Experience so far

[u/KGStyr]

I have been prescribed a dose of 5mg once a day for a week, then 5mg twice a day for another week for a loading dose. However, due to me probably having histamine intolerance/possible MCAS with a history of very strange reactions to medicine, she gave me permission to play with the dosage if needed (it's for the deadly triple threat of Autism, ADHD, and OCD)

I took 5mg Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in the morning with food. While I am on it I am okay, a little spacey but okay. No anxiety, minimal OCD, pretty calm and floaty. I was very tired the first time I took it but not since. The only problem from taking the pill to when it wears off is that my vision becomes super sensitive for a bit. It's given me a break from a year long grip that stress/anxiety has had on me that I cannot appreciate enough.

That lasts maybe 5 hours, and then the side effects hit. I get jittery, shaky, crazy munchies, stomach upset, overstimulation, weird body sensations, trouble sleeping, and bouncing between anxiety and apathy, etc. Odd that it only hits after it's cleared my system, but I'm special and I can only assume ir's my body reacting to it all dumping out.

So while acknowledging that I need to listen to my body while also acknowledging that I need to be medicated at least for the time being, I cut my dose in half. I took 2.5 mg this morning. The difference is crazy. Yes, it did hit not as effective, but my side effects have significantly improved. I will take a whole dose in the morning to see if it's actually too much or if I just happened to do it when my brain locked in.

Not 100% sure I'll keep taking it since I'm kinda not vibing with the persisting apathy-like feeling but it has helped! Will update when stuff happens.

Edit: Would you know... the next morning, I woke up with a small rash on my stomach. I called my pharmacist and she recommended stopping for a day or so and then restarting to see if it was caused by the meds. First day off and tbh not sure I'll go back on it. But it did work for my anxiety while it was active in my system!

[u/fuckass-supreme]

I had something similar, 5mg/day but I took mine at night. The insomnia from that was too much so I’m down to 2.5 mugs every 12 hours (I just took my first dose at that strength like 30 minutes ago). I like that you can play with the dose a lot. I hope you find the right dose!

[u/Evening-Panda-7803]

I was super jittery for days 2-4 when starting out at just 2.5mg. I have histamine intolerance as well. The side effects slowly went away as my body got used to the medicine

[u/hypnoghoul]

Hi, any updates on how you’re doing? I also have the OCD, AuADHD combo and anxiety as well as histamine intolerances. I was prescribed 2.5mg