Withdrawal From Vyvanse Experience (Top voted first)

I have been on Vyvanse for 4 weeks and I am now tapering off. I was going to quit cold turkey , but I wke up this morning and felt like I'd been hit by a truck. It's been a few hours and I still feel like I have a mild case of the flu. Anyway, I started 4 weeks ago and the first 3 days I never felt better in my life. I 'd never been so productive, focused, and organized! By day 7 , I was back to my normal under- acheiving, scrammbled , self. Then my Dr. raised my dose from 30 mg to 50. Well this threw me into severe anxiety. I have been chewing my nails till they bleed. I can't seem to stop. I have a feeling of being completely overwhelmed, my house is trashed and it's driving me nuts, but I have no energy or drive to get up and clean it.....Can anyone else out there relate to this?

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I've been taking Vyvance for about 2 years (70 mg daily). Recently, after a great deal of thought, I decided to try to get off of this medication. This is day five. I have suffered from nausea, extreme mental and physical fatigue, and hunger with little or no reduction in symptoms over the past few days. My question for this forum is: how long should I expect these symptoms to continue, and is there anything that I can do to mitigate the symptoms in the mean time?

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People, get real. Honestly. I have been taking Vyvanse now for 6 months and it has helped me transform my life into one worth living. If that is not your experience with the drug, then STOP TAKING IT!!! This medicine is not an opiate, therefore you will not go through the level of withdrawal some here have reported. I have been through cold-turkey Oxycontin withdrawal and that is no joke. The sickness and anxiety made it impossible for me to function in my daily life. Even after 4 months off opiates I was still a mess. I have run out of Vyvanse a few times and the only withdrawal symptoms are sleepiness, and lots of it. No chills, no anxiety, no flu symptoms or tics as others here claim. They are being overly dramatic. If you want to stop taking Vyvanse, don't fear you will go through all that. If you don't believe me, try not taking them for a few days while you still have some left. You will just be tired, not sick. Fear not.

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@ Smith--- I just started Vyvanse 30mg yesterday and because I have experienced a lot of medication side effects in the past by not researching the medication first, I wanted to see what people had to say about this drug. I am now extremely worried about taking this medication. I know what withdrawls feel like and I already have another medication that I have been trying to taper down from for the past 2 years so I don't need another medication that causes withdrawls! I don't know if you took Vyvanse for ADD but if so, do you or anyone else here have an alternative medication that they recommended instead of Vyvanse? Because I desperately need something to help with distractibility, task management, etc.

Any alternative recommendations for ADD treatment/meds would be greatly apprectiated!

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I have been on Vyvanse for a year now because my Prescription Assistance Program discontinued Adderall. Well I didn't realized that my trial period was up and was unable to get my script for this month and in order to renew I have to resubmit my info which includes paperwork from my doc who is out on vacation for the week. Today is the first day of no medication and I am already going out of my mind! I have tingly chills all over, I am itching and having these weird ticks. I flipped out on the pharmacyst when she told me that I would not get my medication. I feel like I am losing it and if this is just the first day I am terrified of what is to come but I am rethinking about being on this medication after reading all of the long term side effects and now dealing with this. I am going to try to cope with the withdrawal period and I am searching for alternatives for my ADD that are non-narcotic. Found something called Flavay. Has anyone tried this and if so how were the results?

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I don't agree that people are being dramatic. I accidentally left my vyvanse at our cabin. I've been off them since Monday and I feel like crap. Dizzy, tired, nauseous, and my head hurts. I'm not being dramatic. Just because it wasn't your experience doesn't mean it isn't happening to other people. You remind me of my stepmom. No matter what I said was happening to me as a child, she always told me that I was wrong. Geez. Realize you aren't the center of the universe and that everybody experiences situations differently than you.

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Just a quick update from my post on 3/30/12. I've now been off Vyvanse for 18 days going "cold turkey" after taking 50mg per day for almost 2.5 years. I won't say it has been easy, but it definitely has been worth it. Despite being exhausted at times, I feel like I'm in complete control of myself rather than the med. My appetite has definitely increased, but haven't gained any weight like others have mentioned; however, I do work out regularly.

