Withdrawal From Vyvanse (Page 15) (Top voted first)

My son had a terrible experience on wyvance. He has phyciatic systems to include halluciations. The doctor took him off the drup cold turkey and Ihe seems to be having withdrawal systems? Is that normal?

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You're wrong about almost everything you said.

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Vyvanse does cause hallutionations,

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same dose same good initial response to the med but after a couple weeks extreme fatigue in the afternoon i work early so why take add meds after work so 1 - 3 i d be beat. dr gave me adderall for afternoon i swear it was fake and refused to take it im not going to take vyvanse if im gonna be beat all afternoon comedown is worse then not taking the pill. Just wish i could talk to doctor but hes impossible to get ahold of so im just gonna stop f*** it i quit heroin i can quit this it seemed very weak anyway so it hasn't been bad i wish there was somthing that would work but it seems like i may as well give up tried everything same result good at first after tolerance not so much.

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I take 30mgs Vyvanse. The heart palpitations stopped, the withdrawal is mostly this awful nausea though, and occasionally I will feel more irritated by stuff. I get withdrawal every single night, after it wears off...I feel like crap. Vyvanse has inspired me to seek our Orthomolecular treatments, and vitamin therapy plus herbal remedies like Bach Flowers. I also think that Folic Acid, Tryptophan, and a good GABA complex could or might cure most biological imbalances that cause irritability. Since they are biological, we don't need psychosomatic fixes..IMO.

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Try: St Johns Wort and Natural Herbal Remedies. Your attention/fatigue could be as simple as immune problems or fever/flu cold. Folic Acid might be a good idea for you as well!!! Folic Acid helps with moods/agitation but can also cause....Mania in higher doses, which makes me ponder that actually benefiting you with your ADD? Because, you'd be increasing the brain chemicals and that usually calms people down.

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i just stopped taking this drug too because my parents can no longer afford it but now i am feeling tired hungrey constely and wanting to fall asleep it feels like even though i go to bed early so i wont be tired the next day i still feel like crap the next day

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hey cool chick i feel the same way but i been off of the same drug for about 22 or 23 days and i starting to slowly get my energy back but i do still feel tired and my aunt even said that i was acting like i was having withdrawls from the sme medcine that u were on but its seems like now the tiredness has gone away but i am more hungrey

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i know how he feels cause i was on a differnt hyper mecdince since i was five or younger but then i changed to this medcation vyvanse and then my health insurence went out so now my parents cant afford it and i had to quit cold turkey and i been 23 days without it and it was so tirrible i was always so tirred and hungrey but now i am just a little tirrried and not focusing really that muchand i am hungrey like crazy

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Hey Denise,
It actually seems to be a part of the vyvanse/stimulant profile to be able to cause "organic psychosis" a couple people have mentioned this to me. I started taking it again the past two days because I am still trying to be able to function without it. Today I am so groggy after not taking it I feel like my head is full of cotton candy. the withdrawal is bad probably not as bad as adderall, but be careful and make sure he drinks plenty of water. I have bipolar and it makes me more prone to psychosis it seems, not extremely so strattera was worse at a higher dose on me. But vyvanse actually makes me feel like I'm hearing things, though not extremely so and I'm on the lowest dose. It also gave me paranoia at thirty mgs.

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am i at risk of some bad health issues

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I think if you take it at a low dose and at the regular set time such as morning, it shouldn't be a very big risk. I've decided to keep taking mine because I really can't focus for long periods of time without that helpful boost. I have Adhd, so it helps a lot with those things. But if it's not helping you at all, maybe try something else?

The risks come from over-dosing and pre-existing conditions such as heart-problems.

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I have OCD(a form of Asbergers) ADD, and depression. Its a combination for disaster and i was taking multiple medications that at the time were the only thngs that seemed to work. However, every few months i would have these tantrums, i would sometimes get violent as well but the meds were the closest thing i could get to normal.

I started taking Vyvanse when I was 16 and was starting highschool. My doc started me with 50mg. After a month she had upped the dosage to 70 since there was somewhat of an improvement but I was still having tantrums. Finally when I went into to doctor, I told her that ibwanted to get off my other meds and try it out. She gradually lowered my other meds dosages to where I could just stop taking them.

Finally there was a HUGE improvement in mood and the vyvanse did what the other meds should have done. I have always been into art but when my vyvanse actually started doing what it needed, my artistic skills severely improved. So much so that the last two years of highschool I kinda became palls with a certain teacher that I looked up to as a mentor and I had never been able to look up to someone like this before.

I was so into artwork and felt I needed to show my appreciation for what my teacher did for me, which was save my life, in a literal sense but I won't get into that. I would go In on the weekends and help her with her morning elementry art lesson planning. I would unload and load the kiln.

I eventually became her service learning student for half the school day and the art room was my study hall seeing that my IEP alowed it and she helped me with my online studies as well. It was quite amusing when some of the other students started asking if I was a student teacher or if me and my teacher were related.

Im 19 now and Vyvanse improved my life substantually, and this summer I did the stupidest thing and decided to get off of it for the sole reason that my mom started taking the meds and it was making her apparently skinny and unhealthy and crazy, because for people who don't have ADD or ADHD it will react the wrong way concidering its meant for the sole pu rpose to be help those with mental disorders. My mother does not have any mental disorder...well I guess now she does because she is taking it. She uses it like a performance enhancement.

