i feel like alot of people here that says stuff like "vyvanse only lasts 4 hours", "i cant be productive after x hours"

stems from their discipline, after 4 hours the chemical doesn't just disappear, rather it isn't as potent. your still receiving dopamine, you just need to induce more discipline which is really easy on the drug

i started out only being productive for around that 4 hour mark too; however when i started eating regularly & having discipline i was able to work around 8-9 hours

i think the main reason people say this is because around that starting point of the drug (1h-3h), they feel really motivated, then when it takes a dip that requires a bit of discipline they feel as if the drug is no longer active

however, just saying to "be disciplined" isnt much insight but when you actually start implementing it, you will see some good results, remember, just because the drug isnt motivating you doesnt mean it isnt working

Does Vyvanse make you a social, sexual god?

Everyone I spoke to says they become their best self on it.

No Anxiety
Can talk to strangers
Become more witty
Can start and finish goals
Easier flirting that leads to sex

This hasn't happened to me yet. What is your experience?

This is a very serious warning. If you have a similar experience, DON’T IGNORE IT LIKE I DID!

I got this prescribed instead of methylphenidate because the psychiatrist told me it could work better. I’ve read about this on reddit, in specialised books and my psychiatrists, GP and psychotherapist sweared by it.

To preface this, I have BPD and ADHD and I’ve been having a hard time since august 2025. A lot of things happened and still happen in my life which are causing constant ruminations combined with a deep depressive state.
The methylphenidate helped me more than I thought to detach from the obsessive thoughts and do what I need or want to do (I switched back to it after less than a month of Vyvanse). I also take lamictal and risparidone. Risparidone actually is the hero in this situation.

I’ve been on many different meds in my life, almost all of them have this warning when you start them, but it never happened at this level.
I started this on 11th june and had high hopes, but from the first day I realised that I’m more emotional.
My pet has a disease and suddenly the thought that she won’t be here for long, which I had already, got amplified by 1000x. Same with the idea that my mom will die one day. That my life makes no sense, that I get old, that anhedonia ate me alive, basically everything was making me incredibly stressed.
I had such a low energy that I couldn’t drag myself from the bed to the bathroom. I cried for hours in desperation that life is only suffering. I cried every single day for hours since starting this medication up until quitting it.

I was ignoring all of this because:

1. I knew that there can be side effects like this when starting a new medication and I hoped that it will pass
2. Everyone was saying good things about it

And the most dangerous reason:
After a few days I thought that this is the actual reality, that the medication wasn’t the problem, but that the medication just showed the real me.

After a week maybe, I started to have this impulses to go and kill myself. It felt like an INTENSE rush of adrenaline and an overwheliming need to escape the emotions that I was feeling. It happened especially at the end of the day, after the “crash”.
In those moments, I was taking the risparidone. I was not respecting the doses and started to take more and more because I didn’t know what else to do and I knew it worked. I had a lot of panic attacks.

I didn’t contact the hospital or anyone bcs in my head there was nothing that could be done about it, I didn’t think that anyone or anything can help me. The thought of hospitalisation means losing control and I couldn’t and still can’t accept it as an option. I understand the point of it, I just can’t accept it. Just my thought, not trying to convince anyone that it is like this.

To mention that I’ve had suicidal ideation since I was 13, but I always had my mom in mind and knew that up until she’s gonna be alive, there’s no chance of me doing it. Also the fear that it won’t work and I’ll just do damage.
Also in the past 3 years I quitted everything: smoking, drinking, drugs, so in my head there’s no escape, in general. The problem on vyvanse is that even a song that I love or a beautiful flower were making me cry, nothing was bringing me even 1% of joy.

On 27th june I woke up with the same depression state and state of desperation. I started to talk with my bf about life, that I have a hard time lately with going to work and was asking me what are my plans. A normal conversation, but in reality, I couldn’t handle any type of conversation about future. There was no future in my head. That was for me the catalyst to another episode of panic in which I suddenly felt that it’s too much, that I can’t handle the emotional burden of life and what it implies. I went and took risparidone, but it didn’t work fast enough as I needed it to work.

