VYVANSE Reviews (LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE)Average Rating: 3.4 (640 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VYVANSE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VYVANSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | ADD | I hate it, but it works. I hate that I'm not hungry and that I feel like I need a pill to function. Whenever I forget to take it my mom makes me take it in the afternoon. It's 4:51am and I get up at 5:40 am I've been up all day. FML! Oh and I get mood swings. I've gotten in school suspension for hitting some one I get agitated quickly. | F | 13 | 6 months 30MG | 5/30/2014 | 3 | ADHD | I just started taking Vyvanse on Wednesday and I can honestly say it's already gotten me to focus and. rack down on things. I've been a fast paced mind for forever and now it's slowed down. My only problem with it is my headaches and shakiness. I noticed the absence of hunger from the get go, and honestly being 5'6" and 210 lbs. It doesn't bother me if I'm losing weight. but what will happen if I don't get to eat as much. will I get sick? | F | 18 | 1 days 1 | 5/23/2014 | 5 | ADHD | Occasional bruxism, insomnia. | This has helped me to become very focused especially when my ADHD started affecting my job. Sometimes I can get a little too focused though. I skip taking it on weekends if I'm not busy trying to get chores or necessary activities done otherwise I may end up spending hours on a phone app or cleaning excessively. | M | 29 | 3 years 50 MG 1X day | 5/16/2014 | 3 | ADHD | When I first started taking Vyvanse it was amazing! My grades improved and I was more attentive. Now I feel like it is going down hill... I get BAD mood swings, anxiety, I get paranoid and feel unwanted and like i dont fit in. I am always chewing and picking my nails, and I have been doing it since I started taking Vyvanse. When I don't take it I eat SOOOOO much and its horrible. I feel like Im addicted to it... It isnt a bad drug and it does what its suppose to do. | F | 15 | 5 years | 5/7/2014 | 3 | add/adhd | Dry mouth, insane decrease of hunger (can't eat all day after i take it, even if im hungry) head tingles occasionally, slightly twitchy, and did i mention loss of hunger? I can handle everything besides the loss of appitite. If it didnt have that it would be near perfect. | The head tingling part is actually quite enjoyable | M | 17 | 60 mg 1X day | 4/21/2014 | 5 | ADHD | I've had ADHD since the day I was born. I swear to you! Even as an infant my mom said she would look at my eyes and could tell my mind was racing. I also did not need very much sleep. Doctors tried all kinds of stuff to get me to sleep more than 3-4 hours a night. Finally at age 7 I was officially diagnosed with ADHD (also a dx of dyscalclia which is like dyslexia but with numbers and a writing disability). I was put on Ritalin 2xs a day. I don't have a good memory but I was told it made me extremely depressed/suicial at 7 years old!!! Once they realized those symptoms were caused by the Ritalin I was taken off and the school was forced to accommodate me. (A very small catholic school) I struggled through school barely making C's. Managed to graduate Highschool in 2009 and started college. That was a disaster. No motivation. Can't focus. Can't remember things. My gpa was crap!!! In 2013 a friend gave me some adderall. I was reluctant to try it because of my experience as a child but I went ahead and gave it a shot. I sat at a desk studying for 9-12 hours a day!! The only side effect was my mood was flat and I felt like a zombie. My vibrant personality was gone. I stopped taking it and started struggling again. Not until a month ago (March 2015) my doctor tried vyvanse and WOW!!!! My grades are already improving!!! Vyv does not flatten my mood. I'm still "me" just able to focus and remember things!!! Now on top of this I have gastroparesis (a paralyzed stomach) | F | 23 | 1 months 30 mg | 4/9/2014 | 3 | ADD/focus | This drug really does what it needs to do despite some of the side effects. I was diagnosed with ADD after my senior year of high school. I am now in college taking this medicine two days a week. In the morning it is great. I can focus, understand things more clearly, and get things done. The worst part is when I am coming off of this medicine. I have headaches pretty much every time I take it. Also I have severe mood swings. The combination of a headache and the mood swings together is sometimes almost unbearable. I feel depressed and lose interest in just about everything. I don't want to be bothered at all and it's almost like I am a completely different person. | F | 18 | 4 months 40mg | 4/9/2014 | 5 | ADD severe | a tingling in my face, severe lackof appetite,jittery,definite jaw clenching. I suffered from a ADD my entire life. In the early 1980s this type of treatment was really unknown. Now in my 40's I have never been smarter, focused, and that background noise I have heard my entire life is gone. I can listen to the radio in the car