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Just curious. My son just started two days ago on 30mg.  He is 13 yrs. old and 100 lbs.  I am to call the doc in 3 weeks to see if he needs more.  He is doing good so far.  It is the weekend though. 

I'm currently on 70mg a day, but 60mg (2 x 30mg pills) worked the best for me, but my doctor and I are having to appeal with my insurance company before they will cover the 60mg cost.  I am 29 yo female.  I was newly diagnosed about 6-7 weeks ago and Vyvanse is the only med I've been on for my ADHD.  It has been working amazingly well with few side effects for me.

~ADHDgirl

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My son is currently on 50 mg. We started at 20 mg, as part of a Shire study. 20 was definitely too low. We left the study and went to 30 mg for two months. My son has entered puberty and in a major growth spurt so we have gone to 50 mg which is working quite well for him.Dd is 6 and on the 30 mg.   It is working great except for difficulty falling alseep.  I think this medicine is lasting 15-16 hours for her.   I have heard of a few people that open the cap and do 1/2-3/4 the dose to start(with kids) then ramp up if needed. Just what I've heard.30 mg.I started at 30 for 1 wk, jumped to 60 probably too much too soon (headaches, dry eyes, anxiety), so backed off to 50 for 2 wks, now back up to 60 (splitting some 30 into 1/3 and adding to my 50's, not having headaches or dry eyes) I'm going to continue for a total of 9 days then up the dosage to 70.