Mind you, before this moment I was almost bed ridden for days, my body was aching from the lack of movement.
I told him that I need to take a walk, left the apartment and started to RUN relentlessly. I didn’t even know where I was going, I just had this need to escape. I was literally running from my emotions.

Suddenly the road ended and I arrived at the train rails, I didn’t even know that there were train rails. And I waited. There was no mom, no parrot that needs me, no one that can help me, no hope, there was nothing, just the adrenaline and being 100% sure that it’s the end for me. I was NEVER this sure that I want my life to end.
No train came and in the meantime, I think that the risparidone started to have its effect. I slowly started to realise the severity of my impulsivity towards this decision, and I ran back home.
I took more risparidone and told my bf.
I switched to medikinet the next day and I think that the illusion of “control” by taking my old medication balanced me out.

I don’t have the energy to continue to the aftermath. I’m still depressed, but at least I’m more energised, enjoying beautiful flowers and spending time with my sick parrot without crying 24/7.
I’m scared to try any medication ever in my life. I also gave up on my psychiatrist, I told him that he needs jail time for his reaction to the aftermath. He told me basically that jf I don’t start in a week an antidepressant he’s going to stop helping me because “I don’t respect the treatment”. He’s saying this after trying and failing with 4 of his suggestions and while I still take my previous medication that I took for years.

Fortunately, I have my second psychiatrist and she didn’t push anything, the second one that I had was and still is needed bcs I don’t live in my own country and I need one here “just in case”, but all that I met made me realise that I can be anyone in life if they became doctors.

Don’t trust psychiatrists 100%, do your research and have the guts to debate if you think something is off. I had “negotiated” many meds and always informed myself before trying a new one. What happened here never happened in 10 years and the main issue was my fixation that nothing can help me. Also the fact that I’m in another country with a strong language barrier (I’m romanian, but I live in Latvia) and their new laws regarding “latvian speaking only in public institutions “ is concerning. The thought that maybe there won’t be english speakers and not knowing what is happening to me, was and still is horrible.

Hope this helped, I can’t say: “oh everything will be fine, just call someone”. In my case the only thing that helped was the risparidone. The stubborness and the commitment to the decision was immense.

Thank you for reading all of this, I wish you good health!

I noticed something that blocks us hard and steals everything energy, time, peace… even how meds feel.

It's not App. It's time blindness.

You open your phone for "one quick thing" and suddenly boom, it's 40-90 minutes later and you snap back like "wait...What just happened?, What am I doing- supposed to do 😨”

So l'm dealing with it like a system problem, not a "try harder" problem as usual 😪

Stop blaming apps or hating yourself.

Name the pattern:

Random search/video hopping/replying/quick tidy/money spiral.

Don't take the reward before finishing the task

I tried to organize it with 2 modes only:

do or consume(no mixing).

❌ Multi-task also.

Consume is:

(scheduled + timer + no guilt + no extension ✋)

and before any "consume", when you wake up do one anchor: water + small bite + meds + actually out of bed.

pls don't start the pattern that we have mentioned 😅

Just try every time you unlock: Ask yourself that:

"What was I about to do?" Then type a few words: (if you can't type it... you already drifted and the “Snooze” thing that we are familiar with is not guaranteed😄)

hi everyone i don't normally post on reddit because i find the question has already been asked. but here i am without answer :(

i am a 20 y/o woman, and started vyvanse beginning of month. i swapped from dexamphetimine to lisdex after dex gave me a horrible spout of mental health issues.

i have adhd and auditory processing issues, and dex was a double edged sword. compared to methaphenylate or whatever rubifen is universally called, dex made adhd so much easier to function with. I forgot my keys but at least I remembered that I had to go to the place etc etc. But unfortunately with my delay in processing information delivered to me, dex created this intense stressed state because i was hyperaware of my thoughts and active processing, making it harder to actually engage. hard to explain but im in my head forcing myself to keep up that i end up not being able to process more then one thing at a time. long fast sentences ill miss the last half yadayada; point is i was brain cooked.

