GabrielTeixeira
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Hello guys,
I'm new in this forum, so, I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place.
I really want help in understanding WTF is happening with my body when I take Vyvanse. It just doesn't make sense.
So, I'm diagnosed with Depression and ADD. For those conditions I was prescribed Venlafaxine (75 mg) and Vyvanse (70 mg).
Venlafaxine has been very effective in treating my depression, I've used it for 3 years and only recently I decided to stop it, since I was feeling it was losing its effectiveness. So, I started taking SAMe (400mg, twice a day) with a combination of the following B-vitamins: B1 (100mg), B6 (100mg) and B12 (5.000 mg). This stack has been wonderful for my depression, even more so than Venlafaxine.
The problem is that I still have an attention issue that I need to resolve. And, for that matter, I've been taking Vyvanse, which is always extremely effective at improving my attention but has made feel very bad sometimes.
So, there are days that I take Vyvanse and it works like magic, without any bad side effects.
But, there are also days that I take it and I feel extremely depressed, demotivated, apathic or even suicidal.
Those side effects appear to be totally random, as it can make me feel good in one day, make me feel bad in another day, terrible during two days, good again, etc... It can even vary during a single day, making me feel awesome during the morning, terrible in the afternoon, good again at night. Interestingly, in the bad days, it seems eating certain foods is able to improve / worsen my mental state. The same Orange Juice, for example, has made feel better and a lot worse on different occasions. Isn't that weird?
It's important to state that I've never been diagnosed as bipolar, nor do I think I am
I made a series of self-experiments in other to get it to work correctly, but unfortunately I could not find a formula. The following are the things I tried but ultimately had no correlation in Vyvanse bad side effects disappearing / reappearing:
* Sleeping more hours
* Exercising regularly
* Eating a healthier diet
* Eating a large breakfast
* Drinking more water
* Taking it with food or in an empty stomach
* Taking Lithium
* Taking the following supplements (separetely or in conjunction with one another): Magnesium, Whey Protein (sometimes, made me feel worse), Zinc (sometimes, made feel worse), Vitamin C (sometimes, made feel worse), Creatine, Fish Oil (sometimes, made feel slightly better), Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin B2, Methylfolate (felt depressed and got a headache that lasted 3 days), Sodium Bicarbonate (sometimes, made feel slightly better), Melatonin (made me feel worse), Milk Thistle, Choline, Trimethylglicine, Methionine, Ashwagandha, Garlic (saves me from feeling extremely bad to just bad, doesn't prevent bad side effects though).
So, could you guys please help me understading why this is happening with me? It's just so counterintuitive, and I wish I could always get the good effects from Vyvanse, because it helps me a lot in the good days.
Sincerely,
Gabriel
I'm new in this forum, so, I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place.
I really want help in understanding WTF is happening with my body when I take Vyvanse. It just doesn't make sense.
So, I'm diagnosed with Depression and ADD. For those conditions I was prescribed Venlafaxine (75 mg) and Vyvanse (70 mg).
Venlafaxine has been very effective in treating my depression, I've used it for 3 years and only recently I decided to stop it, since I was feeling it was losing its effectiveness. So, I started taking SAMe (400mg, twice a day) with a combination of the following B-vitamins: B1 (100mg), B6 (100mg) and B12 (5.000 mg). This stack has been wonderful for my depression, even more so than Venlafaxine.
The problem is that I still have an attention issue that I need to resolve. And, for that matter, I've been taking Vyvanse, which is always extremely effective at improving my attention but has made feel very bad sometimes.
So, there are days that I take Vyvanse and it works like magic, without any bad side effects.
But, there are also days that I take it and I feel extremely depressed, demotivated, apathic or even suicidal.
Those side effects appear to be totally random, as it can make me feel good in one day, make me feel bad in another day, terrible during two days, good again, etc... It can even vary during a single day, making me feel awesome during the morning, terrible in the afternoon, good again at night. Interestingly, in the bad days, it seems eating certain foods is able to improve / worsen my mental state. The same Orange Juice, for example, has made feel better and a lot worse on different occasions. Isn't that weird?
It's important to state that I've never been diagnosed as bipolar, nor do I think I am
I made a series of self-experiments in other to get it to work correctly, but unfortunately I could not find a formula. The following are the things I tried but ultimately had no correlation in Vyvanse bad side effects disappearing / reappearing:
* Sleeping more hours
* Exercising regularly
* Eating a healthier diet
* Eating a large breakfast
* Drinking more water
* Taking it with food or in an empty stomach
* Taking Lithium
* Taking the following supplements (separetely or in conjunction with one another): Magnesium, Whey Protein (sometimes, made me feel worse), Zinc (sometimes, made feel worse), Vitamin C (sometimes, made feel worse), Creatine, Fish Oil (sometimes, made feel slightly better), Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin B2, Methylfolate (felt depressed and got a headache that lasted 3 days), Sodium Bicarbonate (sometimes, made feel slightly better), Melatonin (made me feel worse), Milk Thistle, Choline, Trimethylglicine, Methionine, Ashwagandha, Garlic (saves me from feeling extremely bad to just bad, doesn't prevent bad side effects though).
So, could you guys please help me understading why this is happening with me? It's just so counterintuitive, and I wish I could always get the good effects from Vyvanse, because it helps me a lot in the good days.
Sincerely,
Gabriel