After the first couple days, I've really had no desire to take one of my pills. For me it's all mental and I create different games each day to motivate myself or to remind me that I don't need to take my daily pill.

I'll continue to post updates from time to time with any my major changes that come about.

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i feel the exact same, literally word for word, just letting ya know ur not alone

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I had been on Vyvanse on and off for almost 3 years and decided to quit it cold turkey. I'll admit I tried Adderral previously from a friend and loved how I could focus on tedious job tasks so I went to a doctor and made myself seem more ADHD then I was just to get a script....he immediatly suggested that I do have ADHD and put me on this! I'm surprised that he didn't delve deeper and make sure that I really needed this. I have an addictive personality and often would seek crutches to get through the work day but of course I didn't tell him that. I've found that I would abuse it. I started on 30 mg and worked my way up to 70 mg. I started building a tolerance. Why? I hated feeling the crash and I always wanted to be "up.". I would take one before 9 am work and be good all day until around 7 pm when I would take another half.and end up taking the other half throughout the early morning hours. Soon I would take that half in the middle of the day. Sure it makes you focus but for me it would also increase my sex drive tremendously! At night I turned into Mr. Hyde and I would often not do work and look at porn all night and all throughout the early morning and wouldn't want to stop and refused to go to sleep so I would go to work the next day sleepless. I lost a lot of weight...I wouldn't eat. It would make me smoke more cigarettes and often I wanted to get more of a lift by drinking coffee! Very very bad mixing other stimulants with it... I was always very healthy and had no heart problems but this was getting ridiculous. After quitting it for almost a month I've been tired all day...sleep a lot more, feel unmotivated, depressed, gained weight back, and questioning what I'm doing in my career. I've been off of it but I've realized that all this drug did was block my mind from what I really wanted to do and focus on the tasks at hand...repress all day then let Mr. Hyde come out at night and take this with increased sexual drives. Face it...this drug turns you into a zombie. After being off of it I"m getting more feeling back and people start liking me better but notice I'm lazier. When I was on it, others would say I'd talk fast..bite my lip..grind my teeth, couldn't sit still, always jumpy, and be unpleasant to be around. I'm slowly getting feeling back but I've realized I didn't have severe ADHD...I just wanted to go about my business and use a drug to focus on things I really didn't have my heart set on. If you take this drug properly and you have severe ADHD it can help but I'm sure most people take it for the wrong reasons and should get psychotherapy or work out in the gym more and stop being a slave to the pharmaceutical companies to this legal narcotic because you lose your identity and this stuff can kill you or create medical problems for you like any amphetamine could. Doctors should be held accountable for prescribing this to the wrong people who are hiding their addictions and ignoring their inner conflicts which can be resolved by psychotherapy which most psychiatrists refuse to perform, exercise, or even meditation! This drug should only be used for EXTREME cases of ADHD....Face it...it's a legal "crutch" that can kill you if abused. I feel for those going through withdrawal...I'm becoming extremely less productive, lost my sex drive, tired all the time, and depressed...although I'm appreciating my health, practically quit smoking (wayyyy less then when I was on it) seeing opportunities I've missed out of and know that if I keep it up and work on my own conflicts au natural and through exercise without this crutch I'll be fine. It's an easy way out for most people but you can't fool your brain for long...the adverse side effects and new personality problems which surface are not worth it for me...Do I miss it? Absolutely...if I found a loose capsule I would probably take it. That scares me. I definitely have a problem but it takes strength and a change in your thinking and lifestyle and lots of patience and hanging out with healthy people definitely helps. It definitely did more harm for me than good. When I look at the amount of work I did while on it compared to the bad behaviors which resulted it was counterproductive and just messed me up for a little while and turns your mind to jelly when you withdraw from it.....If you have an addiction problem DO NOT TRY AND TAKE THIS. I can't tell you how many times I would run out of my 30 day supply before the month was up. The inconsistencies in my work attitude showed with supervisors and co workers from taking it and not taking it plus days of no sleep from being up all night looking at porn. No good....Time to cleanse myself....