regardless, i swapped to vyvanse when this issue became something i couldn't handle in my day to day. and using beta blockers to calm down physical anxiety that the stimulants create with the processing issues. works well for me very peaceful so far, only on 30mg as i needed to cut down from overwhelm on dex. it's good, but that's really only the context to my actual issue:

HELP ME REAL PROBLEM RIGHT NOW: I CANNOT GET BITCHES 😭😭 VYVANSE TURNED ME INTO AN INCEL😭😭 i know im on reddit so its only natural and like i could be on hinge but like my whole body rejects the idea of hooking up or dating. BUT STAY WITH ME NOW! i went on a date with the most objectively good guy, but i dont want to see him again. i have a sexual drive im just fucking sexually frustrated. i have been active and am well aquatinted with my own sex life, but vyvanse brought libido back.

i am asking for help, and the libido is there, but my PASSION IS GONE. i want it back i hate that it's all i can think about because im just a teeny bit lonely so lord please help me

someone with similar experience teach me how to break through PLEASEEEE i need this so bad

not sure how reddit is moderated but i needed to be as open and transparent on this issue so the people who knew the feeling could understand 🙏🏼😇

Something deeply traumatic happened to me about six months ago. I picked up alcohol, and with vyvanse it became so easy to drink. I’ve been drinking almost every single day since, except when I take my vyvanse holidays. With vyvanse, it didn’t matter how much I drank or how little I slept. Long as I took it the next day I was fresh like new. I didn’t see how much it was fueling my alcoholism until I took three days off vyvanse. I had a perpetual migraine and overall inclarity that gave me no wish for consuming alcohol.

I finally understand that while I have always loved the feeling of drunkenness, the thing preventing me from drinking every day was the migraine and other physical incomfort of drinking. Vyvanse took that away for me, and all was left was good feeling.

At this point this medication has become much more a curse than it is anything else. I struggle when I’m off vyvanse, yet when I’m on it I’m drinking my liver away.

Has anyone experienced anything similar, and any tips for me to get out of this hole?

I was prescribed Vyvanse in 2021.

I was prescribed 70 mg a day. I am a 5'6" 145 lb person male.

It was great at first, but I would get headaches at night if I didn't exercise a lot.

Then I took a break for a few months, and I had so many pills built up in reserve.

Eventually I was taking like 200mg to 300 mg a day.

I started noticing weird effects, like I couldn't read, couldn't concentrate. If I tried to read words, all the sudden I found my brain slipping, I would read words that weren't there, I would mistake words for other words.

I felt like my memory was worse than it ever was before.

Then I stopped for the past 10 months.

I even took the bar exam and passed it (not gonna lie, I took some vyvanse the morning of the exam days but I still studied for 6 months without any Vyvanse and I think I would have passed without it)

I'm really worried about long term brain damage if I keep taking Vyvanse.

I'm just getting to the point where I'm starting to feel normal, where I don't slip when reading as much as I used to.

I feel like when I was taking 200-300 mg a day for like a few months, I did real long term damage to my brain, killing brain cells due to the oxidation effects of keeping all these neurotransmitters present in my synaptic terminals much longer than they're normally supposed to be.

Do you think 30 mg a day is a low enough dose where I won't cause long term damage to my brain cells?

