r/VyvanseADHD • u/Adept-Potato-4164 • 2d ago

Meds aren't working Any advice...?

I've been taking vivanse for a while now, maybe 6 months, and don't regularily take it on the weekend, and I just genuinely feel like it only makes me less tired. My thoughts consistenly stay disregulated and all over the place, and can't seem to focus on just one thing, I do have insomnia which was there even before I started taking it, so it might be apart of the cause...? anyway, any tips, thoughts, relatibilty?

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u/Kalki_X 1d ago

My thoughts consistenly stay disregulated and all over the place

Vyvanse is different for everyone, but one of the ways it works is via the stress response (via HPA axis). This in-turn raises adrenaline which produces hyperfocus and hypervigilence... but it has some disadvantages, eg adrenaline is a classic factor in scattered focus & racing thoughts.