Hi all,
I’ve been on 30mg Vyvanse for approx. 3 years now. I’d say it’s been a resounding improvement, though there have been some minor downsides.
Unfortunately I have some trauma in my past, and when I’m particularly in the peak of the drug it can kick in my fight or flight a bit under certain circumstances, becoming hyper vigilant and all that good stuff. It is a stimulant, it’s only fair. Oddly enough though this seems to only happen after long periods of taking the drug. I’ve tried 20mg for a period, and it wasn’t really effective, so going down a dose isn’t a practical option.
I am wondering if maybe I should be taking small drug holidays when the paranoia etc starts to kick in. I feel like it steadily gets stronger the more days I take Vyvanse in a row. I’ve done some searching that says it shouldn’t get stronger, which is why I’m wondering if anyone else has had the same experience, and if anything worked for you?
Vyvanse was awesome for me for like 2 weeks, after that it very much reminds me of taking Ritalin when I was a kid. Even keel to an absurd level, like all my emotions are muted and blunted. So I have the opposite problem as you, I couldn’t take it so it was back to adderall for me.
That’s kind of crazy, I wish we understood all the mechanisms behind this stuff a bit better so we could avoid that kind of reaction.
Me too, I tried Wellbutrin at another point along with it to try and counter act it. That made me suicidal lol