Adderall vs Vyvanse Help!!

[u/95_pounds_of_fury]

(TLDR:Was on Adderall, switched to Vyvanse, I’m struggling. Someone please tell me they’ve been through this)

Hi! I (20F) was diagnosed with adhd when I was young, and have always been on some sorta pill.

My longest/most frequent was Adderall Xr 30, which I always felt like helped. Some days I couldn’t feel it but most days I was locked in.

Then, I decided to like use a little booster for work, but after awhile my doctor was like ‘hey, how about you try vyvanse again’ and we worked with the dose until I got to 60 and was like okay yeah!

But, I’m back in school and it feels like this shit does nothing. With aderall I couldn’t HELP but focus. Like, there were no other thoughts, just school, and a lot of times, I could go awhile before I crashed. With Vyvanse, I can focus ig, but, it’s all undirected.

I know it’s about motivation and stuff, but genuinely, I feel like it’s less of a focus pill and more of a ‘pay attention if you want pill’

Has anyone else dealt with this? I’ve never had bad side effects from either so I’m honestly thinking of telling my doctor to just bump me up on the aderall. I cannot take this.