Withdrawal From Vyvanse (Page 9) (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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I was taking 50mg of vyvanse and my mom took me to a quack that took me off vyvanse and I hate the quack and my mom loves him but now I cant focus I'm on 40 of to focaline and it's not working but I want to be back on vyvanse with the focaline I'm failing and it doesn't concern my parents and for the first time in my life I'm worried about njask My parents refuse to put me back on vyvanse they thought it made me mood swingy but I think it's puberty because I'm 12 but they don't agree with me but I know what's good for me I'm the only one how do I make my parents put me back on vyvanse

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Well said, Jeff

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... Is it possible the pregnancy hormones are also contributing to your fatigue etc...? It's a big possibility that the majority of what you are feeling is general 1st trimester 'symptoms' more so than withdrawal... either way, I hope you feel better soon!

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I am having the same problem, I also have a bad lower back and celiac so I deal with a multitude of issues. When are some days better than others? I went from a regular person, enjoying life to wanting to die. I was on a much higher dosage. I still have problems & wish drug companies would wait longer for better clinical results or are we there data?

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I had hallucinations while on Vyvanse. By doctor told me which med would get me out of it and it worked. However, I was hallucinating for a few days before I was able to tell anyone. I had to fax a letter for help because it was so hard to pick up the phone. If I have to take one med to counter the other, there's a problem.

Just my two cents: better to go cold turkey than to hallucinate. Blessings.

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Denise, yes people usually have withdrawal symptoms when getting off the medication. However, there is nothing "normal" about having them. It is a good thing that the doctor took him off it.

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Vyvanse improved my ADHD symptoms for about a month or two. After that, my life became crazed! It wasn't an abrupt change so I can't even pinpoint how or when it happened, but I slowly started seeing personality changes in myself as well as feeling LOUSY every night when I'd crash off the Vyvanse. After about a year, with a daily dose at 70 mg, I was hospitalized for a near-heart attack. My heart, however, is fine. It was the drug causing all my heart problems. The doctor stopped it cold turkey and here I am, dealing with all kinds of withdrawal symptoms that I had never imagined possible.
My advice is to keep children away from this drug!

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i took 70mg's of vyvanse for 4 years. i quit taking it about 2 months ago and i still feel like garbage most of the time. the first 2 weeks were almost unbarable. to be honest the hardest part for me is that i had to quit vyvanse and cigaretts at the same time because for some reason without vyvanse cigarettes make me feel really sick. i think it helps to force yourself to get up and be active in order to wake your body up the natural way but i cant help but feel kinda hopeless. Ive lost interest in a lot of things that used to be important to me i really hope thats temporary. PS. when i was on vyvanse i was really skinny and now im starting to get fat haha life sucks.

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I just started this med yesterday and it's made me a lot better. I was able to study for several hours, where before I would have sat there doing nothing but worrying about the assignment. I've already noticed a withdrawal symptom, however. After the drug begins to wear off (or stops kicking in, perhaps) I feel the urge to knock my teeth together softly. I'm in college, so I plan to only take it while I'm in school, and not on days that I don't have to do school work. While I do like not feeling tired all the time and I love the fact that I'm not getting urges to eat (before I had the urge to eat fast food and snack on low-calorie foods that were high in fat and sugar, now since I don't really have a preference in what I want to eat I can eat vegetables for all my cravings care) I don't think that being on this drug on days that I don't need it is a good idea. It's not like Prednisone (which I also take) where it's a really friggin' bad idea not to take it every day. Hopefully this will also help alleviate addiction a little bit :)

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our grandson has been on Vivance for over a year, he has on occasion missed a dose, not during school, during summer when he doesn't have to stay focused on paper work. he has had absolutely NO side effects, we see his dr,. every 6 months and he keeps a close watch, as does his teacher. his mother has many probklems and is on several meds., she fears he may inherit her problems, but we see no signs of this.

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My 6 year old son was on 20 mgVyvanse for, 4 months. The first three months was ok. The last month he turned into a zombie. No motivation what so ever. He started picking at him self, to the point of bleeding. So I took him off cold turkey. He went through a lot of mood swings, crying for no reason, very anrgy, putting plastic bags over his head. He kept falling asleep. This lasted for about 4 days. I have switched his medicine to adderall. Good luck!

