Withdrawal From Vyvanse (Page 16) (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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Yes withdrawal is normal. I have been taking different medications for adhd and add since 6 years old. I take 70 mg of vyvanse a day. After two days off the medication is usually when withdrawal starts. Some things that I have found that help combat this is hydrating, food , and sleep. However withdrawal can vary drug to drug. I hope this helps.

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Why are you asking people you don't know?...Why not ask the Doctor who prescribed it? If you don't trust that person, see another Doctor

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Well, this is the 1st time in about the year I've been taking this stuff that I've gone a SECOND day (lol)
without it! Very few off days. The past 3 months I've been a complete machine, restoring a 1920's storefront back to beautiful original vintage which is about to become my business. I really don't know if I could have done this without Vyvanse. I'm 40, so I guess you could say I have a pretty clear direction of knowing what I'm doing, I suppose without this stuff I could've finished the resto in maybe 1.5 months instead, but no way it would've looked so insanely detailed and perfect! I even did the hardwood floors by myself and learned everything else through YT etc.

That said, I agree and understand all of the things mentioned here, the clumsiness, panics, etc etc.
But one thing that really stands out reading everybody's experiences here is this: WAY HIGH MEGA DOSAGE!!
I'm seeing this 2x a day stuff, 70 a day, 40 2x a day Jeezuz!!! The reason I got the 70's was because it was the most economical way to do it. I opened the capsule, chopped it up with a blade on a plate, and portioned it out for the day depending on my activity level. Usually in 4th's, so maybe 18mg a day? Sometimes in 3rd's. I found the 1/3 of a 70 was just a tad bit too much, and I'd either crash hard or it changed my personality a bit and never quite felt comfortable. 1/4 of a 70 seems to be right on the money. For all those experiencing all these nasty side effects, and say it's not working, then take MORE on top of it to abate those effects and 'normallize' again, man I can't see functioning at all on it with that much! I'd for certain be a train wreck. Less really is more with this stuff, and when I did 1/3, or sometimes more when experimenting, I found myself crashing hard later in the day. No wonder you need to take a second dose in the midday.
In my brief but intense dip into the blow days about 10 years ago, what a wretched feeling to have gone so high, only to crash so low to feel the need to get back up again. NOT fun! I remember being reminded of those awful feelings when going over 1/3.

When I'm on less, I actually find myself hitting my hard stride later in the day, and I have all the energy to continue productivity until I decide to crash, which is never a problem. I can even take cat naps during the day and spring back to life.

So anyone nixes this as the devil's tool, (and I'm not an advocate for a jacked up America) try the lower dosage, save some money and headache and find the right dose. I've never felt the need to 'increase' because it wasn't working.

As for withdrawals, YEAH this sucks haha... I'm not suicidal, depressed or violent.
But I am incredibly irritable, fatigued and I could only describe this as like the Flu. Pretty bad body aches, muscle tightness, sore all over.
Maybe I'm just in shock from all the insane work I've done to get this opening ready, maybe I really do have the Flu! LOL

I think it's helped me to develop a new lifestyle and discipline and I think even if I went off it entirely, I would still thrive from the new work ethic I've discovered within me, I hope! I just want to stop and smell the roses again....

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that's why you should probably have a little personal responsibility and actually research what drug you are putting into your body everyday

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I was on adderall for 6 yrs then Vyvanse for the last 3+ yrs, I stopped taking my Vyvanse 2 months ago and while i've slowly gotten better i still feel lazy and unmotivated; when will this feeling go away?

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If you are going through the withdrawls take at least 1000mgs of L-tyrosine. This will help you so much, I was in withdrawl after discontinuing this med and adderall and felt like someone opened the gates of hell and threw me in. My skin was crawling, my body ached, crushing fatigue where just trying to breathe is exhausting. Then I realized this stuff depletes your dopamine stores and when you go off of it, your brain is not making enough L-dopa because of the drugs so you either have to wait a few months for your brain to adjust again or if you need to function and work, go to college, etc. take the supplement and feel better. No one should have to suffer.

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Even years later, boy do I feel for you! I can't even comprehend how you were able to cope. Hope all is well now!

