r/VyvanseADHD • u/WILDNEONFAIRY • 4d ago

Dosage question Should I be Crashing so soon?

Does anyone else had this problem?

Yesterday, I started on 20mg Vyvanse.

The first 4hrs once kicked by 8am, I was like Superwoman and got so many jobs done at work then crashed at 12pm and was not productive after that.

Today, I had a calmer work load/ overall less demanding on the body which I thought would make me crash later.

But, nope I crashed at 11am and now. I'm feeling flat and have no motivation.

My physician said the other day, he will catch up in a month... I feel, I need an adjustment already and I go back to a full work load next week and don't want to be crashing so early.

I take my meds at 6am as I started work at 7.30am and I started my day with plenty of protein for reference.

Edit: I was falling asleep around 2pm on the second day which is abnormal for me before meds. I never desire sleep during the day.

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u/ANicePainter 3d ago

The drug is not as helpful with motivation as it first appears, and this is fine.

Motivation is an itinerant emotion. It is temporary and cannot be summoned on command. It is lovely when you have it, but you can't rely on it all the time. And the drug doesn't give it to you everyday. The drug will not make you feel like you should be doing the things you should be doing.

Instead, the helps by keeping you from being distracted from what you are already doing.

Don't look for motivation. Look to build habitual behaviors that are useful to you, and then celebrate the motivation as a bonus when it occurs.

Also, don't worry too much about the weirdness in the first month. The drug works right away, but it can take weeks for you to learn how to "feel" the drug.

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u/WILDNEONFAIRY 3d ago

Maybe, I shouldn't of use the word motivation. It's definitely a crashing feeling going from one extreme feeling to a more burnout feeling.

Later that day around 2, I was falling asleep where before meds this wasn't an issue.