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They've got me on 30mg xr every day, right now I've been experiencing very dry mouth, nausea when I eat, loss of appetite, and I don't really feel tired anymore. (I can still sleep just fine, but losing out on the cue of feeling tired makes it easy to blow way past bed time for me.)
Do you consume caffeine?
And it might be worth asking about trying a slighty reduced dose?
When I initially started on elvanse 30mg, I found it to cause symptoms like you're describing, I decided to go down to 20mg which worked just fine, less side effects, could eat and sleep.
I had to make a slightly greater effort to do things, but once going I was fine, then after 3 years on that dose I upped it to 30mg again.
Often people just need a guiding nudge from their medication as opposed to being dragged around by it.
I cut caffeine out cold turkey when I started medication a few months ago. Now I only have it once a week and only a small cup, but I also take my medication later that day.
I was contemplating if I should go down, but I'm still struggling. The last two weeks have been kind of rough as far as how effective the medication seems and my doctor has slowly been moving me up 5-10 mg a month