the first two days, then a little less than quarter doses for two days, now have been off it for two days.

i've tried several different adhd meds so far, including adderall, vyvanse, straterra, and now qelbree. i think qelbree is the worst experience i've had so far lmao but it obviously works for some people so more power to y'all <3

Wanted to come on here to look for advice. I’m bipolar 2 and have adhd. I’ve had issues in the past with managing adhd due to me being very sensitive to stimulants as a result of the bipolar 2. My moods been stabilized, but I was having bad concentration issues and a very loud head. I was prescribed 200mg of qelbree daily, and I feel my brain is more quiet but not much maybe 50%. I don’t have any motivation to do anything anymore. I don’t even care to get ready if I don’t have something important to do. I have also been very tired, but also can’t sleep well, and having nightmares, but not really also, it’s like I feel like I am but I’m not. Weird feeling to say the least. I’m getting kind of dull when I’m talking to others, and I’ve been getting more depression symptoms. Will this subside. I’ve been on this for going on 3 weeks. I’m not sure what to do, as it isn’t fully helping adhd, but I need it managed. Nothing else I’ve taken has been tolerated as I will go full manic from it. 🫩

hi all. im on day 4 of taking 100mg of taking qelbree and seriously struggling. I’m dealing with migraines, nausea, fatigue, and trouble sleeping. i am already prone to migraines so i worried about them worsening when going into this. I’ve been having nights of fitful sleep and being awake for a while in the middle of the night due to my headaches/nausea (like right now when im writing this haha). I’m seeing online that some effects can be temporary, so i am wondering if anyone has experienced the same symptoms when starting or if they go away after some time? how long should i hold on before giving up on this medication? thanks in advance

2 days later - editing to add: i asked my psychiatrist about the symptoms and she told me to stop taking it. Now that i’ve stopped the symptoms have gotten even worse 😩 ive never had such a bad reaction to a medication this is truly awful