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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VYVANSE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | ADHD | Terrible mood swings. | One week after starting my 10 year old son on Vyvanse he ran out into the freezing cold and had such a terrible tantrum (i thought) ripping off his clothes, screaming at the top of his lungs that he would rather die then live with me because I was a horrible Mother. He had never done anything like that before, so I took him off the medication right away. My sons Doctor told me it had nothing to do with the medication and put him back on it. Since then my son has started stealing money from me. Calling me horrible names, trashing his bedroom, threatening suicide, threatening to kill me. The list goes on and on. In the last week I have had the police here three times and the crises response team once. Although I call them regularly. They all say the same thing. He is too much for me to handle and I should consider foster care. I actually picked up the phone tonight to call Childrens Aid to ask them to take my son temporarily because I need to get him some help. I thank God I found this site instead. Reading all these comments just may have saved our family. | M | 10 | 4 months 50 mg 1X day | 1/29/2011 | 3 | ADD | in order from most frustrating: Jaw Clenching/Soreness with slight grinding slight insomnia, especially when first using/after not using on weekends no appetite dehydration/dry mouth | fall asleep around 3/4am take medicine at 7am only to be suddenly awake around 9am feeling fully rested - both a good and bad thing as waking up at 9am doesn't quite fit my later afternoon college schedule No appetite and when I forced myself to eat a normal size meal I- a. couldnt ever finish it b. felt extremely overstuffed! in a very uncomfortable way | F | 19 | 2 weeks 30 MG 1X day | 1/26/2011 | 1 | ADD | Extremely fast/abnormal heart beat, chest pains, sort breath/ difficulty breathing, dizzy, extreme weight loss, ringing in ears, disorientation and confusion, panic attacks, insomnia, nervous and anxious, easily annoyed/irritable, muscle aches and tremors, diarrhea, never hungry, got sick from scents or flavorful foods, trouble orgasming, weak to the point of being unable to stand, high blood pressure, blurred vision, dehydration. | I took a break from the drug for a little over a week then started it again and all of a sudden I was having Extremely bad side effects. I spent a couple weeks going in and out of the emergency room, urgent care and the regular clinic. The first time I went to the ER I was driving and every muscle in my body locked up. I could not move, speak, breath, there was a ringing in my ears and felt as if I was having a heart attack. My heart rate when they picked me up was 178 bmp. They gave me every test they could for my heart and said I was fine. The doctors kept telling me I was having really bad panic attacks but after some research I realized I had every overdose and allergic symptom of Vyvanse. I was TERRIFIED for a few weeks because the doctors kept telling me it wasn't the Vyvanse and t continue taking it. I literally felt like I was going to die 24/7. It felt like I was about to have a heart attack all the the time. I couldn't drive, think, walk or function. In 2 months I lost 45 Pounds from the drug, I was not exercising at all. The drug gave me induced panic disorder and I continued to have panic attack and hyperventilating for couple months or so after quitting the drug. A few months later I still feel like I am going to have panic attacks, I find myself being out of breath and having trouble breathing accompanied by a rapid heart rate and disorientation. I am worried I have permanent damage on my heart, lungs, or brain. I would NOT recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 20 | 3 months 60 MG 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 5 | ADHD | Dry mouth, some aggression | Really works for me, but I only take it if I am at work, not on weekends. It turns down the background noise (songs, movie clips, memories) that otherwise distract me from what I am doing. I can focus much more, and as a result get more satisfaction out of my work. | M | 48 | 4 months 30 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 3 | ADHD | Loss of appetite, lack of sexual desire, huge mood swings, extremely irritable, angry. | At first, Vyvanse was amazing. I was given a sudden boost of energy and like any other drug, got extremely high off it. I was always doing my school work, cleaning my room, going to practice at an almost unreasonable pace. Life was in fast forward and I had to do everything because I felt like I needed to. If anyone thinks cocaine is a hell of drug, wait until you try vyvanse at a high dosage. One second, I'm on top of the world, the next, I begin getting mad at life, extremely negative, and very rude. Huge mood swings...I can't even focus on the school work in front of me but rather I have to write down everything as fast as I can. Don't recommend it to people who have mood swings already. Terrible loss of appetite...can't even stand the thought of food.. | M | 20 | 1 years 40 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 4 | ADD | shaky hands,headaches,quick change in moods,eye twitching, muscle spasms,heart pain, racing heart beat,loss of appetite, depression | I havent been on it longer than a month and i seem to be relying on it. without it im lost in my mind and it's so difficult for me to do things. but when i am taking it i cant seem