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| 5 | ADD inattentive disorder | Originally I was only being treated for slight depression and mild-slightly severe anxiety around people and social situations. (hard to job hunt when you are having a panic attack, lol). After about a year,some verbal and written tests as well as giant questionnaires for parents I was told I had ADD Inattentive Dsrder. Quite shocking, I always thought ADD = hyper people only. Was ASKED IF i wished to try medications and which. I read up on most and decided on Vyvanse, due to the composition and smoothness of delivery I hoped to reduce any negative effects on my anxiety the doctor agreed. GREATEST thing ever to happen to me! I don't wander off into daydreams all the time when I'm trying to work on something. I feel happy and upbeat and surprisingly enough it has done wonders for my anxiety, more so than lorazepam or clonazepam(still on this one), but since taking vyvanse I've managed to taper down to a lower dosage and perhaps to 0 eventually. I can actually go up to and have | Vyvanse is a pretty expensive drug with no generic availble (and won't be I imagine for some time). But it works wonders if you actually need it. Never tried Adderall so can't really compare personally, but I think a lot of reviews here are perhaps wanting a quick fix and are displeased when they see they can't abuse it as readily. Also those coming off instant release adderall or other type of add med and going to vyvanse and are feeling tired should note that's because vyvanse is time released and not a rush all at once type of drug. Not sure about adder xr... vyvanse is only dextroamphetamine after it's broken down and doesn't have the Levoamphetamine portion as adderall which causes people to be more wakeful or have extreme energy. So people need to be aware of this and perhaps try to stay on it for maybe a month so their body can adjust itself.... def talk to your doctor about that. | M | 28 | 1.5 years 60 MG 1X day | 8/18/2011 | 4 | ADD | Insomnia, very bad. Get about 3-4 hours of tough sleep a night. | I was first diagnosed when I was in elementary school and was put on Ritalin. It worked great for me and I was very successful in school. I stopped taking it so I could get into the Army. I had since managed to do ok using coping skills that have helped me. I got Cancer in 2009/10 and since the extreme chemo I went through my memory is gone and my attention span was shot. My doctor started me on the Vyvanse and WOW what a change. I have great follow through, attentive, and much more focused. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and take meds for that and the Vyvanse has not done anything to make the severe depression worse. My meds for the PTSD do thier job and the Vyvanse does its job very well. | M | 40 | 60 days 70MG 1X day | 8/11/2011 | 3 | ADHD | I have been taking vyvanse for two years. I love the drug, probably a little too much. I can focus well on it feeling the need to do tasks, homework, cleaning, etc. and I lose weight on the medicine from lack of eating. Some bad side effects I've had are these: severe headaches around 3:30/4:00PM, teeth grinding, dry mouth, immense sweating under my arms, unsocial, and sometimes irritable and angry. I've suffered from large depression under it. Also, now whenever I dont take the drug, I've found myself uncapable of doing almost everything; I am ten times more lazy than when I first went on vyvanse. I do not think thats healthy. It's like I've become dependant on this drug in order to lead a successful life. The drug almost isnt worth these side effects; I'm not 'me' when I take it, but as a teenager I have so much pressure to get good grades to get into a good college, that I almost have to in order to simply get by. I love vyvanse but I also hate it. | If you suffer from depression, an eating disorder, or have a bipolar disease DO NOT take this drug. To start this drug MAKE SURE you are very emotionally stable because vyvanse will take you on a rollercoaster. | F | 17 | 2 years 50 MG 1X day | 8/10/2011 | 1 | ADHD | dry mouth, hyper-focused, severe insomnia, no appetite, craving cigarettes constantly | Doctor prescribed me to take 3, yes i said three, 40mg tablets at a time daily. I took my first dose at the prescribed level and I have been up since then. I even was able to play in a Dance Dance Revolution tournament during this period. If for some reason your doctor tells you to take anywhere over 70mg, laugh at him and tell him you want something that wont keep you awake forever after your first dose. | M | 19 | 3 days 120MG 1X day | 7/24/2011 | 4 | ADHD | Everything has been good until the past several months. My daughter is 9 years old and has recently been very mouthy, rude with the family, rude with her friends. She's pretty much a smart ass. I was thinking it was just her age showing but have also decided that maybe we need to increase the dose on her Vyvanse, She has always taken 30 mg and I plan to ask the doctor to increase it to 40 