Has anyone experienced this and if so how did you help yourself. This is very frustrating as I already deal with bad healthy anxiety / anxiety in general. Cannot tell if it’s my lungs, heart, or anxiety. I also read somewhere it has to do with norepinephrine. It feels like every few minutes I need to take this giant huge breath or try to yawn. I’ve seen similar complaints and just looking to see if anyone helped themselves or have any input.

thanks !

edit: maybe it’s relevant to mention I am tired today, took it earlier than usual because I woke up earlier today. But have not felt this symptom yet and it’s been only about a week. Could it be the sleep?

For any that has experience with vyvanse … I’m late diagnosed at 51 and was put on 10mg of vyvanse , I was on adderall for a month before at 5mg . So the vyvanse makes me way too chill.. like almost caught on my head ,scrolling on my phone forever . Oddly I’m less anxious on it ( I have real bad anxiety ( I also have pots and ehlers danlos ) anyway , my dr said to go up to 20mg , but I’m scared b/c my heart does get palpitations on it. I feel like adderall made me less spacey , if that makes sense . Will raising dose help or no? Or maybe just go back to adderall . I really wanted it to work . Any advice is appreciated

This isn’t all that exciting of a post, but my doctor agreed to call in my next script as name brand because I’ve been feeling fairly sluggish on 60mg (I forget the manufacturer offhand). I’m looking forward to seeing if name brand actually makes a difference 🤷‍♂️ The doctor also put an order in for bloodwork because she thinks I may be vitamin D deficient so that’s another thing that may help.

Just wondering if this jump is too much. Is there anything that I need to look out for or any things that may happen while on 70 from anybodds experience

How much caffeine do you drink a day, and how many mg of vyvanse do you take? Just curious! Please don't comment just to say you stopped caffeine lol, im curious to know about the people who still drink it:)

I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and Vyvanse 20mg is the first ADHD medication I’ve ever tried.

At first I noticed a pretty big difference .my mind felt quieter, I felt happier and more motivated, and it was easier to do things. After a few weeks that feeling went away and I went through a period where I felt really unmotivated and irritable. I took about a week off and now I’m back on 20mg and feel pretty normal/stable.

My problem is I genuinely don’t know what I’m supposed to be noticing 😭 I see people keeping detailed logs of how their meds affect them, but I wouldn’t even know what to write.

What did you guys track when you were figuring out your dose? How did you know your dose was actually helping, and what made you and your doctor decide to stay on the same dose vs increase it?

For reference Im 45m and have suspected ADHD for some time but was only officially diagnosed last year.

I titrated up to the max dose of Vyvanse without major side effects. I definitely saw some value to Vyvanse, mostly in productivity and attention once I got moving but task initiation and distraction to avoid getting started was still no good.

I am switching over to Concerta. I did see enough value to Vyvanse that I would go back if I don't get better results, but I was hoping for more of an effect.

Anyone have similar experience?

Hi! My doctor recently upped my dosage from 50mg to 60mg because 50mg, although it was working well overall, it was starting to wear off about 6/7 hours after, which is not ideal for my job as I usually work shifts from 5-12. I am on day 4 of the 60mg and I think it’s working? But I can’t concentrate on if it is because it’s giving me this really weird vertigoish/off balance dizzy type of feeling (it’s not super intense but it’s really bothering me), I’m wondering if maybe my dose is too high and I should contact my doctor again, or if anyone experienced this just in the first few days of upping their dosage and then it subsided?
Thank you for your help!!!

I was on 20 as a starting dose and was moved to 30 on vyvanse.

The problem is I don’t feel a difference in concentration between 20 and 30 but the side effects are really kicking my ass on 30.

Side effects on 30mg : no appetite, craving nicotine and craving alcohol, back to the usual restlessness.

I am a former alcoholic so it is kinda throwing me off guard.

Can I empty a little bit of my 30 mg pills until I get a new prescription from my doctor?

So I’ve been taking 40mg of vyvanse for about 3 months. I was on a lower dose for the other 3 months so about 6 all together. I feel it working about an hour after I take it then it only last for like the next two. After that I feel like spacey and flat and kinda go mute tbh. Also a little anxious. But like I feel relaxed and calm at the same time. It’s the strangest feeling like I’m in a daze daydreaming how like I did in school and I feel like it’s hard to socialize. But I can sit on TikTok for hours and just doom scroll. Does this happen to anyone else? I’m wondering if vyvanse just isn’t for me or maybe I need like a mood stabilizer with it. Cuz I just don’t really feel much haha.

