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 |
| 4 | ADD/adult | At the beginning .. none. worked great! finally no crash. After a little over a year.. suddenly terrible joint pain... muscle tenderness like I worked out too much ... all over. Back pain terrible.. thought I needed a new mattress.. got one .. a month later still aweful. Hands so stiff in morning cant open jar. Past few weeks also waking several times per night ... no reason.. bloodwork done.. results normal. No increased stress or life changes. | Have an appointment to change meds. Looks like its back to adderall for me. Sucks because vyvance worked so well for so long but cant take the physical side effects. I will check back in after i discontinue. Feel free to message me if I can help with any info. | F | 46 | 1 years 60mg 1X day | 2/12/2012 | 3 | adhd | i would like to know why vyvanse would cause dizziness and fatigue/tireiness. It always happens two hours after I take vyvanse. I have been on most of the adhd meds and they all seem to do the same thing. I have felt like this for at least two years. At time my energy seems really low because of it. I even drink 1 ensure a day and still feel like this. I even get cramping in my legs. I would appreaite anyone intake. | F | 29 | 60 days 60mg 1X day | 2/1/2012 | 5 | ADD/ADHD | Headaches, Absutley no appetite...can't even make myself eat. It's of energy and focus improved mood just a miracle pill I feel like a normal person again!!! | F | 25 | 2 weeks 70mg | 1/28/2012 | 4 | Focus | Headaches leg and feet cramps lack of feeling not wanting to be touched | F | 51 | 2 days 40 | 1/26/2012 | 5 | ADD | Well, I'm 16, ive been taking it 2 Days so far, I like it a lot, I can concentrate and stay awake in class now, I take it and about and hour i'd say, it kicks in and gives me a high feeling, it gives me a great mood lift, for some reason makes me cuddly lol, so far its given me cottonmouth but I heard that goes away, decreased appetite, I went from eating 3 big meals a day to forcing myself to eat supper, food just seems unappealing and you don't want it. Actually I get sleepier when it wears off, umm, a major energy boost, and it makes you more social. | M | 16 | 2 days 50 mg | 1/25/2012 | 1 | Adult ADD | Irritability, depression, hopelessness, panic attacks, gastrointestinal problems (severe) mood swings, lack of productivity/loss of interest, anti social/ disengaged | F | 45 | 2 months 70 Mg | 1/21/2012 | 5 | Still not sure, but it's working | I have been drinking coffee for 20 years, mostly double bags at work, or single shots at home, either way, I was much better off taking the prescribed dose of 1 40 mg in the am, and one in the evening, around 5, that left five hours, to focus on the kids, school work, etc, mixed with my Clonezapam, 4 mg total, 2 in am, w vuvance 70 mg, and two at night, but since I got laid off by my co, after 19 years one month of 100 % critical facilities up time, perfect record, I ended up getting put on one 70, for 30 days, because they have a card for 50/% off. But only for 30 pols, so, until I get insurance again. I'm stuck on the 1-70 mg, like I said, the comment earlier, about how you know your not taking enough, I would say, that if your crash comes before 3pm, that you should raise the dose and split it in to different time periods, but if your not on Clonezapam, or mood stabilizer, your heart could play the anxiety beat and you know what happens then. Risk of you know what, so, be careful. | M | 45 | 1 weeks 70 mg | 1/14/2012 | 5 | ADD | The only side effects I've noticed are dry mouth and severe cravings for sweets. Someone told me that amphetamines increase your body's need for glucose... | I think this drug is nothing short of a miracle! I started Vyvanse late in life, even though I knew from a very early age that I couldn't pay attention to save my life. Since being on Vyvanse, my nursing school grades have gone up by 1 grade level (I'm an A student now) and I don't spend my time wondering what I didn't catch in the last lecture. Aside from the dry mouth and the sugar cravings, Vyvanse is everything I need it to be! | F | 32 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 3 | ADD/ADHD | I been slightly less hungry....IDK | Only thing I have noticed is being slightly less hungry when I take it I feel focused for a little bit but then its like it wears off. I don't know if it means its not strong enough or what? If anyone has any thoughts please email me =) | F | 19 | 7 days vy 30 mg 1X day | 1/4/2012 | 3 | ADD | Nausea. insomnia. headaches. dizziness. decreased