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Wow, I really am sorry that many of you have had bad recent experiences on or off vyvanse. I was prescribed 40 mg. to start off, after not having much success with the non-narcotic version, Strattera. My brother was taking Adderol and he was doing great after 3 months, so I asked to try Vyvanse since my friend was taking it, had been for over a year, and was doing really good (at work, socially, everything..) At any rate, I was taking 40 mg for about a month, then I asked to up my dose to 50mg since I am still trying to see what dosage works best for me. In between the first month and today, when I started taking 50mg's, I had not taken any Vyvanse over the weekend. Actually, since Thursday when I ran out, and my doc doesn't work on Friday. I must admit, that I had no withdrawal symtoms at all. I didn't feel much of anything, really. Today I felt a bit hyper, jittery, but I felt like that for the first two of three days when I started the 40mg's, as well as a few years ago when I started taking Adderol, and Concerta, respectively.
The only bad thing that I can say, is that too bad that that hyper, jittery, high feeling doesn't last more than the first few days. The body gets used to it. I actually like that feeling, but oh well... :0) The point of Vyvanse is to be more productive, not get high, eh? LoL! I really hope you people feel better, as I know that everyone experiences different side effects, and many of the ones that you girls and guys are describing I was aware before starting the medication, that they were possible. If you didn't know that, then either your doctors did not inform you, or like i did, you didn't research on the web before and inform yourselves the best you could have. Always research any, and I mean, ANY DRUG that ANY DOCTOR wants to prescribe you! You don't want to become someone else's guinea pig, right? :0)
Research, learn, and be informed before you take ANYTHING!!! Legal or Illegal, regardless... That's for all you partiers out there (Like me!) Have a great life, ya'll!

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I'm with ya... Before a few years ago, I'd never been through opiate withdrawal, and getting off antidepressants (side-Effexor--ugh!) made me want to jump out a window. Yeah, yeah--oxy is worse, but suffering is suffering. One thing I've learned (after my years of whining about one thing or another--I'm basically a big baby when it comes to discomfort) is that no matter what, I wouldn't trade my problems for ANYbody else's. Tragically, I have two friends who have been diagnosed with terminal cancer. I'm sure they'd gladly suffer some exhaustion or anxiety or whatever hell I'm going through at any given moment for just a few more months. That said... again--suffering is suffering. You're entitled to your experience. Sometimes no matter how much we tell ourselves how "lucky" we are, things just suck for a while. We just have to hope we get to wake up in the morning and maybe tomorrow will suck a little less. Sorry about your stepmonster. She sounds miserable.

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This message is to Pepper and all of the other poor souls who are experiencing severe suffering that may be related to Vyvanse. The quick answer is I've never heard of anyone with Vyvanse withdrawal symptoms that lasted more than two weeks, and that was an extreme case. Your withdrawal, if that's what your symptoms are, will probably take less.

Vyvanse was a wonder drug for me for about two years. Before, I had been taking Concerta 57mg qd for ADD, but it seemed like after a year or two the relief was neither enough nor long-lasting, so my doctor, who is an ADD specialist / psychiatrist, suggested I up the dose to two per day. When I started taking two per day, I began having panic attacks.

Now I am going to take a few paragraphs to describe what a panic attack is. If you already know, just skip down to the line of asterisks.

Many of you may have had severe anxiety, but God has spared you a panic attack. I put it this way because of all of the various types and intensities of anxiety I have suffered in my life, the true panic attack was so much the worst I thought it belonged in another category. When I was a child and used to be afraid of what the punishments might be in Hell, ***I never imagined anything as nightmarish, as horrible, as unrelenting and as desperate as a true panic attack***. My worst, worst fear is drowning or suffocating. My first real panic attack (I had had anxiety attacks already) was a report from my lungs I was not getting enough oxygen. It seemed I suddenly had too mucy mucus in my lungs and it prevented the oxygen from getting in. I began to hyperventilate, to no avail. I WAS SUFFOCATING AND KNEW, KNEW FOR A CERTAINTY I WAS DYING. My fear went beyond what I could bear sane and I went insane. My wife found me thrashing on the bathroom floor in terror, barely able to plead for help. If I could have flicked my life off with a switch at that moment, I would have done so. If I had had a gun I would have blown my brains out. As I convulsed, completely insane and just a mote of toxic terror in the universe, I wished to just lose existence. I could not understand why God would not answer or help me.

