Hi Everyone!
I am going to pick up the Vyvanse prescription today. For past year I've been taking 40 mg of Ritalin LA and I am taking the last one today. So, I am going to be taking the 30 mg Vyvanse tomorrow morning. My question to all who may know is: Shouldn't my doctor have started me on a higher dose since my Ritalin dose was 40 mg? Or is it that since I am starting a new stimulant, the dose dynamics change?
The med is too new for many docs to be experienced with it, especially because this med is a 'pro-drug' (metabolized by the body to become the active med).
Do you have the coupon for a free month of meds?
http://www.vyvanse.com/index.asp
I have only been on Vyvanse for the past 2 weeks and never been on anything else, but I suspect that you will want to try out Vyvanse for a week or two and then you will end up at a higher dose. I'm on 30mg and I know I need a higher dose, and it sounds like most adults that are on it are taking at least 50mg. But it doesn't seem to last as long for me as it does for kids, and I've read some other comments similiarly from others, so I'm going to try staggering the doses.
I have been documenting my experience on the drug if you feel like trudging through a long blog.
~ADHDgirl