and maybe soon after that go to 50. I am worried that when school starts back up that she is going to piss off some one or have a problem making new friends. | We took her to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to see a doctor (Campbell maybe?) that did studies on child ADHD. He is the one that prescribed the medication which was new at the time. She is a very athletic girl and very smart in her studies. This summer she has been slacking on her reading because she has new neighbor kids and is wanting to play all the time. Which i thought may be another reason for her attitude...maybe she is getting so exhausted. She does have some loss of appetite after breakfast but she is about 85 lbs and solid. She could stand to lose about 10 lbs. If anyone or their child has similiar issues I would love to hear from you. | M | 9 | 4 years 30 mg 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 2 | ADHD | MAJOR UPDATE!!!!! IF YOU ARE BIPOLAR - DO NOT TAKE VYVANSE!!!! The drug pegged me to a 4 month long mania that I did not recognize since I never realized that I was bipolar. Looking back, it makes sense, but at the time, the Vyvanse did solve my problems with attention and follow-through. BUT, I was yet undiagnosed as bipolar, so I was not aware of what was coming. After stopping the Vyvanse, I entered into a 6 week extreme (really extreme) depression that actually required hospitalization twice. I later learned that 40% of ADD/ADHD patients are also bipolar. That is significant enough that anyone entering drug therapy for ADD/ADHD should also be carefully screened for bipolar or depressive episodes. If you have ever had any excessive or oddly disproportionate depression, then think twice before a stimulant-based treatment. -Been There and it was agony - not worth the price of admission | M | 41 | 2 weeks 40mg 1X day | 7/13/2011 Patient History | 4 | ADD. Depression, Extreme Fatigue | Before vyvanse I illegally tried adarol. It was amazing. Though I could not sleep at all that night, it felt as if a cloud were lifted off of my head and I finally had energy....I finally realized that there is another way to think. I ended up going to the doctor and he gave me vyvanse 70 mg. I was 16 years old and 120 pounds. I am now 17 135. Vyvanse works just the same. BUT with way less crash and it lets you sleep at night rather than adarol. Vyvanse is just way better overall. Though...I do find myself taking it every other day....or taking a couple or a few days off from it because of the extreme loss of appetite. | After about a year of this medication the extreme loss of appetite is starting to piss me off. Seriously. I really do not know what to do....If you people already have a hard time eating.....stay void of this medicine. | M | 17 | 1 years 70 1X day | 7/7/2011 | 1 | wrongly diagnosed adhd. | Vyvanse made me hallucinate, which I've never done before in my life. I woke up screaming every single night I was on Vyvanse, and would see people in my bedroom. I'd be screaming and yelling running for the light switch and there I was all by myself. Extreme irritability also, and crying spells. | My doctor obviously gets money for pawning this stuff on people, because I'm depressed and anxious, and she decided I had adhd. I needed sedatives, certainly not a methamphetamine like Vyvanse. After the 9 days on it I threw the rest out and called my psychiatrist and basically said she almost killed me and I'd be going elsewhere from now on. Screw Vyvanse. | M | 33 | 9 days 30mg 1X day | 6/30/2011 | 4 | ADHD | dry mouth, sweating,increased heart beat, anxiety,insomnia | Other then the few side affects that I have I think that this medicine works really well. I notice that when i take it i actually want to do things like clean, homework and talk alot more than usual. I love how i can concentrate and dont get distracted so easily. I just wish it wouldnt make my mouth so dry :( | F | 19 | 5 months 50 mg 1X day | 6/13/2011 | 2 | treatment resistant depression | anger,agitation,frustration,extreme mood swings,emotional outbursts (crying) | After being on adderall for nearly four years,I began to experience diminishing returns...(Very short period of relief /energy followed by a spiral into depression or fatigue...Usually both.) I became very frustrated with these mood swings and decided that Vyvanse ,with its extended life, might eliminate the problems that I had experienced with adderall. I did a lot of research and was really hopefull that this drug might be the answer. From what I could see,it had been quite beneficial for many people in my predicament. I gave it two months as that was all I could tolerate. It never provided me any relief. Even after my doctor reduced the dosage,I found myself exhibiting behavior (anger outbursts) that I didn't know I was capable of. I was constantly on edge and ready to explode if 'things didn't go' as I thought they should. For the first time in my life, I began to think that I was developing a serious anger issue...Thank god that it wasn't too