It is lucky my wife, a psychologist, knew about panic attacks and had a bottle of Xanax. She knew to give me one-- my doctor said later it had been EXACTLY the right medicine. The panic left but I was so weak it almost came back because I was too weak to breathe properly. I was soaked in sweat, crying, still half-wishing to die, far from rational. It took sleeping then to put me more or less right.

I can't imagine anything else in life, including bone cancer, I would not prefer to have to suffer (except maybe cystic fibrosis-- that's another "I can't breathe" kind of thing and it's REAL because your lungs are constanly filling with sticky mucus than cannot be removed except, as I understand, by heavy pressuring of the chest every night. Dr. Kevorkian had a CF sufferer as one of his final few patients; but even CF would be less acute and less mentally destructive than a panic attack. I've heard water boarding is kind of like having a panic attack-- and guess what, that's torture. Real torture as certified by the US Military. (Or excuse me, as legalistically differentiated from torture by the US Military.

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So I reported to my very competent psychiatrist I was starting to get panic attacks on the two 57mg Concerta per day. So, he thought we would try Vyvanse.

I started right at 70mg, which is the largest recommended adult daily dosage, and so obviously also the largest strength capsue (an electric blue and red). It worked, but the effect fell off during the day. So he said then take another, for a total of two per day. That worked, but the effect fell off again. So, he said, and this is about the limit, take a third one each day.

Then for about two years, that worked. I was bright, alert and with it all of the time. What happiness. Working at my best. Maybe that would have ended, or maybe something else forced a change. Anyway, I came down with an autoimmune-type disease called polymyalgia rheumatica. That caused lots of pain; the lots of pain called for lots of pain killers including Vicodin; I got up to about 20 mg of Vicodin per day (four times 5 mg), I was also put on Prednisone for my polymyalgia,
initially 20 mg per day, but reduced quickly to 5mg per day when I began getting something like intracranial hypertension (I recognized it from having had it once long ago from an antibiotic reaction).

So now the waters are muddied: I'm taking the exact Vyvanse I have been for two years (a whopping 210 mg per day if you did the math); but I'm also taking Vicodin prn up to 20mg qd; and the Predisone, and even the tapering from the prednisone, adds some unique symptoms / complications to the point you would think if there were any adverse reactions, it could be impossible to tease out the responsible medicine.

Yep, I started having panic attacks (mild ones, but I know what lurks thereafter, just out-of-sight). I thought when my Vicodin usage is less for a day, I may get a mini-withdrawal which shows as a panic attack. Then I thought, is is possible after two good years the Vyvanse has coincidentally started to go sour for me. Or has the Vyvanse, which worked so well, just been masking the fact this is time for me to do what I have always periodically done, and change SSRIs.

Over the two years I took the Vyvanse I always felt GREAT on it, even though if I missed one I was nodding out most of the day. It got to the point I was nodding out much of the day unless I took two of my three Vyvanses in the morning for more of an effect; then I had so little in my blood by night time I could not sleep.

Now, post polymyalgia rheumatica, uness I take all three Vyvanse exactly eight hours apart, I get panic attacks. And it's worsening-- now, it seems like the panic begins after six hours without a dose, not eight. Sure, maybe I'd be fine for a while yet on 280 mg/day (some take more), but I'm afraid the ultimate problem will just get bigger if it is postponed.

No one going off Vyvanse should do it cold turkey. Do the longest, longest taper you can do. Give your body enough time to spread the withdrawal so thin over a year or more you won't suffer excessively for it.