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2 months ago I thought I would ever be able to get off caffeine and 70mg of vyvanse. Today I am clean and don't feel too bad. Just wanted to give people some perspective as to how long it takes to feel better and how I did it. First some background, I was taking 500-700mg of caffeine and 70mg of vyvanse every single day for a year. I felt like a complete zombie and my hands would shake. For a month and I half I weaning myself off vyvanse. During the work week I would keep my dosage constant and every weekend I would drop the mg by around 10mg. So the first weekend I dropped down to 60mg and maintained that 60mg throughout the first full work week. Then the second weekend I dropped down to 50mg. 3rd weekend I dropped down to 40mg and so on. Getting off 500+ mg of caffeine during the same time sucked really bad. So I first got off caffeine before I started weaning off vyvanse. It took me 4 weeks to wean off the caffeine and then 5 weeks to taper off vyvanse. It definitely wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I survived my long hours at work and the key to success for me was weaning myself off. I tried cold turkey 6 months and lasted 6 days and then relapsed on both drugs. Screw cold turkey, stick with weaning off. The key for me was listening to motivational speakers on my iphone and forcing myself to stay motivated. I'm taking the time to recap the last two months because I feel like i owe it to the vyvanse community considering this same forum helped me get through the roughest of times. Im not completely out of the woods yet but I think its safe to say I made it. If there is ONE thing I took away form my experience with this drug its that IT SLOWING TURNED ME INTO SOMEONE THAT IM ASHAMED TO BE. It made me anxious all the time, completely anti-social, never wanted to go out with friends. TAKE AWAY POINT; WEAN YOURSELF OFF THIS CRAP AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF IN 2 MONTHS TIME MY FRIENDS!

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I am convinced after being on Vyvanse that it messes with your Histamine levels. If your husband is bi-polar I would strongly encourage you to look up information on Pyroluria or Histadelia. DMAE has been a great alternative. Look for articles by Dr. Wison, Walsh or Pfieffer. You may have a new hubby at the end. Vyvanse is known to cause Schizophrenia long term and I'm convinced that it messes with Zinc levels as well.

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Your story is very inspiring. I have been on various doses of vyvanse for 5 years (60mg-20mg), and all I want is to be off of it. I have come down to the losest amount-20 mg a day. I have spoke to various pharmacists, whom have nothing to gain by their proffessional advise. Every one has told me to slowly ween myself off to reduce the side effects. I went from 60mg to 40 mg to now 20 mg. The transition is easier than cold turkey. But now that I am on the 20 mg, I am having a hard time stopping. I have been given the advice to take it every other day. This helps your brain get used to displacing the chemicals vyvanse produces. I just started, and the every other day I'm off it I cannot do anything. So I can only imagine how you are feeling at 3 days without. My suggesstion is to reduce the amount to the lowest dose (20 mg) and then every other day as I am. If you keep up cold turkey, I would love to hear back on how your feeling. I am anxious to know how long I will start to feel better if I went the same route. I hate this drug, and I wish I never would have started it.

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Reduce vyvanse. I am 27 and have been on vyavase for 5 years, and at one point I was taking 30mg 2x a day. I felt the exact same way. It gets you awake and alert originally, but then drains you leaving you exhausted and depressed by the end of the day. If you continue on the drug, your dependence will grow, and the falls will be that much worse. I decreased my vyvanse down to 20 mg once/day and I am trying to get completely off. I still feel that depressed fall in the afternoons, but I try to suplement activities, coffee, exercise for that second dose I once took. I do not think there is anything wrong with being on Vyvanse, but I've heard from numerous professionals that I should have never been taking it more than once a day. (Just a caution). I wanted to reach out to you because I wish I would have had someone tell me the horrible lows that come with this drug, and how 5 years later I would be fighting with myself to try to get off. My suggestion is to first only take it once a day, and then try to get to a lower dose that will give you the benefits, without such a bad crash.

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I took Aderol from about third grade through 7th and i've been on Vyvanse from then until now (12th grade). I've taken 50mg for a few years now and about 2 weeks ago, I started spilling (about 10 mg out) because I felt shaky when the meds peaked and have been getting migraines more frequently. For the first week of spilling I felt amazing- my friends joked that I acted like I was high. My productivity didn't go down a ton, but it wasn't the same. For the past few days though, I have been fidgety. Right now I'm a little dizzy. I have definitely been more emotional. I'm more attracted to girls and I feel like I just have more testosterone. I remember when I used to forget my meds when I was doing 50 mg, and Id feel way out of it. I'd usually get (sorry for the bluntness) several hour-long erections. It's definitely a big shift in mood and way of thinking with and without the meds.

