Recommendation?

Hi, Rena.
First of all, how long do you take D?
Secondly, it is not good to begin with the largest dose, which is 40 mg obviously. Side efeects you know + later you will not feel the effect.
Thirdly, capsules are made specifically this way to provide a slow release of a product, which should act somewhere in your stomach/intestines for a longer time than tablets. So you should never open them! Not to mention the powder inside might hurt your stomach mucosa or mouth (who knows?).
And last but not least - only your doc can decide whether to increase the dose or not. You must never do that alone. Please don't mess up with doses.

P.S. Some people need more time than others to feel the effect of D (as well as many other drugs), you should be patient.

I am sure, you will feel the effect of D soon, don't worry)))
Keep us informed.
Good luck!

Hi Kate,
I've been on it for 2-3 weeks and the side effects are suppressed hunger/loss of appetite and increased alertness. I'm a huge sleeper so getting to bed at night hasn't been a problem for me even though I don't sleep in as much as I used to. And I take my capsule at 8:00am (quite late in comparison to others). As per your recommendation I will not open the capsules. 95% of my weight gain over the last 2 years was due to a medication I was put on where in 3 months I put 17kg!! I have been advised that "medical fat" is harder to get rid of than regular weight. Do you think this could be the reason the 30mg has not affected me as much as it has others?