VYVANSE Reviews (LISDEXAMFETAMINE DIMESYLATE)

Average Rating: 3.4 (639 Ratings)

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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)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR VYVANSECOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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DATE ADDED
 
 3  Over eating It lasts between 6-7hours, when it wears off. I eat nonstop. I was hoping the dosage would last a little longer,because when it wears off, you'll feel the hunger coming back, or if there's such thing as a booster. F 37 1 days
40
2/15/2016
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 3  ADD Attitude change, irritability headaches, jitteriness, weight loss, appetite suppression, dry mouth, increased heart rate, I was diagnosed with ADD in high school but was never medicated. In college I decided to try ADD medications to help me with schoolwork and time management. Vyvanse has helped me to focus and get things done but within 2 weeks of starting it I lost 10 pounds. I found that this worked better than concerta but that TRULY NEITHER WERE WORTH TAKING. I was prescribed concerta first and took it for 6 months. I had a lot of side effects with concerta and decided to try vyvanse to see if I would have less side effects. For the first few weeks I noticeably thought vyvanse worked a lot better. Then I started to see similar if not worse side effects. My mood and attitude completely changed on vyvanse. At first I didn't notice but my family, my boyfriend, and my friends did. I'm normally a outgoing, loving, devoted, goofy, and charismatic. However on Vyvanse I am jittery, awkward, emotionless, uncaring, unfriendly, irritable, and even aggressive. Not only does it change my attitude I can feel myself coming down off of it at night. Not to mention I get constant headaches, to the point were every morning I take tylenol with it and at night I take tylenol pm to help me sleep. On the weekends when I don't take vyvanse I'm back to myself except I'm so sleepy and groggy that I can hardly function. Overall Vyvanse and Concerta are not worth taking; I find a positive attitude, work ethic, and adapting ADD by myself is a much healthier and happier option for me and everyone I am around. F 21 3 months
30mg 1X day
2/14/2016
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 4  ADD No appetite at all for hours on end, insomnia, weight loss It's the best ADD medication I've experimented with for school/studying. (With a presciption of course) I would stay on it but I have a really hard time eating on it, but I also do remember the dose being too high for me. It was also my starting dose as well. F 18 1 months
60mg
2/4/2016
 4  ADHD Loss of appetite, happier mood, euphoria (starting about 15 minutes after I take the pill lasting for about a half hour), increased confidence, increased sweating, teeth clenching This medication is not only good for ADD/ADHD, but also for depression. I never thought I could be as happy as I am while the dose of Vyvanse is active. I'm much friendlier, more confident, and less irritable. I take it on days I have school (Monday-Thursday) and not on the weekends. Watch out for the crash, it makes me pretty tired and burned out. Don't take it if you have plans for later in the night. M 22 120 days
70 1X day
2/3/2016
 1  step mom thought I had ADHD I didn't even know my own name had the worst withdraw symptoms I have ever had. Caused me to find out recently that because of my miss diagnosis I can now never have children because my body became severely under developed. I weighed a grand total of 83 pounds and looked like a dead person walking. I would never reccomend this to anyone giving this to your child may kill them in the long run parents. Or even better you may never get grand babies. This is the worst drug created it goes hand in hand with adderall XR. Please I beg of you use common sense when dealing with kids you can screw thier lives up forever !!! Sincerely, Raven Nightshade Don't give this to your kids please I know from experience F 26 5 years
75mg
1/29/2016
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 4  ADD I can focus, I can complete tasks, I can process information and not get overwhelmed. I don't have the self doubt and confusion when making decisions (as much). I am calmer and better able to do work. F 46 300 days
50 mg 1X day
1/26/2016
