Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 11:01     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Anonymous wrote:It's fantastic for me. I tried a plethora of ADD drugs beforehand.

Keep in mind that unless she is GENUINELY add DO NOT have her take it.

Vyvanse is a powerful drug and I find that once I took it for a while I could just not function the same without it. I know they say it's non addictive and all that but- from my personal experience and those of my friends- I feel like a brainless zombie now when I dont take it.

So if I didnt have severe ADHD and really needed it just to function, I never would have started.

Like I said, it's a powerful drugs. It makes your heart race. It's akin to drinking ten energy drinks at once but without as much of the jitters.

I have a friend who did meth and he said vyvanse feels the exact, EXACT same. And it is an amphetamine.

So like I said, while I am happy with my vyvanse because I need it, I would never take it if I didnt truly depend on it.

I have tried to go off it several times over concerns about it making my heart racing and other things and it's really hard for me to quit now because of how dependent I am.

So if your child is ADD, GENUINELY, I say go for it. If she's doing it just for a performance boost, then I would say there's no way in hell it's worth the side effects.



Agree with PP and PP's advice -- Vyvanse is totally addictive; seemingly in a way that Ritalin and Adderall aren't.

I too have a close adult friend and two adult relatives who are totally dependent on these pills. Started taking them later in life, because of course Vyvanse didn't exist 20-30 years ago when they were kids.

They candidly will tell you they can't function anymore when they don't take their pills. This is the disturbing part, if you think about it: prior to getting that first script for Vyvanse, all three WERE able to function, get out of bed, go to college, have kids, go to a job, perform their job. Maybe not optimally, and not as well as a person without ADHD, but they DID function.

Now, all three are a complete zombie, dragging mess if they run out of their Vyvanse script or forget to take the pill in the morning.

That kind of dependence on a performance pill gives me great pause. I'd look for a different pharmaceutical
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 10:53     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Anonymous wrote:Think twice! The list of "no" for this drug include the risk heart problems and severe allergic reactions, according to the company's own page: http://www.drugs.com/vyvanse.html

Side effect include, among others: uncontrolled outbursts, tics, difficulty breathing and swallowing, trouble concentrating, skin lesions, tightness in the chest, etc. (http://www.drugs.com/sfx/vyvanse-side-effects.html)


This list is pretty much identical to all other ADHD drugs as well.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 08:40     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Agree on small dosage - 10mg. Vyvanse had pretty bad side effects for my DD16 - the worst was coming down. She stopped taking it after 4 months, just could not handle the comedown.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 07:44     Subject: Re:16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow


OP - From all shared your daughter needs to be starting on a very small dose and under the direct care of a psychiatrist rather than a PCP or a Nurse Practitioner, and you need someone willing to hear from you regarding any side effects. No driving until you are sure she is stable with using the drug. At age 16 she also needs to understand any and all side effects so she can accurately report them to you.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 07:25     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Think twice! The list of "no" for this drug include the risk heart problems and severe allergic reactions, according to the company's own page: http://www.drugs.com/vyvanse.html

Side effect include, among others: uncontrolled outbursts, tics, difficulty breathing and swallowing, trouble concentrating, skin lesions, tightness in the chest, etc. (http://www.drugs.com/sfx/vyvanse-side-effects.html)
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 07:15     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Vyvanse is like meth... lol, yeah right. The first couple days I took it I got a slight boost in euphoria/productivity (beyond just "normal" focus), but to say it feels like meth is a joke.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 04:19     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Anonymous wrote:It's fantastic for me. I tried a plethora of ADD drugs beforehand.

Keep in mind that unless she is GENUINELY add DO NOT have her take it.

Vyvanse is a powerful drug and I find that once I took it for a while I could just not function the same without it. I know they say it's non addictive and all that but- from my personal experience and those of my friends- I feel like a brainless zombie now when I dont take it.

So if I didnt have severe ADHD and really needed it just to function, I never would have started.

Like I said, it's a powerful drugs. It makes your heart race. It's akin to drinking ten energy drinks at once but without as much of the jitters.

I have a friend who did meth and he said vyvanse feels the exact, EXACT same. And it is an amphetamine.

So like I said, while I am happy with my vyvanse because I need it, I would never take it if I didnt truly depend on it.

I have tried to go off it several times over concerns about it making my heart racing and other things and it's really hard for me to quit now because of how dependent I am.

So if your child is ADD, GENUINELY, I say go for it. If she's doing it just for a performance boost, then I would say there's no way in hell it's worth the side effects.


This person does not have ADHD. Either they've been mistakenly prescribed the medication or they're one of those anti-medication anti-vaccination nits.

Vyvance didn't work for my child but Concerta does and Adderral works for me. Her initial does will be small enough that any side effects will be minimal.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 23:37     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
I take it and it helps me tremendously, but I don't feel like I'm "on drugs" or super organized/efficient the way I hoped. It just makes me feel like I'm normal. Unfortunately haven't lost weight on it! For my son it was too much of an appetite suppressant and he couldn't fall asleep at night. I don't have that problem and often feel like I could take a nap during the day.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 23:28     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Nightmare drug for my son. Concerta was much better,
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 23:18     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Has been a huge help to my 17 year old. No side effects.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 23:13     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
What dose did she get to start?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 23:00     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
It's fantastic for me. I tried a plethora of ADD drugs beforehand.

Keep in mind that unless she is GENUINELY add DO NOT have her take it.

Vyvanse is a powerful drug and I find that once I took it for a while I could just not function the same without it. I know they say it's non addictive and all that but- from my personal experience and those of my friends- I feel like a brainless zombie now when I dont take it.

So if I didnt have severe ADHD and really needed it just to function, I never would have started.

Like I said, it's a powerful drugs. It makes your heart race. It's akin to drinking ten energy drinks at once but without as much of the jitters.

I have a friend who did meth and he said vyvanse feels the exact, EXACT same. And it is an amphetamine.

So like I said, while I am happy with my vyvanse because I need it, I would never take it if I didnt truly depend on it.

I have tried to go off it several times over concerns about it making my heart racing and other things and it's really hard for me to quit now because of how dependent I am.

So if your child is ADD, GENUINELY, I say go for it. If she's doing it just for a performance boost, then I would say there's no way in hell it's worth the side effects.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 22:39     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Beware of the Hypersexuality. This caused so much heartache in our family. My daughter was 15 when she started. We didn't realize it was the problem for a couple years. Or part of the problem, anyway.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 22:26     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
Miracle drug for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 22:23     Subject: 16 year old DD starts vyvanse Tomorrow
So my DD starts her first dose of vyvanse tomororow. This is the first time she legally taken add pills. She took adderall before and she said it helped her but her friend give her some. Does anyone take vyvanse and how did it or did it not work?