appetite until late at night when it starts to ware off and then I feel kind of hungry. sometimes I get hungry a couple hours after I take vyvanse and then don't for the rest of the day. I don't think I've lost weight yet because I haven't checked but I don't see a difference in how I look. heat flashes. Increase in sexdrive. No food seems appetizing so when I eat, it tastes unsatisfying. Controls my mood somewhat. somewhat helps me concentrate but I guess I will know that better when I go back to college and have classes again and have to do all that homework again. | F | 18 | 4 days 30 MG | 1/2/2012 | 4 | ADD | lack of hunger, increased motivation, increased attention span about 100X, more focused, more energy, more reserved personality | I have been awake for the past 66 hours and have only eaten two meals. But, I did beat Zelda Skyward Sword! -when I should have been doing homework. Vyvanse works very well at keeping you from getting distracted, but make sure to do the right thing initially, or you too may save Zelda and all of Skyloft in a classic advernture for the Wii. Works great for deadlines. Like right after this. | M | 18 | 2 years 20MG-100MG 1X day | 1/1/2012 | 5 | Prescribed Vyvanse as a pick-me-up | Hunger is nonexistent. Easily agitated. Prior to taking Vyvanse, if I had not gotten a sufficient amount of sleep, it would cause soreness of my lower back and other muscles, make me feel light-headed/disorientated, and make my body feel strained/fatigued while my mind was still racing (because of this, I would not suggest taking Vyvanse as a substitute for sleep). Other than those side effects, I enjoyed my experience with Vyvanse. It enables you to be focused and motivated like never before. It tremendously helped me out in paying attention in class and getting my work completed. And on top of that, it just makes you feel good about yourself and like you're truly on top of things. | M | 18 | 2 months 40 | 12/28/2011 | 5 | ADD | Dry Mouth, Sweaty Feet, Racing heart beat, Sharp Focus, Paranoia, Frequent bathroom breaks, and awakeness. | M | 15 | 1 months 60 MG | 12/22/2011 | 5 | ADD | Sweating. Overheating. Blurred vision. Cold hands and feet after medicine wears off. Greatly increased sexdrive. Euphoria. Worsened depression when medicine runs out in bloodstream. Pounding or weakened heartbeat. Ringing in ears. Minor hallucinations of things shifting/moving. Minor paranoia. Feelings of detachment from reality. Feelings of unease. NO appetite. Many more I can't think of. | I was given this for ADD, and I am glad I was. I landed a job because of this stuff. I am doing things I have NEVER done before, such as drawing and becoming re-interested in things which requires focus, like piano. I love to clean now, too. My room is continually clean, whereas before it would be a disorganized mess. I can talk to people now, too. I haven't ever been able to do that because I felt too afraid that I would be criticized or ashamed for something I said or did around other people. My public shyness was crippling, but the Vyvanse took this all away. Confidence is restored in me when I take this medication. Best of all, I finally feel NORMAL. Instead of not even having enough energy to drive to the store, I now have a wellspring of boundless energy inside of me to accomplish anything I want to do. The best way to describe it is this: Everything that was once a burden to do is now fun to do. Everything in my life is being set in order, and it is happening fast, too! No waiting around for a medicine to work for a month with THIS stuff, because it works on day one. I have been transformed. I am happier. The only problem are the extensive side-effects. They are extreme, to say the least. After this medicine wears off, I get sick as hell, both mentally and physically. I am literally afraid to exercise because of the effect Vyvanse has on my heart. One moment it will be normal, and the next it will race at a scary 170 beats per minute. | M | 22 | 2 weeks 60mg 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 5 | Adult ADHD | I feel like I'm freezing, mild sweating simultaneously, difficulty keeping balance, insomnia. Empathetic to others, confident, I actually smoke less than I did and unbeknownst to me, already know how to organize projects. | F | 26 | 7 days 50 mg | 12/13/2011 | 5 | Adult ADHD | Weight loss, hyper-focus, mood swings, clear thinking, dry mouth, loss of emotional reactions during drug active period (12-14 hours), caffeine cravings, nicotine craving, increased nervous habits, bad alcohol interactions, brain to