long before I made the connection and stopped the vyvanse. Within a few days or so, I was more or less back to my old self minus the anger. For me,this medication was simply too potent. After being on a high dose of adderall for so many years, I simply assumed that making the transition to vyvanse wouldn't be a problem . Even though they are both stimulants, they obviously employ different working mechanisms. I was quite disappointed that vyvanse didn't work for me however I am happy to report that I have been taking parnate | F | 47 | 2 months 40 Mg 1X day | 6/7/2011 | 4 | ADD | blurry vision, moody, irritable, touch of insomnia (but naturally a night owl) | I switched to Vyvanse after being on Adderall for a year. Loved it! No extreme highs, smooth as silk! I am a creative director at an ad agency, before I started taking Vyvanse I felt that much of my day was wasted starting, stopping, getting refocused and starting again, especially during the day. Once I started taking it, my work habits and productivity improved dramatically. I did notice that I could/would obsess over details of a project more than before and sometimes to the point that the obsession became a little counter productive. I did after a year on Vyvanse start smoking again, after having quit for 12 years, although I do blame it mostly on other circumstances. I smoked for about a year and quit. After quitting I noticed a bit of depression, which I never had any issues with. I bumped my dosage up to 40mg and after two or three weeks felt like I was back in the groove of things again. I have now been on that dosage for a little over a year and recently been experiencing severe headaches directly behind my right eye; extreme irritability (I have a harder time controlling my temper); and the mood swings are more similar to those I had while taking adderall. I am now questioning whether the bad is starting to outweigh the good. I am going to try and lower my dosage and see what happens. I hope the lower dosage will even things out, because I do "cling" to the benefits of the drug. | M | 38 | 3.5 years 40 1X day | 6/6/2011 | 5 | ADHD | THE USUAL STIMULANT SIDE EFFECTS. | VERY HELPFUL. HAS PROVEN TO WORK THE BEST FOR ME. I DO NOT GET THE EXTREME UPS AND DOWNS AS I DO WITH ADDERALL. ALSO, DON'T GET THE 'HIGH' THAT ADDERALL GIVES, WHICH CLEARLY MAKES IT LESS ADDICTIVE. | M | 26 | 2.5 years 70 + 30 1X day | 6/1/2011 | 3 | ADHD | Dry mouth, Dizziness, after a few months I felt like a zombie | About 6 or 7 months ago (upon finally finding a doctor who would do more than just make small talk with me for 5 minutes, then throw drugs at me), I was prescribed Vyvanse after being on generic, instant-release Adderall/mixed amphetamine salts for about a year. I asked about time-release medication because while the salts were great, I found the instant-release became rather irritating after a while - It'd wear off about halfway through the day and when I took the second dosage it never worked quite as well, which was very inconvenient for my lifestyle (I can't duck out and pop pills every few hours).... He said that Vyvanse might be a good choice, it would work for 12 hours and not have as many "hills and valleys" that the Adderall XR might have. I went from 30-40mg instant release to 50mg of Vyvanse. It was amazing at first, I already was used to the dry mouth etc because of the Adderall so that didn't bother me.. The only drawbacks were for the first 2 weeks for some reason it made me extremely dizzy (to the point my vision would become dark for a moment and I was worried I was going to faint) anytime I exerted myself (which is not good, as I am a professional dancer). However, after those first 2 weeks the dizziness went away. Also, the Vyvanse would take about 3 hours to work - which was not very convenient - but my doctor gave me a prescription for the Adderall to take in the morning so I could function - so by the time the Adderall wore off, the Vyvanse had | F | 19 | 7 months 40-120mg!! 1X day | 5/31/2011 | 3 | Ocd, add, mild depression | positive: ability to start tasks, focused, motivated, new enthusiasm for life, improved social skills, not "stuck" in head, desired weight loss. negative: very inconsistent, rapid pulse,, irritibility skin problems, dry mouth, tongue biting. When wearing off, depression, moodiness, fatigue, don't want to be social, hard to get up in morning until take it. | This drug helped at the start. I had taken Luvox for OCD for years and my life was not bad; I had difficulty starting tasks so was told I also had add. I love it some days,am focused, positive, excited about life. Now is not consistent--does improve focus but feeling of doom.depression are present as well. I cry over little things and when it wears off I feel like I wasted time on the wrong tasks. I never had anger issues and found myself feeling rage. Last night I got lots done and planned priorities for today. This a.m. felt so tired that I blew my plan, slept till 2pm, felt awful. Every time I have gone off, I sleep too