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 2  Binge Eating This stuff makes me so jittery and I cannot stop cracking my thumbs and chewing on the inside of lips. My joints feel so stiff and achy. Instead of helping me control my binge eating, it has made me binge even worse and gain 15 pounds since I started taking it a few months ago. I think the stuff makes me so jittery and nervous that I am constantly eating to calm my nerves or something. At one point my doctor increased my dose to 60 mg thinking maybe I just needed a higher dose. I was a wreck on 60 mg! I felt so sick to my stomach, paranoid, wired and exhausted at the same time. Terrible headaches with Vyvanse as well, though this side effect seemed to improve after about 6 weeks. I am definitely going to try something different because this is not worth it. F 39 3 months
40
1/18/2016
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 4  BINGE EATING DISORDER better concentration, suppress appetite for a little a few hours after taking it but it wears off. It definitely helps my urges to binge, but it doesn't cure it, but i hope it will continue to do its work as i work to stop binge eating with therapy and trying to break the habit. It also makes me less anxious and my thoughts clearer but its not like magic I still have to work hard. F 19 2 months
50 1X day
12/20/2015
 1  ADD High sexual drive to the point of excessive compulsion and addictive behaviors. Living out fantasies when alcohol of any amount even cooked was taken in. Get off it slowly and with help from a real doctor and not a psychiatrist. Go to theroadback.com and get on their supplements they helped with the side effects and it took me a year and a half to get the drugs out of my system even with this program. M 36 4 years
70
12/17/2015
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 1  Adult add I'm doing this review on behalf of my gf. She takes 40mg almost daily during the school year.All summer she stopped taking it, because she's a pt grad student and didn't need it. However as soon as school started and she began her medication she changed in many negative ways. First off she went from being a fun loving,laid back person to being on edge all the time. But at the same time emotionless. I thought it was stress from school. But when she doesn't take it on occasional weekends when she's not studying I get the woman I love back. So it's the drug. It has made her someone I don't much enjoy being around. When I brought up the fact that she'd been acting different, like an emotionless zombie, when she takes it. She claimed to not know the difference. Me and this girl are/were so madly in love. We would always get compliments like you two are so cute it hurts my heart, or the way you two look at eachother makes me feel happy. But now shes taking f* vyvanse every day and is just not the same. And its a shame because I love her so much. I understand that she's fully invested in grad school, but I wish I could get the old C***** back. F*** this drug. It's evil. It changes people and makes them cold and heartless. F 23 4 years
40mg
12/7/2015
 1  Adhd My heart is pounding uncontrollably fast. It will stop if I lye still for about 10mins but if I even move an inch it starts right back up. It is pounding so badly, it's feels like my chest is thudding. It's so bad it thuds all the way to my throat. So uncomfortable!! You can literally see how it is pounding when you look at my chest! What can I do or take so it will stop. Or even slow down, someone please help!!! This is soo uncomfortable F 25 1 days
40
12/4/2015
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 1  ADHD Racing heart, extreme anxiety, overall uncomfortable feeling, loss of appetite I had previously been diagnosed with anxiety. After starting Vyvanse, my anxiety skyrocketed. It was horrible. I noticed very little change in attention, and at the end of the day, it would wear off. As a college student, I need to be on top of my game all of the time, and that just wasn't happening with Vyvanse. I had symptoms from day one, so I gave it a week, but I just couldn't deal with the anxiety. I would not recommend Vyvanse or any stimulant ADD/ADHD medication if you have anxiety or if you need to be focused on a regular basis. F 19 1 weeks
25 mg
11/25/2015
 4  ADHD, BIPOLAR My mom says I have became more noncompassionate. I've also noticed i've grown to not be able to sleep. Helps me out in school though M 17 9 months
60 mg
11/22/2015
 2  adhd This seemed to help my depression almost immediately, but it did nothing g to help my focus.it gave me a little but more energy, and loss of appetite, dry mouth and irritability so bad. After five months of dealing with extreme uti's and yeast infection, like I've never had in my life, I finally narrowed it down to the vyvanse. I stopped taking it for a week, and everything started clearing up. Then, I started to take it, and sure enough within 3 days,it was all back! I was peeing blood, and had terrible pain during sex. I felt horrible!! Monistat would clear it up for a day or two, then it would all come back again. It felt like my vaginal was also shrinking, and not in a good way! Count in the chest pains, and racing heart, high blood pressure. This is not worth it! F 36 6 months