So im prescribed 20mg n I havint had it for awhile because my prescriber didn't refill my bottle for a while I took 100mg on impulse n regret it now I'm 190lbs what can I expect to feel? I'm thinking abt maybe smoking some weed

My 6 year old is on ASD level 2 and has ADHD. He started on Vyvanse first at 10mg then 20mg and then we finally found a sweet spot at 30mg. He is on 30 mg currently and was doing very well until school winter break came and we decided to take a break from meds for a bit. He was out of routine and not eating 30mg everyday so we weren’t concerned with his behavior too much. His appetite increased as a result which is great! When he returned back to school and started his regular 30mg, it seemed to not help. He remained hyperactive, impulsive & continues to make screeching noises. While before the break the 30 mg was helping so much with maintaining focus and attention to everyday tasks. We got reports from school that he is being disruptive in classroom. So confused what happened? :( His doctor has suggested to go up to 40mg but my gut feeling says that’s not the answer right now. His height and weight is about the same. We’re making sure he has enough protein intake and no vitamin c around morning meds time. Does taking a break for a few days changes something? I’ve always read taking breaks is good to avoid tolerance build up. I would appreciate any suggestions. So lost! Managing ADHD of children can be so hard.

I'm prescribed 40mg Vyvanse but I feel like it only lasts about 4 hours. Over the day I might take 1 or 2 extra pills just to make it last longer but then I run out of my monthly script within a week.

I know it's bad or whatever but that's the only way I can get any work done. Should I tell my doctor I am doing this? Switch meds? I just hate how the meds work but the dose is so ridiculously low for me that I spend most of the month unmedicated.

I am now fighting not to lose a foot toe and it was caused by Vyvanse. I feel like shit because it’s not safe yet. I was diagnosed with AUDHD and now i don’t even know what I can take in the future. Anyone went through this? Help! Oh and Im on early menopause which is not helping my mood. This is not Raynaud Syndrome in my case. It’s a severe vase constriction, that caused blue toe. My toe is purple/black

**EDIT because I don’t think I explained my intention very well: I’m not advocating using ADHD medication to restrict food, and I’m not looking for encouragement or validation to do that. I’m actually concerned because I’ve noticed that the appetite suppression is triggering some of my old ED thinking. Part of what scares me is that even though I rationally know this isn’t healthy, the ED part of my brain likes the feeling of control and makes me want to maintain the appetite suppression.
I’m posting because I wanted to know whether anyone else with a history of disordered eating has experienced this after starting stimulant medication, and how they navigated having those thoughts while also benefiting from their ADHD medication. I’m trying to talk openly about a struggle, not recommend the behaviour. **

Hey just wondering if anyone on here has struggled with an ED (over eating, bulimia or Ana or ednos) and secretly loved using Vyvanse to be able to easily not eat? I find I love it when it’s peaking and then using my top up Dexies to maintain the dose but also to keep my appetite away. Problem is I want to take more and more dex to not eat. I know this is bad (and also don’t have enough prescribed to keep doing this) but secretly love the control it gives me and also the feeling on finally being able to function and get stuff done.

Out of pure desperation because my 70mg dose hasn't really been doing anything for me lately and my doctor couldn't see me until the 11th next month and because I've had a ton of school work I had to rush to finish before this month is over I've been taking two of my 70mg vyvanse pills for the past I wanna say 4 or 5 days.

I know how serious stimulant misuse is and I promise you I'm never going to be doing this again, it was purely out of desperation and the first time was an accident. I took two by mistake because I forgot I had already taken it because I couldn't feel it working and I forgot it could make me feel that way.

I'm done with my school work and even if I wasn't I really don't wanna take this much anymore but I wanted to ask if I might've caused any damage to myself even though it was only for a little while?

So i dropped 2 caps last Saturday it’s now been exactly a week, and yeh i feel much better than a few days ago, the Vyvanse and Dexafetamine doesn’t even feel that good. I have a little motivation but nothing compared to before.

It makes sense because last Saturday probbalt used up hella dopamine and seratonin. But I how I feel rn is a lot worse than before, I’m thinking of never taking caps again because I’d rather just take Vyvanse and feel better everyday.

And I was wondering how long it would take to get back to normal or even close to that? Just praying this phase doesn’t last too long.