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Yes I struggled with the same thing. Even intimately I couldn't really feel anything. After doing a lot of orthomolecular research I've found that different histamine types, hi, low or bipolar or schizophrenic all respond differently. It seems to distort in all the metabolism of histamine. look up histapenia and histadelia and see if any of those symptoms apply. That will help you with a course of action. Tyrosine helps alot of people 1000mg typically, with withdrawl symptoms. I run histapenic so that doesn't work for me. Both types tend to do well on DMAE. If you get that loving feeling at the onset of your dose, Beta-Alanine may be a good option. Also read up on Adrenal Fatigue. If you are heavier and run histapenic, do a niacin test. This will help re reraise your histamine levels naturally. You will not want to do this if you are tall, thin and histadelic. Hope that gets you started. Blessings.

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My suggestion is to talk to your doc and. Tell him or her how ur feeling. If you just stop cold turkey the withdraw symtoms are brutals.

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How long have you been off of Vyvanse for? I'm experiencing some of the same things and it's been about four days for me

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I'm 18 years old 130 pounds male. I was prescribed Vyvanse about a year ago now, and I found it very helpful in completing the remainder of grade twelve. I would take a 20mg pill every morning and take one day off on the weekend. I experienced a whole bunch of different side effects in the beginning: "The sweats", "The shakes", once rage, but the only one of any regularity being anxiety- the first time I ever felt anxiety was from taking Vyvanse, I'd never experienced it before. The anxiety was typically set of by something random, typically something which does really merit worry/anxiety over (e.g. waving at someone and them not seeing you). But there were very positive effects as well, I no longer fell asleep in class, I was engaged, even french class was interesting. I was able to deal with the side effects thanks to friends and family, and took a break from taking it over the summer- no withdrawal symptoms or anything. At that point I did feel like taking Vyvanse was a good thing, even with the side-effects, it was exciting even though it was scary/ panic inducing at times. I started first year engineering at university this year, and I've taken a Vyvanse every single day for 4 months now. On the days I forget to take it first thing in the morning, I feel pretty normal. But eventually I realize that the reason why I feel so sleepy and distracted is because I forgot my pill. It's exams time and my side-effects are becoming worse and worse. I'm a touch worried about stopping taking my Vyvanse when I get home, just from reading the previous comments.

My most recent side effects are: sever anxiety to the point of ambiguous paranoia (worried and scared but not about anything in specific), a general feeling of unrest, feeling sleepy during the day, irregular sleep habits (though that maybe my fault, not the Vyvanse)

It sounds very negative when I say it but, I feel compelled to take Vyvanse everyday, regardless of the side-effects and I feel like I won't be able to succeed at school like I want to without it.

I'm going to go cold turkey over Christmas break and try giving myself a weekly break next semester.

I suggest seriously considering this medication before taking using this medication. Although most of what i described was negative, I have experiance a large number of positive qualties

sorry for the length of this post...

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Hi, so I've been taking vyvanse for 8 months now? and without having a chance for a prescription refill on these crazy holidays I've had terrible side effects. constantly sleepy, irritable, sad, headaches, overly hungry BUT that was cold turkey off 40mg.
My experience with the drug has been overall very good. sweating and increase anxiety (already have anxiety Haha) and insomnia are completely worth the focus and organization I get. even with insomnia I'm not tired and after starting a mood stabilizer in conjunction my mood is great. less anxious and hardly sad.
withdrawal isn't fun but honestly vyvanse has been great for me. not all reactions are bad :) and sometimes you just need the right combination!
female, 19 - 110lbs

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My 15 yr old son has been on vyvanse for yrs. He is now on 70 mg. Someone, I think I know who came into my home and took 12 of them. I would have never for a minute thought that this ex foster child of mine would do this but that is no longer the issue. Now my son has been 2 days without it and is throwing up so bad that it stopped up the toilet. I don't know if this is withdraw or what and I can't get a copy of the police report and try to replace them until tomorrow.

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But its not good to go off cold turkey. Get back on the medication, wean off slowly, and try something else. Why make the withdrawal harder now or later. I get not staying on but...

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I have been taking it for 4 months and my prescription plan forced me to quit. I have been chronically tired, drained, depressed, and have a lack of motivation. I feel completely tanked and have been eating like crazy, sleeping for extended hours, and watching endless hours of TV.
I think it's a major side effect of quoting (chronic fatigue).

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