Hi, I'm moonlight

September 9, 2026

Hi, I’m joining the TaperCommunity because I’ve tapered off of Qelbree and am experiencing confusing and inconvenient side effects, and I’m looking for explanations and suggestions, and trying to figure out what is normal and what is not.

Lexapro — 20mg — 3 years — holding | Wellbutrin — 100mg — 2 years — holding | Inderal — 60mg — 1 year — holding | Qelbree — 50mg — 2 months — completed taper

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Polly's FarmSep 9

Trusted VoiceTrintellix · researching

Hi moonlight, and welcome to Taper Community! You're in the right place to learn about tapering and withdrawal. I haven't heard of Qelbree, what kind of symptoms are you having?

Trintellix — 15mg — 4 years, 9 months — researching taper | Risperdal — 0.25mg — 4 years, 9 months — actively tapering | Depakine — 1000mg — 12 years — supporting others | with clinician

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BasedStaffSep 9

Community AnchorEffexor

Welcome moonlight. Qelbree is a newer one, not many people here have tapered from it, so your experience is genuinely useful. What side effects are you dealing with? The confusing ones are often the ones worth logging, they tend to make a pattern after a few weeks.

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

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CatinaSep 9

Community AnchorEffexor

Hi @moonlight, welcome! Nice to have you here. What exact symptoms are you having? If you go to the Symptoms and Self-Care section you can use the search bar and do a search of what you're experiencing. There's lot of helpful information there. Tapering off any sort of psychoactive substance can cause a wide range of symptoms. We're here to help and support you the best we can! Catina 🩷

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.28 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 25 mcg

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