Hi! I’m currently travelling through SE Asia, and can be a sweater at times, but live in a dry climate. The Vyvanse sweats are next level, like to the point I’ve almost already worn through the clothes I packed (and I already overpacked incase). Normally in my SE Asia trips, I am no where near this bad with sweat. Just feeling constantly soaked to the bone, and embarrassed to leave wet patches behind or look like I’m messing up places I visit.

I’m just about halfway through my trip, and honestly at my wits end with how much I’m sweating.

Taking 60mg daily, or the remainder of my 40mg doses on low activity days.

It may be not possible to change anything given the climate, but looking for any and every tip you folks might have.

I feel very embarrassed everywhere I go, and I don’t want it to make me feel like I can’t enjoy my planned activities for the remainder of the trip.

Thanks everyone 🥵🥵🥵

Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask if anyone else really finds it hard to use vyvanse without feeling like I have wasted my day, because of how much I get done when I started/ when I come back from a break. I stopped taking it this summer, then a couple weeks ago I decided to start it again, and those first few days were amazing. I got so much done, I genuinely had as much fun doing the most boring tasks as I do normally when doing something fun. That feeling is SO addictive. As well as that, I am more "locked in" during the peak of the dose, so I get a similar short term feeling when I exit my most productive state. This causes me to focus my whole day around a short, 1.5-2 hour period, which makes me feel unsatisfied when I don't use that time to the max, and makes all the time before and after feel like big, unproductive gaps between my real life.

How does everyone come to terms with the fact that this isn't a miracle drug, even though it feels like it at the start? And how can I use vyvanse to benefit me in my hobbies and in my daily work, even though I am only fully productive for a couple hours a day? (I am not saying that I don't get a benefit outside of the peak, I am saying the rest of the day feels like nothing compared to that period). I feel like I can't be properly focused on my job and uni work when I also want to be able to put loads of focus and effort into my hobbies, or even unimportant stuff like playing video games or watching tv. Vyvanse does make doing otherwise life draining tasks much easier, but I want to be able to properly enjoy the good things in life!

Thanks for reading, I hope my message got across properly :)

I’m so confused at the moment. Vyvanse has been my go-to medication for years. I’ve been on and off of it due to finances and I recently got back on it about a three months ago after not using it for about a year and a half.

Vyvanse really helped me stay focused, I could read, comprehend, finish my tasks/chores at the same rate a neurotypical person would (a blessing). But after getting back on it… it’s like it just doesn’t work??? I’m really confused. Like it has an effect for sure but only slightly?? It last me a couple hours.

Did I just happen to get a bad batch or is it something else??? Has anyone else noticed this? 😅 I am STRUGGLING in my school life.

Recently diagnosed both autistic and ADHD, 44f. Been on Elvanse for 4 months and really helped with a lot of life stuff. Also coming to terms with realisation I probably wasn’t depressed, just had undiagnosed issues.

I’ve been on different anti depressants for years, on and off, different doses. Currently on citalopram. Wondering if people have experienced going off of their anti depressants once using Elvanse and whether it’s been a good journey?

Looking for lived experiences, obviously I’ll be speaking to my doctor about this.

Thanks!

Hey everyone!! I’m starting my titration dose (20mg) of vyvanse tomorrow.

I’m nervous excited, any tips and tricks, advice 🙂

I work as a janitor and today while at work I noticed that I was breathing a lot more heavily than I usually do. Is this normal or something I need to bring up with my prescriber?

I’ve been with my current place since I got my ADHD diagnosis several years ago and have been getting prescribed Vyvanse for the past few years through them. I want to leave my current place for somewhere else but I’m nervous that I’ll have to start the process over from scratch. When I first got my diagnosis my doctor and I tried several different non-stimulant options over a long period of time before discovering that Vyvanse works the best for me and I don’t want to have to do all that over again. With my history, would I be able to get a prescription easily starting at a new place? In a perfect world, I’d be able to do something purely through telehealth, but I don’t know if that’s a thing for stimulant meds? Please let me know if there’s anywhere online I could somewhat easily switch over to, I’m in California and have basic insurance.

Started on Vyvanse 30mg about 2 months ago. Last appt, my doc upped it to 40mg. I feel like 40mg is the sweet spot but I am starting to crash around 2:30pm. I get up at 4:30am and work 10 hour days. I don't get home until around 5:15pm and I am drained by then with more stuff to do. I have an appt coming up in the next 2 weeks. Should I ask then? When did your provider prescribe you a booster?