to get over the side effects. concerta was alot better but it wore off after about 6 months and i was taking 72 mg | F | 15 | 1 months 30 mg 1X day | 1/19/2011 | 5 | ADHD | M | 32 | 5 months 100mg 1X day | 1/16/2011 | 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 | 4 | adhd | headache, slight nauseau | ive found vyvanse to work much better for me. i can focus with the psychotic side effects i used to get from ritalin. im only on week one and hopefully the headaches will go away soon but other than that ive found it to be smooth. | M | 20 | 1 weeks 50 mg 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 4 | ADD | Anxiety, depression, dry mouth, obsessing about things (keeping house clean, having a certain GPA), teeth grinding, cold fingers and toes, loss of appetite, insomnia, absent thought, | This is a great medicine to use for school, but has held me back in other ways. i don't want to hang out with friends, i am constantly worrying about what people are talking about me, and overall am experiencing a lot of anxiety when on the medication. At the end of the day i'm so depressed and don't want to do anything but lay in bed and wish I wasn't alive. I constantly have to remind myself that it's just the vyvanse. I'M MUCH MORE SOCIABLE AND CAREFREE WITHOUT VYVANSE. It hurts so much to lose my personality because I need to do good in school, but after I graduate I'm done with vyvanse too. I actually haven't taken them in a couple weeks, because I'm gonna try to get by this semester without it, so we'll see how it goes. | F | 20 | 2 years 30 MG 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 1 | ADHD and apnea | Sleepy during the day; insomnia at night. | Did not keep me alert for apnea symptoms. Kept dozing off. Did not help focus for ADHD symptoms. Thoughts trailed off; couldn't keep up with the thread of conversation. | M | 40 | 30 days 30mg 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 2 | ADHD | loss of appetite, teeth grinding, difficulty falling asleep, increased energy, inability to maintain erection | its great in many ways, but it kills my sex life and sometimes i cant sleep unless i take it as soon as i wake up and am active thoughout the day | M | 21 | 6 weeks 70 mg 1X day | 1/5/2011 | 1 | adhd | irritation, violent actions | My son is back in the hospital for the 2nd time within a month. Since taking Vynanse 2 months ago, he has become an uncontrollable, angry 15 year old who has been suspended twice from school (assaulting a teacher and student), during his anger episodes. Thanks to your posts, I'm 100% certain that his mood swings are from the Vynanse and will insist that he be taken off of them before he destroys anything else in our home or ends up hurting one of us seriously. He'd been doing well on Ritalin LA for 10 years, wish they'd never changed it. This has been a major disruption in his education as well as our lives. I think the medication works differently on different people. Parents keep an eye out for changes in your childrens' behavior (moods in particularly) while on this medication. I had to take down my Christmas tree and decorations to keep him from destroying them too. Good luck to all of you and thanks again for pointing me in the right direction for what's best for my son. | M | 15 | 2 months 70 1X day | 12/28/2010 | 2 | ADHD | RHABDOMYOLYSIS, high CPK level: 60,000 + (norm about 100) upper arms edema - swollen 2X in size -muscle soreness, racing heart, frequent heart arrythymia, hyperkalemia (high potassium), frequent high BP, body edema, dfficulty sleeping | November of 2010 was admitted to ER with severe upper arm edema. My symptoms had been getting worse for at least six months but my psychiatrist ordered no blood work and denied cause was Vyvanse. Had I had cpk tested earlier I could have stopped Vyvanse and prevented Rhabdo, a serious muscle and kidney destroying disease. Manufacturer lists Rhabdo as serious side effect but that warning is placed ONLY under Overdose. I was taking less than prescribed 30 mg. They also say it CAN happen at any dosage at any time - idiosyncratically. If you are on Vyvanse or other similar drug, carefully monitor your symptoms and get the cpk blood test to rule out Rhabdo. In the beginning years I had good results re concentration and memory but always had sleep disturbances and racing thoughts at night. I am now 6 weeks post 4 day hospitalization and still have edema, fuzzy thinking, poor concentration. I must repeat this semester at grad school. This could have been prevented so be your own advocate, research side effects and report everything to your doctor. | F | 32 | 3 years 30 1X day | 12/22/2010 | 3 | ADD, Depression, Anxiety | Dry mouth (A bit too much) I get this short pain in my chest that lasts a second when I am trying to fall asleep, dizziness. In the evening when it wears off I become hyper. And my ADD impulses (The Ohh Shiny and Oh look a *insert random object here* are still there | As far as the labels go, it is only for people with ADHD. I take 3 seperate meds for my problems.. I have heard of a medicine that can help all 3 of my major conditions... so why aren't I on it? I don't like the WHOLE LONG LIST of general side effects. | F | 14 | 2 weeks all white 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 3 | adhd add | Change in thought and desire. Get horny a lot yet dick doesnt get up all the way. (still able to ejaculate). Hyper focus, just do 1 thing at a time. A little anxietized. (i know its not a werd). No appetite. Want to drink a lot. | This drug has helped me focus on