50mg
11/10/2015
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 5  ADD Fast speech. Racing thoughts. Loss of appetite. Extreme withdrawal side-effects. Life changing medication. Helped many focus issues and greatly improved depression (although was not prescribed for that). Withdrawal at 75mg was severe and began within 5 hours after the time i normally take it. 50mg withdrawal is not as bad but still incapacitating. M 25 8 years
50 1X day
11/2/2015
 1  Diagnosed with adult ADD My skin swelled with edema all over my body to the point that I had skin weeping. All of the hair on my entire body sunk under my skin and as I tried to pull them out because they were burning, my skin twisted and misformed. 3 years later I still suffer and now have no eyebrows and a twisted face. I would love contact from others with skin issues because my doctors are baffled on how to fix this. Think twice or maybe three times before you put this in your mouth. F 40 9 months
70mg
9/28/2015
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 1  ADHD Vyvanse (Lidexamfetamine) is a potent neurotoxin that destroys the brains dopamine neurons and increases the risk of parkinsons disease and other dopamine related disorders in later life. Dexamphetamine (Active substance in Vyvanse) is the most reliable model of inducing permanent brain changes reminiscent of paranoid schizophrenia in animal models. Giving dexamfetamine for as little as three weeks to monkeys, rats and all other species tested causes a 50-80% destruction of dopamine neurons in thr brain. This loss is permanent, with studies showing no dopaminergic recovery over time. I dare anyone who has used Vyvanse for more than a month to stop using it and to see if they can still get the same amount of pleasure from life that they could before taking thus drug. A major misconception is that this drug is nothing like Crystal Meth. This drug damages the brain in an almost identical manner to Methamphetamine, with the only difference being that Meth has the potential to also damage the brains serotonin neurons at high dosages. I have a Masters in Public Health so trust me when I tell you that Vyvanse, Adderall and Dexedrine are identical to speed (amphetamine) and will destroy your brains natural pleasure and reward system very rapidly, even at "therapeutic dosages". Type in on google "amphetamine neurotoxicity in ADHD", "amphetamine and parkinsons disease risk" and "Dopaminergic dysfunction in Dextroamphetamine users" if you are interested to learn about the damage you have caused your brain. Methylphenidate (Ritalin and Focalin) are not neurotoxic and will not permanently reduce your brains capacity to feel pleasure, atleast if you don't take it for more than a year. Stay away from amphetamine containing drugs if you have never taken one! M 28 6 weeks
30
9/13/2015
 4  ADHD-memory issues weight loss, sleep disturbances, dehydration, headaches I think this drug is very smooth and I can focus and stay on task..if I CHOOSE to. If i allow myself to 'follow' all my 'clever' thoughts while on this medication, I can research and develop products and concepts ALL DAY, and realize that I did not accomplish what I NEEDED to do. So, my thinking is sharp as hell, but my executive processing, prioritizing.. may be in fact be worse. When I am intensely tired, ex: total sleep time 10 hours in 3 days. (I cycle through this every week) ...I can prioritize MUCH better. Something must be 'too' activating. Not sure yet. Vyvanse magnifies when I don't take care of myself. Too easy to not eat or drink or sleep. I work hard on that. F 47 10 months
60
9/5/2015
 3  ADD I tend to forget to eat or just am not hungry. It's also very hard for me to sleep at night. I am constantly thinking and then have to look up whatever I was thinking about (e.g. I look online to see if someone created an invention I just thought of). I do find that Vyvanse does help me focus and I'm able to accomplish more with it. However, due to the side effects, I'm now only taking it on days where I need to accomplish a lot (e.g. Setting up my new classroom). At least this way I get some help without having side effects every day. I used to take vyvanse on a daily basis but lost a lot of weight in a short period of time since I lost my appetite. F 37 1 years
60
8/19/2015
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 3  add Not sure if I like this med, I take it at 7am and seems to wear off by 1pm. I'm exhausted when it wears off. My Dr said it lasts from 12-14 hrs, maybe my dose isn't high enough? F 44 2 weeks
30
8/16/2015

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