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Avatar f tn I am very healthy except for this disorder, but was seeing a doctor for medication, Strattera when I went on medicaid. Does medicaid cover Stratterra, Vyvanse or Concerta and other ADHD or ADD medications?
Avatar f tn he faked being ADHD???to get vyvanse from her. How the hell to you do that? And be on Ambian and restoril and Xanax??????? How unethical is that? I went with him to his shrinks office and she took him off the ambian and "dosed" him down on vyvanse...this was last June 2011. He was unwilling to end it entirely by late Nov. I ended it. These shrinks should have their licenses yanked! I was put thru hell for 3 yrs. not knowing about the vyvanse.
Avatar n tn My son just started takeing vyvanse and i woul like to know how long does it take to get in to the system and show signs of working?
Avatar f tn switched me from Adderall to Vyanse a few weeks ago to see if it would work better. I have found so far that it does work better especially in the sleep area. I used to stay up way to late and get up early. Now I am trying to adjust to the fact that Vyanse actually puts me on a regular schedule. I just need to break the bad habits I had when I would procrastinate with falling asleep such as watching tv way to late or staying on the computer learning to blog...
990354 tn?1307132886 Hey I am worried about my sister! She is on Vyvanse right now at thiry mgs but does NOT take it daily. Her husband takes twenty mgs of Adderall daily, and sometimes she will take an adderall instead of a vyvanse. Is this safe?? I don't think she is taking them at the same time but, is it safe for her to take an adderall on occasion? She claims the adderall gives her more energy than the vyvanse so she takes it when she has a night that she is working late and so on.
Avatar f tn So I found myself addicted to Vicodin after less then 2 months. I never took more then five a day they were 5mg and 7.5mg mostly 7.5. The last week I cut myself down to 2 or three then I just stopped all together. Today 1-15-2012 is the start of day 4. The physical parts over I barely had muscle aches none that I couldn't handle. I sleep at night but I can't Get over this having no energy and No motivation and im soooo tired.
Avatar f tn Me too! I take naps because it's an escape grom feeling discontent with everything. I never thought about it that way before. I feel guilty all the time about the naps but It doesn't stop me from taking them. I tried Vyvanse and Adderall. They work but then I can't sleep at night. Is there a non stimulant that works?
Avatar f tn I have been experiencing severe immunity to vyvanse as well but it does not appear to be too common
Avatar n tn If I read your two posts correctly, you have only been on V for two weeks. It does work for you but ends to early. You take it very early in the day. First the ratings for it say 8 to 12 hours. You might want to try and take it a bit later in the day. Also you say how tired you are for the kids. That is very understandable. You have been working all day. Heck, I would be very tired too.
Avatar n tn The problem is that my doc prescribed me 60 30mg capsules so im trying to figure out how many 30 mg capsules is 70 mg vyvanse which i know that a 30mg vyvanse is 10mg adderall and 70 mg vyvanse is 30mg adderall.Is 7 30mg vyvanse capsules 70mg dose .I switched from taking 30mg adderall twice a day im going to have to call doc tommorroww.Any help in figuring this out .Thank you Im trying to get 70 mg vyvanse out of these 30mg capsules 1 70 mg or 1 60 is the right dose for me.
Avatar f tn ve tried so many different ADD medications and doses before ending up where I am, I agree that Vyvanse does take a while to kick in. Not everyone is the same, so if Adderall works better for you it's not very shocking.
Avatar f tn t keep paying for it out of our pocket, so i tried adderal for awhile--but it did not work as well--so i went back to vyvanse as soon as i could. since we are without insurance again (we have a waiting period until oct 1) i am trying methotrexate 3 times a day to save money. if it doesn't work---i'll go back to paying through the nose for the vyvanse.
Avatar m tn I am really sensitive to medications. Adderall was like what I imagine taking crystal methamphetamine feels like. At least I felt like how those people looked. I have been on Vyvanse for a while now. And was worried when they doctor said it was very similar to Adderall XR. But he promised me that the issues I was having with feeling ill, insomnia, and no appitite would lessen on Vyvanse. And that the nasty, gross stimulant feeling I got from Adderall would go away.