things that would benefit me later. The drug makes me optimistic, yet unfulfilled. It has sexual side effects that are hard to deal with. (i have a need to look at the dirtiest porn and jerk off a lot; though strong vasoconstriction in the penal region). I get a lot of stuff done that i would normally put off until the last minute. i'm learning piano and this drug has helped me to pattern my music instead of just drifting off into nothingness. This drug is quite effective in some areas but the truth is i am unsure. | M | 22 | 2 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 4 | Adult ADD, OCD, Dyslexia | dry mouth / dehydration, trouble sleeping, gastrointestinal, craving of cigarettes | Over the last 6 months my doctor and I have been going through ADD meds to find the one that works best for me. So far I've tried Intuniv, Ritalin, Adderal, Focalin, and finally Vyvanse. The previous four either did not help me at all or the side effects were just too much to handle on a daily basis. Vyvanse, which I've now been taking for 3 weeks now has really been working. The first major side effect for all these meds is loss of appetite, which for me has been non-existent for me (a major plus). As for the over all effect, it feels a lot like Adderall, but not as intense. The intended effects are the same, but without the big "hit" that Adderall gives you. And I don't get the "Zombie" effect with Vyvanse that Adderall gave me. So far, Vyvanse had some great immediate effects that's been helping me with daily stuff. My memory is better, I'm not all over the place as much both physically and mentally, and am able to stay focused better and on track. My doctor had me take 10mg for 3 days, 20 for 3 days, 30 for 5 days, and 40 until now. I'm moving up to 50 in my next refill. By introducing the med gradually like this helped my body get used to the med without any harsh side effect. The side effects I have been experiencing are as follows: First thing is, about an hour or 2 after I take the med in the morning, I have to take a shit. Everyday since I started it. I don't get stomach craps or uncomfortable feels in my bowel, I just need to shit. (funny, | M | 26 | 3 weeks 50mg 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 4 | ADHD | Loss of appetite, great weightloss, nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, couldn't sleep for the first 5 days, and very bad diarrhea. I was out of school the whole 2nd week I took it. Maybe eat something right when you take it. That might stop it. | I'm a 17 year-old girl that was put on this for ADHD. I was tested for ADHD when I was six so I've know about it for many years. I've been on many kinds of medicine and this one seems to work the best. | F | 17 | 3 weeks 50 MG 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 4 | Adult ADHD Inattentive | Headache, elevated blood pressure, increased pulse, mood instability, irritability, euphoria during first 2 hours after taking dose, increased libido, decreased appetite, mild flashes of paranoia, increased anxiety. | I started this drug after failing on Strattera 80 mg to manage Adult ADHD. I had been on Adderall several years ago but was taken off because psychiatrist insisted I was just depressed and did not have ADHD, despite meeting the criteria for diagnosis. Although I have only been on Vyvanse for 2 weeks, I wanted to share my thoughts and experience. I did experience several negative side effects up until about 3 days ago. The key for me was making lifestyle changes to accomodate the med. I have been making sure to get enough sleep. I felt much worse if I did not get enough rest. (I am a full-time college student in pre-med, married & mother of 5 so I know how hard it is to rest.) Second, I take the dose @ 10:30 a.m. after my morning coffee has time to get out of my system. Only decaf the rest of the day, no other caffinated beverages. I also decreased smoking. "Clean" diet, (i.e., no fast food, mostly fruits, grains & veggies) is also helpful. I used an herbal supp to maintain my blood pressure, which has stabilized & I'm off the supplement. (*Check with your doc before trying any herbal supplements.) My best advice is, unless you are in serious cardiac danger or some other kind of danger, such as hurting yourself or someone else, or any other health danger, try to be patient. Your brain needs time to adjust. Vyvanse, for me, has no "crash" period. I noticed some irritability during the first 5 days, but it has since subsided. My concentratio | F | 39 | 2 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 12/13/2010 | 4 | Adult ADHD | Dry mouth, suppressed appetite | It is so important to get the right dose with this drug-too much and you might get angry, not enough and it is spotty. You have to give it a chance, though. I have been on Vyvanse for over a month, and have found it really helpful. I was the constant figeting/pacing guy before, and now I can sit down! I definitely have more interest in things (like my kids) that wasn't there before. I used to drink like a fish, always wanting to reach a more "normal" mental state. Vyvanse takes away the allure of booze for me, which is, in itself, amazing. I haven't drank in over a month (nor do I even feel the slightest itch to) and I'm getting healthy again. I would bet that undiagnosed ADHD would account for so many labeled alcoholics (and some drug abusers) that are just trying to self-medicate and find that more normal mental state. Take a closer look at people you know like this-maybe you can help them. | M | 34 | 2 months 40 MG 1X day | 12/9/2010 |