Has anyone tried Auvelity?

Hi! Yea, at first it was AM and PM but I was swimming in sleepiness. I take other medications for my RLS - bupren0rphine and preg@balin. We are currently working on reducing these meds to combat the sleepiness. I love Auvelity and cannot wait to take it twice a day! I am so glad to not be crying any more, which is such a sad statement but it's true. (Are we supposed to disguise medications here? We do on a RLS site so I'm in the habit!)

Hi! Yea, at first it was AM and PM but I was swimming in sleepiness. I take other medications for my RLS - bupren0rphine and preg@balin. We are currently working on reducing these meds to combat the sleepiness. I love Auvelity and cannot wait to take it twice a day! I am so glad to not be crying any more, which is such a sad statement but it's true. (Are we supposed to disguise medications here? We do on a RLS site so I'm in the habit!)

I am not aware of any disguising of meds rule. I wouldn't anyway.
I'm glad you are working on getting both your RLS med and Auvelity balanced. And I 100% get the "not crying" and overthinking part.

61 years old with MDD and anxiety (PTS). Over the past five or six years I have been on varying doses of (one medication at a time):
Lexapro
Duloxetine
Fluoxetine
Bupropion
And now I have been on Auvelity for the past six months.

Some have worked, some worked for awhile, and one had a very negative side affect with my HOCM. The thing they all have in common is I have neither cried nor felt joy while taking them. I'm signicantly less depressed, but I'm stuck in the mid-range emotions. Trying to expand my emotions beyond flat is the main reason I have been chasing the right medication in the right dose.

Auvelity brought the most dramatic increase in my mood level than the any of the others.

In May, I completed Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for depression and anxiety. What a difference it has made. Prior to TMS, even on Auvelity, I didn't want to get out of bed. Now I'm a functioning member of my family!

TMS works for some and works for different lengths of time. The psychiatrist recommended I not change any medications for a year (also taking trazodone and serequel at night) so I am keeping my fingers crossed that when I can stop taking auvelity, I will regain my full range of emotions.

All of that to say I have had a positive experience with Auvelity.

Hi! 66 year old female also on Auvelity for major depression, along with Xanax for anxiety and sleep, trazadone for sleep and Vyvanse in the am for ADD. Auvelity is the best depression medicine of all the various meds I have tried over 30 years. After retirement, I tried both ECT and Ketamin without any success. I am interested in the TMS you did. It sounds like you are not still doing it? You said you “completed it.” Was it only a trial or is it time limited? Was it implanted in your chest? Have the positive effects remained? Have you heard anything about external vagus nerve stimulation? Any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

TMS is usually 36 sessions because that is what most insurance companies cover. Most will cover more than one treatment (another 36 sessions). I started with four sessions a week, usually did 2-3 a week and tapered off to once per week for the end.

TMS is using magnetic pulses in your brain to activate or reactivate areas of the brain to help with depression and anxiety. The effects last different amounts of time for different people. For me it is still working.

I am 67 and take Auvelity. It has changed my life for the better big time. I did not experience any sleepiness during the day. You should probably ask your doctor about it. Auvelity was a "lifter" of sorts for me. Definitely speak to your doctor.