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Elvanse - safe low dose? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As suggested myself and encouraged by the doc, I'll take a fraction of a normal dose to check it out first. He signed off on any dose that is lower than the one he prescribed (30 mg in the morning), and the capsules are intended for opening and dissolving in liquid.

So, I'm very sensitive. Low dose opioids for a cough give me euphoria, and when I tried Modafinil, 1/4 of a pill (2 pills is normal!) turned out to be just right for me.

On one hand, I could really use the full productivity boost tomorrow, which would mean trying 1/4 of 30 mg, 7.5 mg. On the other hand, safer would be 1/8th again as it was with Modafinil. Then again, 1/4 of the Modafinil dose was "bearable", it was not intense suffering.

Trying 1/8th in the morning and another 1/8th at noon if the effect is really as low as a cup of coffee could also be an option, with the risk of losing sleep. I tend towards that option.

Some of the worst hours of my life were on the minimum dose Venlafaxine (and many report that), so I'm careful.

What do you think? Doing the super-low 1/10th test at 4 pm would still take away my sleep, right?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

30mg seems to be the initial dose for adults and children source. So you could start af low af you want, but you might need to increase dosage over time to get any effect.

If your doc signed off on any dosage below 30 and you are afraid of a strong reaction, you could start as low as 10 or 5mg, but most ækel wouldn't experience much.

If you have several capsules you could start very low and increase until you fell an effect.

Do not exceed the doctors recommendations and give each dose a day or two (you ingest a given dosage for one or two days) to affect you.

I am not a doctor, so stick to what doc says, but the smallest dose of Elvanse I could five was 20mg as a maintenance dose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks! I'll play it safe and would rather start with 5 than 10 mg.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I would like to add that you are unlikely to feel much at those doses, but you safely start low and go up until you feel an effect.

Furthermore, not everyone experience net benefits from medication, so you shouldn't increase the dose if you feel bad.

Finally, I am not a doctor, neither are most other people on here so consult your own doctor the moment something feels off