Vyvanse for ADD

[catching fish]

I'm about to trial this new drug for ADD. It costs an absolute fortune but they have a special where you can get the first month very cheap - just ask your psychiatrist to send them a form.

Does anyone have any experiences with Vyvanse and how it compares against dex or ritalin? I just took 30mg this morning, which is the lowest dose. I have a lot of shit to do today. My main concern is that I have a meeting in the evening so I hope there is no noticeable crash. That would be terrible.

Cheers

 

[Damien]

It's been a while since I tried it. I got my first month for free as a trial thing. I just remember it making me nauseous and not much else. This was for diagnosed ADHD.

 

[catching fish]

That shit was whack. I took it at 8 AM, had a very noticable lift in mood, motivation, focus etc, but then fucking crashed at like 12:30 PM. Ended up having to take a regular dexie and then a half one to get through my meeting. I think I'll give it more of a chance - maybe after I take it for a while I won't get the noticable mood improvement - which, while enjoyable, always means I'm going to have a crash at some point. It is worth noticing that while I crashed only 4 hours later, I felt my concentration and focus was still improved, but the emotional grimness meant I didn't want to work anyway.

I'm having major issues treating my ADD. I feel like any dose that gives me noticable improvements is high enough to have the negative side effects and terrible jarring crash.

I'm in a bit of a pickle whether or not to pursue treatment and actually start achieving the things I believe I am capable of for once, or focus on being healthy and mentally stable but ultimately unproductive and unmotivated.

 

[smokedup]

need to find the right dosage, took me while.what are you on atm?

 

[catching fish]

need to find the right dosage, took me while.what are you on atm?

I haven't got my Vyvanse script yet. I just borrowed a single 30mg off a relative to trial while I wait.

I'm having issues massive issues with finding my dose. This is my second time around giving treatment a proper shot. The first time I was on 30 mg of dexies a day, but I was also self medicating with opiates and benzos so the side effects of the dex (anxiety, crash, insomnia) were easily controlled.

Now that I have kicked opiates the side effects are just too much. Yesterday I took a total of 15 mg of dex in 3 doses over 8 hours which is less than my prescribed dose, and I was just a total zombie half way through my 2nd dose. By the time the dex wore off completely I was fucked. It felt similar to coming down off a proper speed binge. I don't know why I am so sensitive to amphetamines now. In the end I had to borrow 1 mg of lorazepam and had a few beers and I was a million times better.

It is a tough situation. I feel like when I start working again I am going to have to take ADD meds at least a few days a week to be able to be productive, but I don't think I physically can without something to help the side effects. I'll have to talk to my psych when I see him next and see what he thinks.

In the mean time I have to limit myself to one dose of 5mg per day (which just isn't enough) and when I get the Vyvanse I'll give that a decent trial and see if it's worth pursuing as a treatment option.