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Angela - Your poor son. Why does a 6 year old need to be on any kind of stimulant/amphetamine? 6 year olds are hyper for a reason. They are curious for a reason. Did you try everything else before resorting to these drugs? For example, working with the teacher, counselors, managing his schedule, diet, sleep time, etc.? These drugs (Adderall included) can cause a huge amount of pain, as you have seen. I hope your son is doing better now. But I also hope that parents aren't blindly trusting doctors prescribing these drugs. The doctors are overworked and willing to do whatever it takes to make the parents happy/ move the patient out of the exam room sometimes. I will never tell another parent how to be a parent, but I hope you are watching him as closely on this new medication. Adderall is an amphetamine too.

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YOU CAN DO IT!!! I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

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Amanda, you need to get control of this as soon as possible. You are taking a risk of doing serious damage to yourself and your cosmetology career. When you go from taking one pill to 4 pills your heart is working overtime. Some of the stuff you describe such as ringing in your ears is not good. I will tell you that I have tried stepping down dosages as well as stopping cold turkey, in the long run stepping down dosages just keeps you strung out on it longer. You can read my previous posts on here covering the last 2 years of my vyvanse addiction and get an idea of how bad it can get. The best thing you can do is stop taking it. It is going to be harder to take the drug as prescribed than to just stop taking it. You should be able to break this cycle without much trouble if you don't let it progress any farther. I'm not telling you this to be rude, just to help. If you need to know anything just ask and I will help if I can.

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Psychologically displaced. That describes exactly how I feel right now and I've only missed one of my 60 mg doses. It was a test to see how my body would react because everyday since taking vyvanse feels fake. Being off of it for one day I haven't gotten out of bed yet and I don't plan to or do anything today...

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if the vyvanse is effecting her sleep it very well could have been. When im running off barely any sleep i know that even though my medication has woke me up my brain is still trying to sleep.

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hey andrew, don't worry at all , how are u doing now, it was an old post but i still want to reassure you not to worry. my daughter is 17 she was on this medication too and she had withdrawal stuff, now it took a while and she is now just fine. you will be off all medications soon be happy and u will make it.

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I have been on 70mg of vyvanse for over a year now. I quit cold turkey and can not function. My head has this indescribable pounding or ringing. I am very tired and awfully moody. When on the medication, I am full of energy and totally can relate when people talk about a buzz. I can not function without it...this is awful.

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Chris, I found your story inspirational. I am where you were, although I stopped the serqual,(sorry if misspelled) however I still take prozac and this is day 3 of no vyvanse 50mg for me. So far I feel okay...no more tired than usual. I have taken vyvanse 50mg once aday for almost 2 years. In the past year my depression comes and goes, I feel very easily frustrated and irritated. At 34 years old I had really hoped to be well under way in living out my life happily, but....I am not. I don't go anywhere, I prefer to be home and I have turned into a very antisocial person both with family and friends. In the beginning the vyvanse was a miracle drug for me, I felt awesome. That lasted about 6 months, then it went to a daily chore to function and to take care of my three kids. It has become clear to me that the real miracle here was me coming to my senses and stopping this cycle of medications. I don't want to live this way anymore but the only one who can make it better is, ME. My son is ADD but after a few months he hated it, (he is 15) so it was his choice. He complained of feeling like a zombie, like he was just, there. Then he would have the crash around 6-7pm. So Chris, thank you because I wasn't sure if I could do it, now I know I can. So far no serious withdrawals and again its day 3, maybe i'll be a lucky one and won't experience any. For those considering vyvanse, please please research it as much as you can. Wish I did.

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I came searching to see about anger on Vyvance. this to was a miracle drug for my son. grades went from low Cs to all As. he said the first day that it cleared all the cobwebs out of his head starting the first day he took it. It still works great for school but as it wears off he crashes and burns. His anger gets very difficult and his depression is getting worse. He is almost 15 btw. he gets so mad at night that he digs his feet in and says he refuses to go to school the next day. I can get him in but he ends up late and gets in trouble. He is in HS Football and this helps with getting rid of some anxiety. he has asked me before if he could stop taking it but on the other hand he does not want to stop because of his grades....I say it is quit the double edge sword. I will start wearing him off. he does not take it on weekends or holidays and is on 40 mg daily. I don't know where we will go from here...maybe to an anti anxiety drug or anti depressant drug....maybe no drugs....it is hard when I an dealing with the med affects and the hormone effects....i found out recently that he was trying pot...he did not lie to me when I asked him...but I feel that he is starting to look for something anything to self medicate. Maybe if he is off the vyvance he will get some logic back....but I am on top of it and involved parent and will be starting periodic drug testing on him. He said ok. I will let you know how it goes.

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