I am going to switch my SSRI, stabilize on a small dose of prednisone, limit Vicodin to three or four a day (if not for the risk of ulcers from adding advil to prenisone I'd do that instead). And I'm going to try to phase out Vyvanse as slowly as I phase in Concerta or anything new my cutting-edge doc presribes. That's me; I'm feeling good about the plan.

As for you other panic sufferers from Vvnase-- my best advice after much much deep thought-- taper as slowly as you can while getting your doctor's advice about what, if anything, to taper back in.

DO NOT DESPAIR. For me, if all else fails, there is always ECT, which is much less harmful today as administered with modern methods. Something will work for you too (even if you have to be hospitalized in a medical coma for two weeks).

God bless, and stay free from pain.

With love from someone who has been there. My name is Leon.

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hey, obviously i found this thread because i was searching for the common side effects of vyvanse withdrawals, so be assured that you are not imagining these symptoms.
I switched over to vyvanse from adderall because there was apparently a national shortage, and I had myself convinced that I couldn't continue functioning at such a high level at work without some form of prescription assistance. My doctor moved me from 20mg of adderall to 50mg of vyvanse and at first, things seemed fine. Towards the end of week 1, i noticed that the effects were diminishing. By week 3, it was like I wasn't taking anything at all: lethargic, unfocused, and unmotivated. I was also feeling slightly "off", and it made me uncomfortable physically. I would get home from work, and while I'd usually go to the gym for an hour or so, all I wanted to do was get in bed. I was having wild mood swings, too, and didn't care about anything in my life. I was having problems climaxing during sex, which started to impact my relationship, and ultimately resulted in me breaking up with my long-term girlfriend because "i didn't feel the chemistry with her anymore", which I'm now convinced was a side effect of the drug. Anyway, I stopped taking the pills about five days ago (Wednesday). I spent all day Thursday and Friday in bed and started feeling terrible flu-like symptoms on Friday night, which I'm still dealing with. Severe headaches, pain in the muscles behind my eyes, sensitivity to bright light, and overall malaise. Theraflu and Alleve ease the symptoms for a few hours, but theyve been returning every night like clockwork. I'm also experiencing some deep, inexplicable depression and burst out in tears for no reason last night, which is very uncharacteristic of me. I'm hoping that these symptoms are just my body's response to the chemicals leaving my system and that they will pass within the next week. I can say, though, that this experience has turned me off to adhd medications for life.
You need to realize that you're currently a "guinea pig", for want of a better term, and that the long-term toll that this drug is taking on your body hasn't been fully explored. The first year or two of a drug being made available to the public is still considered Phase IV of the clinical trial cycle. I just mean that you should be cautious, and take the time to ask your prescribing specialist what is really known about any pharmaceutical before putting it into your body.

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I have been taking Vyvanse for about 3 years, with dosages ranging from 50mg to 70mg. It has been a very effective therapy for me. When I'm on it, I feel focused, productive and energetic. I would take it for the rest of my life, EXCEPT, it is a highly controlled medication and even though I have therapist and a prescription, there are times when I run out and can't get a refill on time. Which becomes a DISASTER.

When I stop taking Vyvanse for a day or two, I feel like I've been hit by a train. I can barely stay awake, even when I try to compensate with large amounts of caffeine. I've decided to quit taking Vyvanse because although it works very well, I don't want to be dependent on something that has such severe side-effects.

I recently had to take a business trip overseas for 4 days; I forgot to pack my pills and it would have cost $300 to see a foreign doctor to get prescription. I decided to suffer it out. That was a MISERABLE experience.

I've stopped taking Vyvanse for about 3 weeks now. I've felt extremely horrible and instead of feeling better after two weeks, I feel worse now. The withdrawal symptoms are almost unbearable (depression, agitation, tiredness, weight gain, lack of focus, etc). However, I know I will start feeling better, perhaps in a couple more weeks, and then I'll never have to go through this again. To add insult to injury, I've gained about 15 lbs.