long. I get overly excited about life while on it and make plans that sound awful the next day. I have read A LOT about vyv and think it can really mess up the body. I exercise, eat healthy, and should not have such low energy. I've always had a great memory; lately I forget what I was saying. I think vyv causes adrenal fatigue, depression. I've gone off-was useless, depressed, sleeping all the time. I am starting supplements,continue exercise,eat healthy then quitting for good. I love it while it works, but it's false reality. Exercise helps, as do omega-3. I'm a believer in psych meds; think without luvox I'd still be "stuck" like I was 20 yrs ago. I'd be more focused on an ADD med,but hate vicious cycle of ups & crashes. Better to listen to Teddy Roosevelt's advice "Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are." | F | 40 | 1 years 70 mg 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 5 | ADD | My daughter has been diagnosed with ADD since the age of 7. She has been on Concerta until March of this year when we switched medications because we were no longer seeing an advantages of the Concerta. So far, Vyvanse has been a miracle drug for her. She is a sophomore in high school and her grades have come up from Ds and Fs to Cs, Bs, and As! She is even able to pass tests now which she has always struggled with in the past. Her self esteem has improved greatly when it comes to her school work. We really have not seen any negative side affects yet. A lot of the side affects others are listing I also had experience with my daughter when she was on Concerta such as mood swings, irritability, irrationality. A lot of that comes with being a teenager and it is very hard to determine what is teenage behaviour vs. medication. I have always struggled trying to tell. I can only help that this medication keeps working for her as we have 2 more years of high school to get her through before she moves on to the next stage in her life! | F | 17 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 5/16/2011 | 5 | ADHD | sweating, wide awake during day, focus, calmed, increased attention span. | This drug has done my wonders in school. I love it! | F | 16 | 10 months 50 MG 1X day | 5/11/2011 | 5 | ADHD | Dry mouth, slight headache in the beginning, decreased appitite (but this was a good thing) | Vyvanse is working great for myself. I started with 30 mg once daily and now twice daily. I take it first thing in the morning and i sleep well at night, usually going to sleep around 11. I am focused and alert, able to follow along as well as understanding long conversations, meetings and stories. So far, I would say it has greatly improved my ADHD. | F | 42 | 1 months 30 2X day | 5/5/2011 | 5 | ADD | slight head ache during first few days, loss of appetite, focused much better in school | I am a freshman in high school and since the beginning of the school year I noticed I was having a very hard time focusing in class and trying to study or do my homework because I would get so distracted. So I went to my psychiatrist and was prescribed 18 MG of Concerta. I took Concerta for about two weeks and I hated it. I felt moody and upset all the time and I had an awful headache all day everyday, and it also didn't help me focus at all. So I went back to the psychiatrist and he prescribed me 30 MG of Vyvanse. I think it works great and I really can tell a difference in being able to focus a lot more in class and being able to process things better. The first 2 or 3 days I did have a headache later at night, but it doesn't happen anymore. I haven't had any problems sleeping or noticed shaking or anything like that. I have noticed a loss of appetite though. I'm not hungry as often but when I do eat I get full SO fast. but overall I really like Vyvanse and I would recommend it to anyone with ADD or ADHD. | F | 15 | 6 days 30 MG 1X day | 5/3/2011 | 5 | ADHD | Dry mouth, trouble sleeping if taken after noon, fast heartbeat | I like vyvanse because it makes me feel great and focus very well, like I can run 3 miles on the treadmill after taking it without getting tired. Its really a form of speed, but domesticated for relatively safe use. DO NOT TAKE IF YOU HAVE PREEXISTING HEART CONDITIONS AND?OR DEPRESSION. God Bless. | M | 16 | 50-60 1X day | 5/3/2011 | 1 | adhd Social Anxiety | Extreme pissed off feeling. Very little sleep, stinky poop, dark bags under my eyes, skin looks bad, shall I go on? This drug is terrible except for the person prescribing it. Vyvanse prescribers make like $40 just for writing the script. And that doesn't include the yearly bonus awards. And then lets talk about the bi-monthly $72dollar office visit which usually consist of 3 minutes of "hey how is't going? Hand me the script in exchange for a kiss on my credit card and I'm out the door. Legalized expensive dope dealers. Can you say Vyvanse? It's like a big tornado that sucks you in. Looks fun and exciting from the literature but once you're in hang on for a ride from hell. | M | 44 | 90 days 30mg 1X day | 5/1/2011 |