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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VYVANSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | ADD | compared to adderall...NONE basically. | just like adderall but without the awful side effects... no depression and no crashing. | F | 5 days | 11/5/2007 | 5 | ADD | SOME SLEEPLESSNESS, STOMACH ACHE | MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS 11. SHE HAS BEEN TAKING FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS NOW. A TREMENDOUS CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. NO MORE FIGHTING WITH HER ABOUT GETTING BATHS, DOING HOMEWORK. SEEMS WONDERFUL | F | 10 days | 1/14/2008 | 5 | adhd | I had one main side effect. When I went to emergency the other day they had given me ibuprofen 800mg for a pain I had well it was the wrong move after I told them I was taking ADHD medication. It made me act like I was crazy like I was turning evil. | F | 6 days 60 | 9/3/2013 | 3 | Concentration | Eventually, my blood pressure shot up in combination with my Wellbutrin which didn't seem to affect BP on it's own. Once settling on 50 ml. per day of Vyvanse for now, I've discontued the Wellbutrin until BP is back to normal and may try it again at 150 m (was taking 450 ml of Wellbutrin) as it helped concentration-wise in combination the Vyvanse. I'll see what my reg. doctor thinks about that first. However, add'l stimulants taken with Vyvanse, such as caffene from two tablets of Excedrin or psudehephadrine, seem to produce something akin to runners high. However, it tricked my body into thinking I was getting enough oxygen and while sedidentary with very limited movement (like sitting in car)I caught myself breathing very shallow which in turn cause me to yawn. I then had to concentrate in taking enough air. When having to return to Sudafed, I will discontinue Vyvanse during those times as suggested by my Dr. | It has worked well but proceed with caution when taking with other stimulants. Close monitoring of BP also suggested with hypertension - one of the first signs. Relating to my Dr. about willing more easily to take on more at work and yet impatient in that I was expecting as quick a resolution clued the Dr. to hypertension. A few weeks earlier while on the same dosage of both meds my visit to Urgent Care for a sinius infection showed my BP normal which is why I didn't have a concern of BP when visiting my Psych. MD a week ago. He then suggested hypertension....and he was right. | M | 45 days | 11/10/2008 | 1 | | 3/9/2009 | 1 | ADHD | I always feel bored, I feel like punching my self, when I take the shitty medication, I have thoughts of suicide, once every month, only this year though. I had numbing pain in.my leg and my feet. I always feel depressed when I take it. Got headaches and chest pains. Had irregular heartbeat 2 years ago. Picking my skin. I always think DO NOT PICK, but my hands disobey me. I hate this phyiatric drug, it's annoying as shit. I did better without this dumb medication. Oh, and disturbingly, I am skinny and can feel my spine and ribcase. | F | 5 years | 10/23/2014 | 4 | Autism compiled with ADHD | Insomnia, lack of appetite, emotional, focused, withdrawn, etc..... | My daughter has begun taking vyvanse a week and a half ago. She began with days of constant talking and rambling. It was generally about nothing at all. Her sleeping habits have digressed to only sleeping three to four hours a night. She eats a half a sandwich a day. She is exceptionally moody and will cry at the slightest comment. Her school life is a huge question mark every day is different. Her focus is the only thing keeping the medication a plus. She has no smile. | F | 5 | 50 mg 1X day | 1/31/2011 | 3 | ADHD | Irritabile, agressive, overly defiant, angry, occasionally violent, frequent and painful urination | Our 5 yr old has been on Vyvanse for a month. The medication helps him to focus and follow directions at school. At home he is focused enough to put together a regular puzzle with hundreds of pieces. But at night if we don't get hime to bed before he starts coming down he gets irritable, agressive, overly defiant, angry, occasionally violent and just a few days ago he started saying he had to urinate frequently and that it was painful. We had him checked for UTI but the cultures showed no infection. Right now we do not know what to do. The doctor said try the Vyvanse for another month. We are also trying to get him to a Pediatric Psychiatrist but can't get in to see one that accepts our insurance until June. | M | 5 | 1 months 30 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 1 | ADHD | The Doctor prescribed Vyvanse 30mg for my 5 year old son. The first day that he took it he was fixated on certain things and then he was VERY angry and frustrated when he couldn't figure out those things. Screamed and cried all day until the medicine wore off. I called the doctor and they said, "Do not give it to him again." I am frustrated that it only made his ADHD symptoms (anger) worse! Maybe he is too young for it right now, but maybe it will work better for him in the future? | M | 5 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 7/30/2010 | 5 | ADHD | Sleeps less, but it's OK, decrease in appetite during the day. 1st day could tell it had ups and downs and hot flashes for about 3 days but mild/ It only took about 3-4 days to see full effect; saw benefits day 1. | I was scared to give my son this medicine from what I'd read on the posts, but it has changed our lives. My son went from severe ADHD, socially isolated, extremely high maintenance, OCD, inability to keep up at school, to confident, independent, and doing great in behavior and academics. It was if he matured 2-3 years overnight. He is so much happier. | M | 6 | 35 days 20 mg 1X day | 3/30/2012 | 4 | ADD | Mild loss of appetite, a bit grumpy at the end of the day. | My son is 6 and started taking Vyvanse the first of March. I noticed a difference the very first day and so did he. I got good reports from 3 of his teachers that day. It is wonderful to hear him come home from school and say "mom, I was able to understand and listen today". He is off the charts in reading and his school work is 100% better. His hand writing is neater and his spelling is getting better. He loves to read to me and make his own stories. He laughs a lot more now and does not get so upset over small things like he use to. I am just so happy we found this medication. I did not want to do medication at first but after trying non medicated methods nothing worked. I noticed he was not catching on to school work so I had to do something. I'm so glad I did. Very happy momma right here with a very happy son :) I truly feel the previous posters that had bad things happen were taking to high of dosage. I'm not a Dr but common sense will tell you 50 or more mg is to high for mild cases of add. This is a stimulant if taken wrong it will have reverse effects. | M | 6 | 30 days 20 mg 1X day | 3/28/2011 | 2 | ADHD | Before my son started taking Vyvanse he was having trouble at school not following instructions, having crying fits, and complaining about doing work. At home he had a hard time completing more than 3 tasks without becoming distracted and was very hyperactive. On the first day of taking vyvanse I noticed he talked and rambled on about anything and stayed fixed about certain things. the only thing I was satisfied about was how mellow and serious he became. And how well and Independently he worked on his hw. That night he experienced some insomnia and came into my room in the early.am which he hasn't done that since toddler yrs. Day.2 I noticed a decrease of appetite and how he became fixated on something and just cried for hours inconsolabely. he was extremely emotional and didn't smile and acted very depressed all afternoon. With the acception that he played ball and stayed focused.for a few hours. But as the.evening progressed he started to show signs of tics and breathing hard and uncontrollably, again thinking about something that made him very sad that he wouldve never normally cried about. This was certainly not the right drug for him. I did not give him the drug.again and will not consider medicating him for adhd anytime soon if not ever. | M | 6.5 | 2 days 20 | 5/10/2012 | 4 | ADHD - Child | Loss of appetite, picking at skin, irritability | My 7 year old son has been taking this medication for about 4 months now. We have seen a good change in his focus at school, and when working on projects. It used to be that he could not concentrate on something for longer than 5 minutes, and now he has really been able to concentrate for much longer periods. He has gotten into building models and Lego’s and that is something he did not have the concentration for before. The negative side effects that we can see is that he has had a slight loss of appetite, but we are able to control that just by letting him know he needs to eat and making sure it nutritional. We have noticed that when he is "coming off the medication" at night that he can be very irritable - more so if we are out of our "routine" even by as much as 15 minutes. If we can keep him in the same routine at night for bedtime, brushing teeth, things like that we have had much more success in controlling his outbursts. One thing that has started recently that I will be talking to his doctor about soon is that he has started picking at his skin on his fingers and he has peeled skin away until it is painful. His teachers are aware of this and are helping us to keep an eye on it and we are keeping the 4 fingers that are the most problematic bandaged (thumbs and first fingers). Other than that we have been happy with his changes and will keep working with him to improve. | M | 7 | 4 months 30 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 4 | ADHD | loss of appetite, nightmares, stomachache, tics in fingers, and uncontrollable body spasms. | My son has been taking Vyvanse since October 08. He went from being the most disruptive student in his class to being "student of the month" in Dec. It has helped him tremendously to focus and get his work done in school. The down side is the spasms that started about 7-10 days after taking the medication. The spasms are noticable as soon as the medication wears off and lasts for several hours. I don't know if there is anything to do for them except change the