If your physician has recommended Vyvanse to you, I'd suggest you think hard before you decide to take it. There's an immense sense of helplessness when you realize how dependent you've become to a drug.

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I'm 20 years old currently, and just before going entering University, I went to see a psychologist and was diagnosed with ADD, I had tried taking Vyvanse 30mg before from a friend of mine, (who's been on it for over 10 years) and was already aware of how it helped productivity so much with school work. I started on 30mg for about 12 months. While I initially began taking it only for exams and very busy days, I was slowly but surely shifting into taking 1 every day. I became a zombie in school, I would have people come to me and ask me if I was stoned. There was a clear euphoria with the dosage and I blame myself for not realizing that the medication went from helping with school the first 2 months, to just wanting to feel good. I even stupidly went and got an increase in dosage to 40mg, thinking the effect (basically just feeling high) was wearing off and not lasting long enough. I was foolish not to realize that its not supposed to make you feel high, but only give you the "missing" Dopamine in brains with ADD I became a zombie in school, I would have people come to me and ask me if I was stoned. After taking 40mg for a few days I began feeling depressed at night, no doubt the insomnia and lack of appetite did not help while taking Vyvanse. I was scared, after all this time of wasting a year on this "speed" I finally acknowledged that the way Vyvanse was affecting me wasn't right, I basically had a lack of discipline, and I knew in the back of my mind while my original intention was to just use to help with school, it became a psychological escape from my life's stresses. first three days off it, I slept over 24 hours, extremely fatigued. The interesting but unfortunate thing is this, I went the next week feeling good again, back to my old hyperactive self, but was still productive at work and school. It was AFTER these 7-8 days that I began to feel severely depressed, suicidal thoughts, just a sadness that I couldn't shake. I barely got any sleep during that period of time. It was horrible and scary still today to think about. After about month of this horrific experience I went and took a 40mg for relief, which made me have a ridiculous euphoric sensation, followed by crazy mood swings for two days, my body wasn't ready for such a drastic change it seems. I'm currently tapering off taking 20mg for a month, then next month 10mg then I plan to stop completely.

I am not here to tell people don't take medication, or that it may not be appropriate for some people. I want to make clear though, that even when you take something that is prescribed, you may not find yourself where you want to months later, additionally, it is possible and PROBABLE to develop a physical dependence on whatever you are using do to your brain not producing normal levels of Dopamine due a foreign source being entered.

Even for me , simply TAPERING off hasn't been the easiest, but much more manageable than the month of severe depression. Use medication if its the LAST RESORT, focus on discipline, motivation, and efficiency, don't be like me and think that just because a pill is an easy way to do everything, that its the best way. You can train your mind in focusing and attention just like you can go to the gym and build muscles. Don't be hostage to a dependency on medication that you don't really need. I learned the hard way. For those who are able to go Cold Turkey, cheers to you, remember eat as healthy as possible drink plenty of water, and try and establish a regular sleep pattern so that your body can have a fixed internal clock after a long time of reduced and/or irregular sleep patterns.

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I have been on vyvance for nearly a year taking 100mg a day, as well as 300 of wellbutrin to calm the anxiousness created from vyvance. I am also around 5 ft and 100 lbs, and so was grossly overprescribed.
A number of months ago my body essentially shut down and I have been dealing with extreme chronic fatigue as well as a host of other symptoms, and then some, such as the ones others have mentioned above.
I knew I had to get off them but was reccommended by my (new) Dr. that it would be dangerous to quit cold turkey. We did finally start tapering me off them because my heart palpitations and panic attacks started to increase and be accompanied by tightness and pain in my chest.
Also it turns out I have thyroid problems, but because originally the Dr. didn't do a full background medical that wasn't known. If you read the warnings however it says people with hyperthyroidism should not take Vyvance.
I have been slowly tapering off them and I am finally down to 30mg of Vyvance and 150 of wellbutrin. I had to get in to see a specialist to help me with the withdrawal. Even still it is really difficult. All the physical discomforts and pain and exhaustion aside, what is really concerning are the emotional ups and downs and how they affect my personality. One of the worst parts is the irritability and frustration. I was always a happy person, but now I often feel angry and work so hard to keep myself in check.
I feel so awful about being hurtful to my family and everyday feel like I am drowning in confusion and frustration. I have not been able to work without getting exhausted and moving backwards in my recovery.
My whole life has been disrupted by this and it is only because I have such an amazing support system that I am surviving it at all. I wish that was an exaggeration but it's not.
They have not done enough tests on this drug clearly, and I would bet that what they do know they aren't keen on sharing because this drug is obviously very dangerous. I was really pleased with it for quite awhile until my body gave out.
ps - It is important that anyone getting off of these is helped through it by a specialist.

