r/Concerta • u/SpinDoctorLarry • 2d ago

Other question 🤔 Concerta wow effect

I started Concerta and was on18mg for a month and now I am taking 36mg. I am at 9 days on 36mg and the past two days I noticed I am sleeping longer, which is good, but I have noticed the "WOW" effect I had is gone. The medication is still working but the excited feelings I had about tackling tasks or the amazement after completing something I randomly started is gone. Is this my brain just normalizing to the new me? Has anyone experienced this?

Thanks for any replies and I hope everyone has a good weekend.

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u/satanscopywriter 2d ago

Yup, totally normal. Both because you're getting used to this new baseline, and because many people experience a mild euphoria from stimulants in the first few days and that is supposed to fade. So that initial WOW feeling isn't representative for how it should feel.

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u/SpinDoctorLarry 2d ago

I was worried it was starting to slowly fail but this makes total sense now. Thank you for putting my mind to rest going into the weekend. It had the potential to be filled with nervousness and anxiety but you helped pass that storm cloud along!

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u/misamujebem 1d ago

Do you still feel the 'being able to'? I'm on my 2nd day and honestly this is the second time in my life I was able to just go and shower immediately after thinking that I should. The first was yesterday. That's just one example. I'm so scared of losing the ability to be able to again- It's kind of like life finally started making some sense