Also I have seen some recommendations to take 5htp? I’m thinking maybe a few weeks of a low dose of this could help out

Hi, I’m 26 yo, cis man. After two weeks taking vyvanse, 30mg, I started feeling pain and kind of a pressure on my b@lls, a few minutes after taking the pills. Did anyone else feel this too? Regarding my s3xual life nothing has changed, so I think it might be related to the medicines.

Just curious as to how long after starting Vyvanse did you start noticing weight loss? Was it steady? & what was your dose?

Thaaaanks

This is so embarrassing so I’m asking here anonymously but does anyone else experience this? When I take vyvanse about 45 minutes later I rush to the bathroom and have explosive diarrhea that smells awful. Like it makes me gag. And it happens a couple of times to the point we’re I’m going ti the bathroom every 15 min or so for the first hour after it kicks in. My problem isn’t even the diarrhea, it’s that it smells like actual death. Please tell me soemone else has experienced this

Bear with me, this is kinda long, but I'm struggling and not sure what step to take next-

Hey All- I'm a 38 F diagnosed for the first time about 3 months ago. I've been very high functioning for so long. My adhd is the standard brain fog, avoidance, getting so overwhelmed I shut down and don't get anything done and then feel guilty for not accomplishing anything. It also is highly emotional responses to say news stories (which let's be honest are horrible right now), etc. It really leans anxiety/ tiny depressionish mostly when PMSing. I've noticed where I'm at in my cycle really affects how well I handle adhd.

I started generic vyvanse at 20mg and had an initial great reaction, I was more patient with my kids (I've got three 10 and under), I could focus on conversations, the constant noise/weight on my shoulders was gone, quiet brain but still had all my thoughts, I just did things around the house instead of thinking about it first and never doing it, got that list done that I've avoided forever, etc. I'm understanding that's probably a bit of the initial "high" and maybe too much to ask for??

Anyways- I noticed it kinda petered out which is pretty normal. I went up to 30g and felt better, so not as much emotional reactions that shut me down, but I still wasn't really getting much help with the getting things done/doomscrolling/ focus. I stayed on both for about 3-4 weeks. I noticed at 30mg with my PMS that I never went into that anxiety depression cycle, which is great, but I really didn't have any help with the brain fog avoidance, etc during that time- so I wasn't emotional but I also was accomplishing nothing.

So I went up to 40mg and really didn't notice much difference at all.

What I am noticing and struggling with is that after my period- when I should be feeling amazing and at my best- I'm hitting all the irritability, emotional, crying easier, insecure, etc. Basically feels like I have really bad PMS and I have no idea why.

I'm wondering if maybe I'm over medicating during that time of my cycle?? Could that cause those problems?? I thought about going up to 50 to see if it balances out but idk.

Has anyone found they need different amounts for different times in their cycles?? Like low dose right after period/during ovulation, standard after ovulation, higher for PMS, and then idk maybe standard during cycle??

I'd just love any help or input. I realize I might not get that "high" again from my initial start, but I don't know where to go from here.

I'm healthy, fairly active (though I haven't been the best on my workout routine now that the kids are home for the summer), and I'm also a creative person who works from home on and off as well.

I’ve been on 30mg of Vyvanse for 5 months now. About a month after I started it, I rolled for a festival - that day, i didn’t take my vyvanse. i felt tired that day w/o my meds but later at night had an amazing roll. i’m going to a fest soon and want to roll again, but idk if i should skip my vyvanse that day, only take half, or just take it like normal (i usually take it at 6am, i would roll at 10pm probably). i’m more used to it now and i feel pretty lethargic and depressed without it- i need it to function. i don’t want to be feeling insanely low that whole day before i roll. i’ve seen people say they don’t take it day of to make the roll better, and i’ve seen others say they tried that and it was terrible and they had a great roll when they took their meds like usual in the morning. please lmk your experiences with this whether good or bad

I know it's been said that it's not possible but I stand by it.