medication. | M | 7 | 4 months | 1/13/2009 | 2 | ADHD | "Pshychotic" episodes, Loss of appetite, sleep problems | My son took this med as soon as it was released for use. The med worked for what it was supposed to do.. .control ADHD symptoms at school. We noticed he was more irritable and had more mood swings, but that was just the beginning of his troubling behaviors. The final straw was one of many episodes that can only be described as "psychotic." On Halloween night he rolled around and cried, screamed, etc for 2 hours about not having the right costume. A half an hour after trick or treating had already started, he abruptly stopped, and without one word, he put on an old costume, painted his entire face blue, grabbed his candy bag, and walked straight down the middle of the street all the way around the neighborhood not stopping at a single house. He finally stopped at a friend's house for candy, then walked straight back to our house. His behavior was so extreme, that I video taped the episode. That was the last day he took this med. I do believe every med works differently for every kid. I just think this particular medication was not compatible with my child's brain. | M | 7 | 3 days 1X day | 11/26/2010 | 1 | ADHD | stomachache, irritability, low appettite | negative: today was the first day on vyvanse and it was horrible, my son doesn't ate anything during the day only the breakfast. He was so irritable, he cried for almost everything, he was angry for everything, I think I'm not going to give that medicine to him again... | M | 7 | 1 days 30 1X day | 2/27/2010 | 1 | ADHD | Graphic visual and audial hallucinations exactly 2 hours after taking this drug. | M | 7 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 3/17/2023 | 5 | ADHD | 8 year old daughter had a little insomnia for the first week or two and a hug loss in appetite. The insomnia has passed and the her appetite has gotten better | My daughter started taking vyvanse last Feb. She was 7 years old. She was diagnosed with ADHD but she is at the mild end of the spectrum. The difference in school was nothing short of amazing. She noticed right away that it was easier for her to focus and that the teacher didn't have to constantly reminded her to pay attention. At home I noticed is is more calm but towards the end of the day she can get a little moody but whose to say it's the meds and not her just being tired. I also noticed that by dinner time her appetite is back full swing. My daughter will not swallow pills so I love that vyvanse capsuls can be opended and mixed with a teaspooon of apple sauce for example. Overall satisfied with it. | F | 8 | 200 days 20 1X day | 9/2/2010 | 4 | ADHD | Positive: My son (he's 8) is still, calm, focused, outgoing - a normal little boy!! Negative: Whew.... loss of appetite, very cranky and sometimes mean when it wears off - here's the worst though - and I haven't seen where anyone else has this. He picks at his finger nails, down to the skin. He also has been coloring in letters - kind of like obsessive compulsive... I'm really worried about that - when I ask him he says he feels like he has to make everything even... this NEVER happened before this med! | Overall this was great in the beginning - I guess it still is now - but I am definitely worried and will probably have him switched to something else to see if it changes.. | M | 8 | 1 years | 12/1/2009 | 3 | ADHA | Ill, easily crys and gets upset, not eating | My 8 year old daughter started this a week ago yesterday. The 1st day, she acted a little strange saying she didn't feel right. That night she did not go to sleep until 5am and was up drawing all night. The next night she went to bed at 9pm and never moved. Her eating was almost NOTHING for the first few days but has gotten some better. The thing that is concerning me now is that she gets her feeling hurt VERY easily. She gets ill with things that she wouldn't normally, crys very easily, and last night she just went off on me saying things like I don't pay her attention and I don't listen to her and this is one not true but also not like her at all. Her doctor wants het to stay on 20mg for 15 days and then go up to 30.... My question is will this get better or worse? Also I have noticed that she is able to sit still and not constantly on the move like before. Her school work is better but her teacher called me on friday saying that she was ill and withdrawn at school.... HELP.... | F | 8 | 7 days 20mg 1X day | 10/31/2010 |
VYVANSE (LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE): Lisdexamfetamine is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan, including psychological, social, and other treatments. It may help to increase the ability to pay attention, stay focused, and stop fidgeting. Lisdexamfetamine may also be used to treat binge eating disorder (BED). It may help to reduce the number of binge eating days. This medication is a stimulant. It is thought to work by restoring the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. This medication is not recommended for use for weight loss due to the risk of serious side effects. FDA Approval Date: 2007-02-23 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)