snd folliw a conversation with out interrupting. Due to insurance I have tried many medications. Vyvanse by far, most effective and it's absolute blessing. The weight loss is huge, in the first 3 months i was down 40lbs fron no appetite. My first day taking this I cried. You have no idea the feeling when that background noise is gone, and you are finally normal. If you do not have ADD these horrible side effects will be that severe, if you need it you will be very pleased and see vyvanse as a miracle. Dont let the negative comments scare you. | F | 42 | 1 years 70 mg | 4/5/2014 | 1 | ADHD | At first it was amazing, considering I switched from a high dose of adderal, I had more of an appetite than on adderal and was able to more normal.Now a couple years in I've started experiencing Dry mouth, irritability, mood swings, bouts of depression, incessant talking. It also KILLS my libedo, I can't get it up, and if I can it won't stay hard. Loss of sexual desire. I have genital shrinkage, it feels like I've dipped my balls in cold water. I'm always thirsty, chills and have almost as much trouble paying attention I'm school as when I forget to take it. | M | 17 | 6 years 40 | 3/26/2014 | 5 | ADHD | Weight Loss, Escalated Libido, Tremendous Energy, Minor difficulty sleeping. | Excellent, however, the effects last for a mere 5 or 6 hours. With Work, Family, and School..that's no where near the amount of coverage I need. Be aware that Shire's claim to fame is that this drug lasts for 12 hours---IT DOES NOT. Picture a bell curve that lasts at a maximum...6 hours. However, do not be discouraged, my point is that you have to strategically take this medicine. Right time and for the right reason. | M | 42 | 2 months 50 MG 1X day | 3/23/2014 | 4 | Add | The most notable side effects are dry mouth and sweating(which I counteract with antiperspirant and it works well). Without it I am usually very bored by just about everything which makes me want to sleep alot. It definalty boosts my interest and motivation in doing things. I started taking adderall my junior year of high school but switched recently to the decreased amount of side effects. It greatly improved my preformance in school because I was always considered an underachiever, due to me being in high level classes but never getting the grades that were expected. I ended up more or less getting straight A's through my final years of highschool, when I was usually a C student. I am very impulsive when I am on it so I have to control what enviorment I put myself in but all in all I like it much better than adderrall | M | 19 | 1 days 50 | 3/23/2014 | 4 | ADD | This drug works. It had some crazy side effects-- cold cravings, loss of appetite, severe insomnia, dry mouth, irritability, and weight loss were the biggest ones for me. Most of the reviews sound pretty daunting, but talk to your doctor. If you're like me and have trouble stringing two thoughts together, this drug is truly worth it. At my job, I got recognition from my boss, who eventually gave me a raise. In class, my grades instantly rose, with half the studying and double the results. I can think faster and clearer than I've ever been able to, and the haze that always kept me from thinking straight is lifted. It's not easy to stick to, but it's well worth the struggle. | M | 23 | 2 years 60 MG | 3/21/2014 | 1 | ADHD+minor depression | I've struggled with ADD my entire life, though it wasn't until about the middle of freshman year I got formally diagnosed. At first it was great. I could focus again, I wasn't always tired anymore, and I got better with my anger issues. But since ex the beginning of sophomore year it been HELL. I'm constantly cold, exhausted during the day, and way too energetic at night. I've lost my appetite, and it's like I'm constantly under cold water (meaning my penis is totally shrunk). But that's not even half of it. I swear, I think I'm starting to hear voices. At first, it was just me thinking to my self, but now in this corner in the back of my mind that never stops. The things it says are indescribable, mainly because it's a Radom stream of insults, prejudices, and observation. And I'm getting more and more antisocial as time goes on, literally all I do in school is just homework and idle chatter with my classmates, and when I get home I hop in bed and play video games till dinner, and it's really starting to worry me and my parents ( they only know that I'm becoming a recluse). To be honest I'm thinking of ditching this drug, and though I highly recommend not using it, if you have to then only take it once or twice a week, because it takes up to 3 days for the effects to wear off. I've never tried quitting it but now I'm gonna BEWARE its highly addictive and if you're anything like me you will develops a dependance on it | M | 15 | 10 months 50 | 2/26/2014 | 4 | Adult ADHD | F | 58 | 4 years 40mgs 1X day | 2/23/2014 Patient History | 5 | ADHD | Loss of appetite, therefore causing weightloss, dry mouth, insomnia I started at the