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This is in response to post #14 - I have been on dangerously high doses of adhd meds before and I know exactly how you must be feeling. I was on 280 mg of adderal for a little over 2 years. I finally got off of it. I went about it the worst way. I quit cold turkey. It took me about 6 weeks to get back to normal, but when I did - it was amazing. I had forgotten how good life could be and feel without the pills. Hang in there and know that it does get better.

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Here is a letter that I typed and debated whether or not to send to my ex-girlfriend. It gives some insight on how 70mg of vyvanse a day changed my life in a negative way.
"For a while now I have wanted to get everything off my chest and tell you some things you may or may not already know. I was prescribed Vyvanse four months ago, about a month before we stopped dating. The first month while taking the medication I was the happiest and most productive I have ever been in my life.
Around four months ago when I asked for space to think about if the relationship was right for me, that wasn’t the real me by any means. The drug initially gave me a huge confidence boost and made me feel invincible to pain.
As I continued to take my medication daily, I noticed the effects began to quickly deteriorate overtime as my body built a tolerance. Before I used to take caffeine each day to just feel “normalâ€, now I’m having to take an amphetamine based ADHD drug every day on top of caffeine to “feel normalâ€.
Now, here I am four months later, I’ve never been so ashamed to look at the broken and severely depressed person I see in the mirror. Not being myself for four months has negatively affected more than just my relationship with you, but also my friends and family. I literally don’t have any friends that text or call me first, some only occasionally respond. I have hit the end of the road, I’m so unhappy with myself and the decisions I’ve made that I can either throw away all my medication and caffeine pills and go through withdraw or I’m scared of the next step. I threw away every pill I own yesterday and I can only hope things will get before for me. For the first time in two years I want nothing more than to feel like myself again." I typed this letter yesterday, today is day 2 without taking 70mg or caffeine pills. I hope I can stay strong. I'm also hoping the withdraws are only terrible for 3-4 days.

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I'm 35 years old & never felt right,o went to the doctor to learn I have adult ADHD,I've been on vyvanse for couple months & its done nothing but great things,except for when I was on my period I felt very strange it was weird.besides that it has been a life saver 4 me.

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I am 15 years old and have been on vyvanse for a little over a year. I am extremely drug dependent on vyvanse and i really really want to stop using it because the side effects are HORRIBLE. ive been taking two vyvanse a day every day for the past couple months. I am sooo scared about the withdrawal. and seeing that people who were on it for like a week had symptoms that were THAT bad??? i'm freaking out.

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Last summer i was taking vyvanse 70 mg for my add. It worked wonders for me, but I stopped taking it because i had transportation issues and couldnt get to the dr. On may 31st I started taking the vyvanse 70mg again and for the first week I was fine and things were great. The second week I started to be too concentrated on my work spending from 2pm - 1 am on the computer doing research for a class, and 2 of the nights i had hallucinations. The texture of the ceiling was gently waving like water on a lake, and the carpet was doing the same. on day 17 (yesterday) I threw up about an hour after taking my vyvanse. I felt sick and jittery all day Last night I started feeling worthless and hopeless to the point of wishing I were dead. Today I did not take my vyvanse but my stomache still hurts and my head hurts. Also while i noticed that since i started taking vyvanse I find myself clentching my jaw and my jaw hurts and its been driving me nuts.

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