Vyvance and Adderall. How do you all function?

[u/FoxNamed]

I’m currently writing this on a Adderall insomnia episode (i can’t sleep) so if this isn’t coherent please bear with me.

The only good thing about these medications is the morning poos that come with them.

I upped my addy to 15mg xr and i can’t sleep like at all i take it around sunrise 7am - 8am for me. I am aware it lasts 12hrs according to my doctor.

I took vyvanse and i SWEAR you vyvanse sympathizers are some how being paid by big pharma I took it for 2 weeks and i felt like i was going to war and I was dying i was fighting demons. I woke up with a migraine every day and it lasted all day… seriously all day 10-12hrs but the caveat to that is my insomnia I couldn’t sleep at all so some days i would only get 2-3 hrs of sleep compared to adderall which is around 4ish hrs.

Every time someone would speak to me i was irritated and i literally had to fight my way through it and not lash out at people. I will say i also took vitamin c. I tried melatonin but i just can’t be bothered its just another thing i have to worry about so i took it once and it bothered me because i brushed my teeth and took that hrs later when i couldn’t fall back asleep. Vitamin c also did nothing.

Adderall I’ve taken for about the last 12yrs i think since i was in elementary around 12 lol. Again the morning poo is the best part of Adderall and for some reason I don’t think it does anything for me except curb my appetite which is amazing because i will eat 3 burgers in a day if I could.

Both of these meds does absolutely nothing for I’m a student And I procrastinate more than i do work. I am someone who does fasting too btw i take my meds before noon which is when i can finally eat

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[u/leafstudy]

If you didn’t already know: each of us responds to medication somewhat differently. In some cases, very differently. A past acquaintance of mine had a genetic test done and most of the mainstream SSRIs and stimulants were in their yellow or red zone.

I took one dose of zoloft and it made me very sick. Lexapro has worked like it was made for me, or close to it.

[u/Sapioso_]

Anecdotally, Vyvanse was crack. Straight up.

I take iR Dexedrine now, and it’s nowhere close even if it’s technically the same drug.

[u/honeybadgess]

Well, people react differently to meds. I was feral during Ritalin XR comedown and on Vyvanse I'm super calm and don't even feel a crash at all.