That aside, I wanted to prove to her that its possible to function without it. I quit cold turkey. It was not hard at all. I had intense constipation for a week, scatterbrained for maybe three to four weeks, but I finally felt normal and normal as in not on any drugs. I wasn't crazy, however my depression was so incredibly bad that I ended up losing my friends and my boyfriend.

I was going to start taking my meds again but my doctor quit, and finally two weeks ago I made an appointment for a new doc whom prescribed me vyvanse again for 50mg. I have been taking it for three days now and besides the messed up sleep schedule, being hungry but only able to eat like a bird, and readjusting to the medication again, I finally feel myself again and am leaving the house, reconnecting with friends all in three days I have done so much.

In conclusion, vyvanse is a necessary medication for those who need it, and is easy to get off of if your not on the mind set that you need it. Mostly the dependancy with this drug is in your head and this comes from experience. However ot can cause extreme paranoia and delusions for those who can't handle it or don't perticularily need it.

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Blake, you are going to be ok buddy! You have not permanently damaged yourself and healing is on the way! It has been somewhere around 2 years since I was on vyvanse and because of Jesus and his great power I have been completely healed of all negative effects from vyvanse. The main thing is that you will be too if you will turn to him. Please read back a few pages to read my older posts to see how bad it got for me, and now it just gets better every day. Jesus is the only way to get true healing and peace back into your life. For many vyvanse is the enemy. Jesus tells us the enemy comes to steal kill and destroy, and that is exactly what vyvanse will do. Thanks to Jesus we can turn to him in our times of trouble and brokenness and he will fix us right up. This is no joke my friend. I have witnessed many people completely broken and hopeless due to medications and drugs and Jesus has healed them all. He wants you to turn to him during this situation and put your faith in him, he will do the rest. I urge you to read some scripture and pray to him. Tell him exactly what you are going through. He already knows Blake, he is just waiting for you to turn to him! Not only will he bless you with the strength to get up and face each day, he will renew your mind and that is where the real battle is. It is already won because of what Jesus did on the cross. You will not only be back to your old self my friend, you will be even better! Do not give up or give back in to this medication. Start living your life through him and receive life more abundantly than you have ever experienced. No medication can do for you what Jesus can brother, that is all there is too that. If you need my help message back on here and I will reply! You are in my prayers!
Romans 12:2
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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My son just turned 6 and was on Vyvance for 2 months now, it worked wonders however he started picking at his nails and his skin terribly. His doctor has now stopped his med.s until we see her Monday, watch closely for this side effect, he will pick until he bleeds :(

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I have to say, I feel the same exact way about Vyvanse! I started on 20 mg of Adderrall and switched to Vyvanse, first 50 mg. Now I'm on 60 mg. I started getting anxiety (which I have never had before), and my personality seems to be changing...I'm not fun anymore, I'm getting depressed, and I am getting heart palpitations when I eat! I want to get iff it ASAP but I don't want the withdrawal symptoms, and the funny part is, my psychiatrist said I should stop taking Vyvanse tomorrow and Sunday to "see if it's actually the Vyvnase that's causing my anxiety" are you serious? Of course it is!! I hate it and I can't wait to be off this drug. It just sucks that I can't taper off gradually because I can't see the doctor until Monday :(

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Sounds just like what my sons doctor said....Such a shame and YES sadly it does effect your mood my 6 year old acted as if he was in a depression mode! We brought cake and ice cream to his school to sing Happy Birthday and he didn't even smile, which is nowhere like him! Thanking God he is no longer on this medicine and that I didn't give up the fight! He has now been prescribed a anti-stimulant fighting the insurance now because of course they don't want to pay it!

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You don't need this junk period. My partner has a 12 year old who is already an addict and it's sad. You shouldn't compromise your overall well-being like this because someone says you aren't "normal". All the pharmaceutical companies are doing is making money off you and your doctor gets perks for helping them. Also, if you are a college student they provide services to students with specials needs such as note takers and extra testing time in a quiet room. I have ADD too, but I'm not falling for this stuff. What I learned is that I needed self-discipline to take control of my life, not a drug to control me.

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Vyvanese is a horrible drug- the dr I was seeing put me on 170 mlgs a day- I finally figured out this drug was the reason I was agitated, depressed, angry etc ( once the affects wore off) - he never told me it was a stimulant- trust r gut- dr's are not GODS!

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I am 37 years old and just stopped taking 20mg Vyvanse after taking it for approx 21 days.. For the past 2 days I have experienced Chills, Nausea, back and body aches, irritability, tremors, and insomnia. The Vyvanse worked great sometimes, but other times not well at all. After the insomnia catches up to you, nothing can make you focused. i just became dependant on taking that pill to function. at times life was euphoric, but most times, thungs were speedy and foggy. I am not cut out to be on meds. I am going to just accept myself as ADD and do the best I can. Meditation, diet, yoga and other forms of exercise are the true ways to helping with not only ADD, but all types of ailments.

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Kristen- what withdrawal effects did u experience when going off vyvanese? so happy to hear u found the perfect medication for u and u are much healthier!

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