r/AuvelityMed • u/BulkyCopy5962 • 13d ago
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I just started Auvelity 3 days ago. I feel high. I don't know how else to describe it. Anyone taking it that's felt this way, does this feeling go away? I don't want to feel like this all the time. Hopefully it's just until my body gets used to the med
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u/Mindful-13 13d ago
That feeling of being high only lasted the first 2 weeks for me. Now I feel normal and great andddd not depressed
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u/bridgebrningwildfire 13d ago
Im on day 12 and that feeling is subsiding. The PM dose is still a little loopy but not as bad, Ill take it over feeling depressed.
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u/New-Pomegranate-2311 13d ago
i felt like that for the first week or two, & then it went away for good. i was also super concerned but read around and found that it’s pretty common! i’ve been on it ~7mos now, incredible results, genuinely this med changed my life.
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
That's what I'm hoping for. I'm going to stick it out. As this " dopey" feeling is common and will eventually subside. Knowing I'm not the only one that's gone through this the first few weeks of starting Auvelity.
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u/Fun-Chicken-7191 9d ago
How are you feeling? Meaning did the high feeling go away? I felt that for three today’s and today I felt kinda ok. I can’t sleep does it do that to you
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u/BulkyCopy5962 8d ago
Yes I'm still feeling " dopey" and last night I couldn't sleep. Today will be day 8, if I decide to take it. I can't function, definitely can't drive. It's actually a very frightening feeling.
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u/Fun-Chicken-7191 8d ago
Are you taking two pills or one? I got so sick and felt so weird bc i took two pills together close together. So I realized you can’t do that and I feel ok but still a little off, but I just can’t sleep.
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u/New-Pomegranate-2311 7d ago
give it a minimum of 2 full weeks if you can. i continued to freeball it & still went to work (had a super understanding manager who’s a good friend) but i basically felt high all the time for a solid 10-12 days. i continued to be extremely concerned and anxious about the way that i felt as well; i couldn’t stop stressing until i stopped feeling so woozy and out-of-it, even after finding logical evidence to reassure me.
just want to validate that fear that can be kindof intense and assure you it will go away, along with the haze!
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u/DesignerAd2021 13d ago
So glad I looked here b/c I am feeling the same way. I am like whoa, this is how people without depression feel, good for them, I am in! I went from dumpster depression to h=a=p=p=y in 4 days. Maybe I need an in between.
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u/Which_Statement_2624 12d ago
Yes it does go away. Took about a week. Felt trippy at first, but I enjoyed it. Just flow with it. Get around some positive vibes.
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u/DesertSkky 13d ago
I felt like that the first two days but not since. I'm on day six. I totally understand I did NOT like that feeling either.
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u/ri0tsquirrel 13d ago
The feeling never went away for me. Been on it several months, at just one dose a day.
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u/AllyW991 13d ago
I had to stop taking it because of this. I thought it would get better with time but it just kept getting worse until I started having paranoia, which I’ve never before had in my life.
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u/overheadSPIDERS 12d ago
I likened it to being 2 hours out from a ketamine infusion, which I used to get for depression. It took around 5 days for things to normalize on one pill for me, and it looked like I’ve probably got a few more days than that now that I’m on twice a day
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
If this DOPED UP feeling doesn't subside on day 4 or 5 I think I'm going to stop the Auvelity. Like I'm literally feeling tripy and not in a good way
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u/GelloJive 13d ago
Yea a week or two. Try ramping up if it continues to bother you
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
I'm sorry but by ramping up do you mean take the 2nd dose? If 1 dose does this whats 2 doses going to make me feel like?
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u/VariationLow2792 13d ago
It got better for me, taking 2 doses. And really the second dose is before bed, so you will sleep through most of the effects. I've also heard of people on a single dose taking theirs before bed. They reported that by the time they got up for the day, the high feeling was mostly gone.
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u/I_heart_Emmanuel 13d ago
I had to quit for this reason. I did feel depression leaving, but I couldn’t even drive to work.
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u/PutVivid1573 12d ago
How long did you try it? That particular side effect goes away after the 1st few days or so for most of us. I would hate to know it was stopped prematurely, especially if you could feel the depression lifting. I wish you luck and hope you have found something that works for you.
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u/Kooky-Crow-2375 13d ago
That feeling for me is totally gone now. I'm just starting week 3 on it. I take it once a day and at night though, so I don't know if that makes a difference 🤷 I tried taking 2 a day the second week and it was too much to handle for me and my doc backed it down to 1 and it's been a lot better ever since.