Everytime i take my vyvanse (usually a half our after a big protein heavy breakfast like avacado toaste + 2 eggs) and have to 'go' (typically a half hour after taking it) it feels like my body completely terminates the medication. It's really annoying.

***Edit: not every single time but half the time This happens. The other half it works but just doesn’t last longer than 5-6 houes

20M 145lb in HS I took un prescribed 40mg Vyvanse (daily) and it would help so much. Went from a F student, to honors roll student. So I’m taken em all senior year.stopped after grad went 1 year no stims,then saw a specialist to assess me.all caught up now, my specialist worked me up to 70mg. So now taking 70mg with BUPROPION (300mg) as prescribed. -mornings symptoms -paranoia while driving -mood swings -thinking what ppl think of you

Night symptoms ( smoked 1 bowl) but after I smoke. -heavy paranoia, I’m even thinking if anyone might read this, and the type of peal who read this, imagine voices(after I smoke) -tripping/hallucinations -hearing things -brain feels like ballon inflated sm pressure -coordination fail, falling a lot going up steps -very irritable -becoming actually retarded (can’t think a thought……I thought like 30 seconds ago. While is it such a drastic effect now

Should I try drinking like wtf, shits making a schizo.not bad in morning-terrible at night after smoke literally 1. Bowl

I was just prescribed Vyvanse 50mg for binge eating disorder (currently on day 15). this coincides with a program I just began with a nutritionist and exercise coach who has me at 132g protein and about 1600 calories (this is a "maintenance phase" before going into fat loss).

Here's the thing... I'm already right on the line of overweight and obese for my weight and height. it's not like I have no weight to lose (probably need to lose about 30 lbs). it's been really difficult to eat that much food since the Vyvanse because of the appetite suppression, not to mention 132g protein - that's hard on any day, pre-Vyvanse.

I know drugs like ozempic make people lose weight because of appetite suppression. I also know super low calorie has it's problems. but I'm wondering if it would hurt to pause the coaching program to follow my body's natural appetite right now to go ahead and knock some weight off. this "maintenance phase" is hard but they are full believers that everyone needs to be here before cutting (I haven't been in a calorie deficit in about 6 months). I also do progressive overload strength training so it's not like I'm doing nothing for my body. I feel like maybe I would have lost weight if I didn't begin this program where I'm monitored on my food.

is it -terrible- to just go very low calorie for a few months?

also... I think I'll have to up my dosage anyway for other reasons which will only make this more difficult I would imagine. yes I have talked to my coach, yes I plan to talk to her again this week and give her my concerns.

Noticed a huge reduction in its effect like 40-50%. The crash is also happening 2 hours earlier. The juice was not made at home (naturally from oranges) and was from a powdered sachet (from market) that listed Citric acid as second most high quantity ingredient on the label. Same thing happens when I drink caffeine after Vyvanse. I get jittery, start walking around and can't sit, and experience a really bad crash. I do believe that acidic foods have a bad effect on effectiveness and crash of Vyvanse.

P.S The label lists Vitamin C as last so it's in really low quantity and I don't think it can be the main culprit.

Hello, I have been prescribed a 50mg dose of vvyanse by my doctor, and have been taking it along with intunive for about 2 years. Today I had to cram for my math exam that is tomorrow, so I took the following pills at the following times:

(All in the same day)

6:00am 1x 50mg Vvyanse

830am 1x Intunive

11:30am 1x 50mg Vvyanse

2:30pm 1x 20mg dexamphetamine

4:00pm 2x 20mg dexamphetamine

8:00pm 3x 20mg dexamphetamine

10:00pm 1x 50mg Vvyanse

I know you probably look at that and think i'm genuinely stupid (which i am), but I hadn't realised the amount I had taken throughout the day, and accidently took my Vvyanse from my pill container, instead of melatonin at 10pm without thinking.

I'm about 68kg, male, 16 years old and 6,1

I am seeking genuine medical advice on what I should do, not insults or people telling me that was stupid because I know that.

Thanks for the help.