Day two on Vyvance (Adult Female) | ADHD Information
Focalin XR stopped working for me after 4 months. However, I wasn't
topped out on the dosage, even told my Dr. that if I went up on the dosage
all I'd get was jittery and anxious. I don't like that feeling.
I just started Vyvance yesterday and I'm not too sure I'm liking it all
that much. I tend to hyper-focus on one thing and can't break away from
it without feeling agitated that I got disturbed (pretty much how I am
w/o meds) I started on 60mg (2-30mgs) yesterday since I was taking
30mgs Focalin XR. It made me feel like I just explained.. but also very
calm, but feeling a little down in the dumps and anti-social.. not
really sad, but blah and not care attitude if that makes any sense?
Plus a little Wired feeling. One thing for sure.. it lasts 12hours +
for me. I have to definitely take Melatonin to help me sleep.
Today I woke up bright and early at 7am after waking up a couple of
times during the night. I was wide awake and not sleepy. (This NEVER
happens to me) I'm usually a zombie in the morning! I took 30mgs this
morning at 7:30 to see how I do with the lower dose. 30mgs I couldn't
tell I took anything, so about 9am I took another 30mg. Then I was back
to how I felt yesterday.
If I could get over the anti-social/sad feeling and be able to focus on
more than one task a day I'd love it. It has only been 2 days..so I
suppose I should give it more time.
haha sounds like me on no meds, except the total opposite regarding the sleeping part. concerta does squat helping me wake up in the morning..I sleep through the night but have vivid dreams, and my theory is that I'm too tired in the morning because my mind is restless while I sleep. could be a side effect of effexor.
Day 3-
Wow! What a difference!!
Most of you have read how I wasn't sure if I liked this med at 60mgs
causing me to feel Anti-Social/Sad not talkative. I was afraid to try
3- 30mgs as my Dr. recommended to do while trying to find my right
dosage.
Yesterday I took my Focalin XR again and sure enough... not cutting it anymore.
Today I decided to give the 90mgs a try and see how it goes. I'm GLAD I
did! So far so good! I took it about 8:30 and around 9:15-9:30am I
started feeling it kick in.
So far everything seems so clear and I can focus much more on my work,
hyper-focusing, but I'm still able to Multi-Task too (Big Bonus!) I do
not feel sad, or anti-social. I'm actually feeling happy and in a good
mood.. but not 'overly' so.
My eyes feel a little strained, but not wired like I felt at 60mgs.
This is normal for me with ANY new Med I try.. no matter what it is.
But I know that'll get back to normal within a week so I'm not worried.
Now the test will be to see how long this lasts, how I feel when it wears off, how I sleep and how I wake up in the morning.
I suppose this proves to me that sometimes a higher dose does work. It
can change the total effects of a med. I'm glad I didn't decide to give
up on it.
[QUOTE=ShawnB]Day 3-
Wow! What a difference!!
Most of you have read how I wasn't sure if I liked this med at 60mgs causing me to feel Anti-Social/Sad not talkative. I was afraid to try 3- 30mgs as my Dr. recommended to do while trying to find my right dosage.
Yesterday I took my Focalin XR again and sure enough... not cutting it anymore.
Today I decided to give the 90mgs a try and see how it goes. I'm GLAD I did! So far so good! I took it about 8:30 and around 9:15-9:30am I started feeling it kick in.
So far everything seems so clear and I can focus much more on my work, hyper-focusing, but I'm still able to Multi-Task too (Big Bonus!) I do not feel sad, or anti-social. I'm actually feeling happy and in a good mood.. but not 'overly' so.
My eyes feel a little strained, but not wired like I felt at 60mgs. This is normal for me with ANY new Med I try.. no matter what it is. But I know that'll get back to normal within a week so I'm not worried.
Now the test will be to see how long this lasts, how I feel when it wears off, how I sleep and how I wake up in the morning.
I suppose this proves to me that sometimes a higher dose does work. It can change the total effects of a med. I'm glad I didn't decide to give up on it. [/QUOTE]
I'm on day 3 just now of Vyvance, my experience is similar to yours although I have no comparison as I'm newly diagnosed and this is the first meds I've taken for it. The 30mg just doesn't feel like it's cutting it for me though, I feel like crap by about 6pm and I feel like I'm 'craving' more. I'm hoping a higher dose will sort this out as the benefits even in just 3 days are nothing short of miraculous for me. I am so concentrated and focused, I'm sleeping!, I'm sharp and alert when I wake up.. etc. you know :P)
I'm due to go up to 50mg next week (30th), I'm hoping I can make it till then without doubling up (I don't want to go and do this without speaking to my doc either)