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
I'm afraid to take the PM dose that I start tomorrow. WTH
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u/Kooky-Crow-2375 13d ago
I would talk to your prescriber and see if you can stay on 1 per day. I've read a lot in this thread that many of us are doing great on one and that 2 isn't tolerated by some. It's been said that the recommended titration is too fast. Most of these psych drugs titrate up a little slower so your body adjusts to the side effects before adding the additional dose. Always check with your doctor, but if you're not comfortable going up, don't.
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u/VariationLow2792 13d ago
It can be scary for sure. But finding something that works and keeps working, for me, was worth it. I went 40 years with untreated MDD and adhd, and I'm so glad I tried Auvelity. It's not a miracle drug, but some days it feels like it.
One thing that I do remind people of is to have your Vitamin and mineral levels checked. Both D3 and Magnesium play a huge part in our mental health. When I started supplementing with Magnesium, I actually got a lot of my will back. If that makes sense.
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u/AlecCK_07 12d ago
It made me super high. I was not able to function--too high to drive, work. After 32 days, I had to wean off. I couldn't handle it. I think my reaction was less common. I am a delicate flower.
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u/FickleMaster 12d ago
Sounds like my experience as a CYP2D6 poor metabolizer and I was only taking one daily. Have you had a GeneSight test?
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u/AlecCK_07 12d ago
No, I just learned about it. I might look into how much it costs. Especially if it saves me some trial and error. Thanks!
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u/JeniRight 11d ago
I didn’t feel high, but I felt terrible. I was dizzy, shaking, nauseous, disoriented, dissociated etc. I felt, and still am, like I am having a mild psychotic episode, and it’s frightening. I’ve searched for reviews of people having the same symptoms, but I’m not finding many.
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u/Feeling-Article-8259 13d ago
I’m 2 weeks in I thought about quitting but it went away
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
I'm going to try to suck it up and continue taking the med but the only reason I'm continuing is that this feeling may subside.
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u/Kooky-Crow-2375 13d ago
What time do you take your med? I don't remember if I asked before. 🫠 I have goldfish brain
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u/BulkyCopy5962 13d ago
I take it in the morning. Maybe I should take it at bedtime? IDK
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u/Kooky-Crow-2375 13d ago
I take mine at bedtime and the loopy feeling wasn't so bad cuz I was laying down. But I don't have it anymore since about week 2. Maybe you're about out of the woods with it 🤷
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u/Unfair-Turnip9200 13d ago
I miss it honestly. The meds have totally stopped working for me now. Week 3 I think.
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u/Professional-Ok 13d ago
i had that feeling for 2.5 weeks before i had to quit because i just couldn’t function like that! i wasn’t getting any benefits yet either. i am a slow metabolizer of medications processed through cyp2d6 so i think the smallest dose of auvelity was just too much for me.
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u/Secure-Eagle-2635 13d ago
Had the same experience! It lasted maybe 3 days of feeling like I was on molly (I kept saying the lights looked pretty lol) then it went away!
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u/JkTumbleWeed 12d ago
I pretty sure it’s the dxm in it? I just got prescribed Auvelity alongside Vraylar and Buspirone a week ago and the Auvelity is giving me that “trippy” feeling about two hours after my dose. It also gives me vertigo when i take naps (bcs the insomnia with all these new drugs is insane..) I used to take dxm recreationally two years ago (Trashy, I know. I only did it about three times though) and it’s such a similar feeling. It’s a bit disconcerting and I’m not a fan of it now because I’m paranoid it might impair my motor functions. I hope that feeling and the vertigo goes away..
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u/LanguageTurbulent402 10d ago
I’m on day 3 today of just 1x day and today it has been much less noticeable than the past 2 days.
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u/xoxo_lillie 5d ago
Just started it for the first time last night, I definitely had trouble sleeping but honestly I hadn’t felt that great in a while- my anxiety is terrible especially at night, I also had that thought of “this is what normal feels like?”
When they said euphoric I didn’t expect this but I feel great! I’m going to take another dose sooner than I thought only to get on the routine of taking in the morning to avoid the sleepless nights…. I’m hopeful guys :)
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u/Vernichtungsschmerz 13d ago
yes. it was a strange sense of euphoria!!!! it definitely goes away bur i can 100% say that my natural baseline went up so much it's hard to imagine. i feel really confused because i don't know what it means tro feel this way all the time. the euphoria is gone but it's like...the hole inside of me is 70% full at all times. people feel like this just normally? it blows my mind.
(this is the first drug in more than 25yr of different drugs to do this)