mouth filter | I was prescribed 50mg of Vyvanse originally by my doctor after being diagnosed Adult ADHD. The drug originally worked very well; causing 20 lbs of weight loss, mostly forgetting to eat. I came off after only 8 hours. I was really moody, wanted LOTS of alcohol, and coming off the dose was hard. The doctor prescribed me after 4 mos 70 mg, stating that is the recommended dose for somebody my size, but the 50mg was to get me introduced to the meds. I am not as hyper-focused, but my ability to concentrate and make clear, adult decisions lasts almost 14 hours. Alcohol is BAD news at the higher dose. I have been unable to find a lot of information about it, other than just what people experience. Extreme aggression, lapse in memory (like bits and pieces of a bad dream), cannot tell you are drunk until you are well beyond mental function. Good and bad; lost personality of the "goofy guy", but helps at work and being more "appropriate" in adult interaction (no saying the first thing that comes to mind). | M | 35 | 8 months 70 MG 1X day | 12/10/2011 | 4 | Adult ADD | Mild euphoria, anxiety, grinding of teeth. Feels like it bumps up my IQ by about 10 or 15 points. It makes cardio exercise difficult because heart rate spikes to well over 80% max very quickly. It takes a while to dial in the right dosage. | Tried Adderall for a while and decided Vyvanse is a lot smoother and more effective. It takes some getting used to, but it has saved my job/career. I'm starting to understand impulse control, and why I was constantly in the principal's office in elementary school. I also now see the coping mechanisms used to compensate -- self-imposed reticence and shyness to avoid either saying something stupid (because I wasn't following the conversation) or just talking too much nonsense. | M | 48 | 10 months 60 1X day | 12/9/2011 | 3 | ADD | Dry mouth (unpleasant taste as well), tics, mild manic moods (when the medication kicks in), anxiety, loss of appetite, emotionless, depressed when the medication wears off, aggressive/irritable | I originally started taking Vyvanse (20mg) to help with my grades in school and it helped for a while. I didn't mind the appetite loss and at first it worked for a couple of weeks. I then genuinely began to feel the side effects more intensely. On my second month I was bumped up to 30mg and and I felt the high for a week or so then I became depressed and the medication wasn't lasting as long as before. And in the past week I have become extremely emotionless and distant from people around me. Antisocial behavior has become a larger issue as well as the irritability. I've become more aggravated with people and had a much lower tolerance than before. Over all though, the Vyvanse HAS helped me focus in school and bring my grades from d's and f's to a's, b's and c's. | F | 17 | 2 months 30Mg 1X day | 12/9/2011 | 3 | ADD; Not concentrating in class | I start shaking every time my dosage is raised. I have less of an appetite. (I lost 20 lbs. in 2 months just on 20 MG) Trouble sleeping if I take it any later than mid morning. (8-9 AM) | After a while, it stopped working as effectively and i had to get my dosage raised. After I would get it raised, I would shake throughout the day for about a week. I just recently switched to 50 MG and I can't tell if it is helping. I'm getting D's and F's and in the past it has helped but at times it would not even affect me. | F | 15 | 8 months 50 MG 1X day | 12/8/2011 | 5 | Adult ADHD (inattentive) | Mild increase in BP, may be talking more in my sleep. If I miss a day I have tingling around the mouth, tiredness, wandering mind again and it takes two days to catch up to a steady even pace again. I can't imagine anyone wanting to put up with that on purpose. | I wasn't diagnosed with ADD until this year and am not nor have ever been on any other meds. Vyvanse seems to regulate at an even pace for me and lasts about 15 hours. I deliver pkgs for a living, so the physical labor as well as the situational awareness issues are suited well for this type of medicine. I make sure I drink a lot of water to filter the drug out of my system, and then I sleep like a rock now at night. I used to dream all day and all night, worthless things that I thought might be deep thoughts but really it was just endless brain dumps. Vyvanse has cut that way down. It's also given me the energy to deal with my Alzheimers mother, who would have crushed me to madness before. Good drug in the right dosage paired with a level headed person. Very thankful. | F | 50 | 100 days 30 MG 1X day | 12/4/2011 |