lowest dosage which was 20 or 30 mg I believe. I was gradually increased to 70 mg based on effectiveness. Almost immediately I lost my appetite and had to force myself and set reminders to eat. Dry mouth was also immediate however I didn't drink a lot of fluid either. Craved ice cream and cold things. The insomnia was a problem off and on but tapered off. Over the years depending on life interaction I have had the dosage adjusted for insomnia or tachycardia (fast heartbeat) initially I lost 40 lbs but gained it back eventually. As to what I am actually using it for, ADHD the effects were also immediate. My productivity at work skyrocketed. Increased by about 15-20%. Went from hardly working to completing my work in half the day, and increased boredom with the job. You can look at that either way. But I got a new job w/in 6 months making 10k more per year. I also went to and completed grad school while working full-time. So yea basically, I'd say it works, just gotta find the right dosage and monitor results and your health. It is rather expensive and there is no generic, there are coupons bad discount programs out there. | F | 31 | 4 years 70 | 2/20/2014 | 3 | ADD and poor academic performance | Bad: Decrease appetite, easily angered, less sex drive, hard to maintain an erection, hard to climax, diarrhea, twitchy vision Good: increased focus, increased fine motor skills, increased hand/eye coordination I was diagnosed with ADD at age 15, and have been taking Vyvance ever since. At first it went very well with only decreased appetite, then it started turning and I became moody. I became partially depressed and didn't want to do anything. I slowly stopped taking the drug and only used it when I knew I would need the focus it brought me (exams, big test, lots of chores to do, etc.). I took it for the first time in about two months the other day and although it increased focus slightly, it had a disastrous effect on my manhood that afternoon, and I had never had this problem before. Moral of the story: stay on the medication and it will do as intended, but if you stop and start as I do, be prepared for big side effects. | M | 17 | 1 days 20 MG | 1/2/2014 | 4 | Adult ADHD | Mild headaches. Always thirsty. Penile shrinkage (flaccid). Difficulty maintaining full erection for long, difficulty achieving orgasm. Mild insomnia at times. Feeling zoned out after about 4 hours of onset. Works very well for focus and concentration. Sometimes I feel a little zoned out, sometimes get kind of edgy and irritable, but it does work well if the right dosage is found and is taken as prescribed and a good diet is followed, very important | M | 39 | 3 months 50 mg | 12/21/2013 | 1 | ADHD | I had been taking vyvanse for awhile and i started having anger outburst and i couldnt keep a conversation going. Nothing to me was funny anymore and i just wanted to sit in my room and not talk to anyone and just paint. I question myself sometimes if this is real life when im on the pill. I will be sitting in class and all the sudden i will forget everything that just happened and ask myself "am i dreaming? Where am i? Is this real?" And than i can never sleep. No matter what time i take it, i can still never sleep. The worst part is the anger outburst and the depression i get with the medication. I hate myself when im on it and feel like no body wants me. I feel depressed and sad and just want to sit in a room by myself and not talk to anyone. I just want to stair at the walls. I also cannot eat while on the pill. Ill go days without eating or wanting to eat and sometimes drink. I feel paranoid and very jittery. Im not myself on this pill at all. | F | 16 | 10 months 40mg | 12/9/2013 | 3 | Diarrhea, loss of appetite, sweating, chapped lips, moderate back pain, leg pain (mostly in calf muscles/bones and ankles), stomach pain, vomiting, motion sickness, periods of nausea, no appitite, weight loss (probably just water weight at this point) muscle weakness, severe insomnia (have to take 10mg of ambien to sleep at night or else i only sleep about 2 hrs if i'm lucky) severe mood changes towards come down (i.e depression, agitation, random anger towards small or unimportant things) and migraines | F | 17 | 60mg XR 1X day | 11/26/2013 | 4 | ADHD | I sweat an extreme amount no matter what the temperature is. I could be shaking cold but have pit stains from so much sweat which makes it difficult to pick what I want to where that day. Sometimes I will have trouble falling asleep at night. I won't go to school without it usually so yes, I have become depended of it; but I also have an addictive personality. But most importantly before vyvanse I would make C's in most classes for school. Now I make straight A's and I am completely focused and completing all assignments given to me. I think it also makes me more aggravated at smaller things around me (people talking when i am trying to focus, or when I am simply not interested I have the urge to say SHUT THE **** UP!) | M | 17 | 1 years 30 MG | 11/21/2013 |