Avatar n tn My son who is 9 yrs old has started Vyvanse since January of this year. He is currently on about 25 mg of Vyvanse. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it takes a long time to kick in, like about 2.5 hours for my son. So often in the morning he will seem unfocused so will not do well during early 8am test. His doctor and I discussed trying Ritalin first in the morning and then adding Vyvanse, which is the reverse of what many people do.
Avatar f tn ve heard a lot about peoples positive experiences with Vyvanse. I know that everyone is different, and different meds work for different people, but seeing as Vyvanse is still in the same "family" of stimulants, I'm worried to get too hopeful. I.e have I already ruined my chances with Vyvanse due to my adderall use? Has anyone who responded positively to Adderall initially, and then experienced a large decrease in effectiveness, had luck with switching to Vyvanse?
1666464 tn?1303225358 and for some reason it seems to neutralize the Vyvanse. The side-effects go away but so does the psychological stimulating feelings of Vyvanse. It's as if it snuffs it out almost completely. I don't know if it's a drug interaction that nobody knows about or if it thins my blood out so that I don't notice any of the effects of Vyvanse, I don't know. Either way it's the only thing that seems to do 'anything' which is really weird.
Avatar f tn A lot of how the drugs work and are distributed will go based on the amount of fat/muscle someone has. me and my husband both take vyvanse 50mg he has a different reaction to the drug than i do. when the drug hits after an hour for me i instantly have my heart racing and experience the "high" like sensation, where my husband does not. I feel alot more of the physiological changes from the drug than what my husband does.
Avatar n tn I have noticed a huge help with these fits when the vyvanse is taken on work days and not on off days (or taken for school and given a "break" on the weekends). Me personally if I take it every single day I start feeling robotic if that makes sense and like I can't express my full range of emotions because I'm too busy with my work or trying to be social and friendly.
Avatar n tn My daughter taking vyvanse several months ago. I believe she is abusing the drug. How would she even do that? The pill is a 50mg capsule, now yes it can be opened and it does contain powder inside. But can you really abuse this medication and please explain to me how you would even abuse this medication?
Avatar m tn I find that when I take lower doses of Vyvanse (10mg), overall it seems to work better than the higher doses. I definitely don't focus as well as with the higher doses, and I don't retain as much information as baseline/wellbutrin-stabilized. The lower doses also don't seem to last as long as the higher doses. I maybe get 4 to 5 hours of benefit from taking the medication, and after that period, I have really bad rebound symptoms and become very anxious, even slightly dysphoric.
Avatar m tn t do a thing for them. If Vyvanse does nothing for you, except make you depressed, then perhaps another medication may be worth a try. If it does help you, maybe there is a similar alternative you can try. My first medication was Vyvanse and it happens to work well for me. I already take an antidepressant, so if it does make me depressed I'm already covered...lol. And the bad mood thing...
Avatar m tn Even if you had high blood pressure before starting on the Vyvanse, the Vyvanse can make it worse. Try taking your blood pressure a few times on the Vyvanse and off the Vyvanse, at similar times of day and under similar circumstances. Depending on the results, you may need to talk to the doctor that is prescribing the Vyvanse to see if there is something else that can help your ADHD. I do agree with Yvette BG's other comments, above.
1575110 tn?1334664635 What is the most effective drug Concerta or Vyvanse or any other suggestions? I have heard of daytrana as well, but I'm an adult. I'm slowly getting everything back together.
Avatar m tn I find that when I take lower doses of Vyvanse (10mg), overall it seems to work better than the higher doses. I definitely don't focus as well as with the higher doses, and I don't retain as much information as baseline/wellbutrin-stabilized. The lower doses also don't seem to last as long as the higher doses. I maybe get 4 to 5 hours of benefit from taking the medication, and after that period, I have really bad rebound symptoms and become very anxious, even slightly dysphoric.