Prescription for 2 IR drugs at same time? | ADHD Information

I am not familiar with Adderall and vyvanse did not work for my 9 year old boy (he has super combined type)  but we use the daytrana patch.  Works for actually longer than 9 hours, but the benefit is, that you can take it off anytime.Hi, I am new to this forum and was interested in posting to see if anyone
else could answer a question I have about amphetamine prescriptions: I
am curious if anyone else has ever been allowed to have more than two
instant release amphetamine prescriptions at any given time. The two
drugs that I would like to take are IR Dex and IR Adderall (without
anything else -- as in, no XR drugs). My psychiatrist said he can only
prescribe me one IR drug at a time. I'm not sure if he's not letting me get
both for his own reasons (such as not wanting to look bad to the
authorities for prescribing two IR drugs that could be abused) or if it is
due to some sort of policy restriction beyond his control. Is it possible
that a different psychiatrist might be under a different policy and would
be able to prescribe these two drugs to me or is it the same everywhere?

(I would ask him directly but I have horrible communication with him --
yes, I'm in the process of looking for another.)

Does anyone know where I could look to read up on whatever existent
policies there are on prescribing amphetamines in general?

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That's all I wanted to ask, but if you're interested, here's my story:

I was on Adderall XR for almost two years and then recently tried out
Vyvanse. I appreciate Vyvanse for writing papers (I'm a student) as well as
for social situations and general life. I find that I need Adderall, however,
for listening to lectures or doing any kind of complicated thinking on the
spot (like class discussions or conversations with people about
complicated ideas). It also is very helpful for reading, but I seem to get by
okay with just Vyvanse on most things. In terms of lectures and so forth, I
find I simply do not have time to compute the information that is
presented to me. I am unable to hold all the different ideas in my head at
one time and I get flustered. I think my difficulty with the auditory and
vocal processing is due to poor working memory, a common symptom of
ADHD. At first I wondered if I had Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) but
none of the characteristics fit. I'm pretty sure I have the ADHD combined
type. (I was curious, though, if it was possible for people with the ADHD
combined type to also have SCT, or is that limited to those with the
primarily inattentive type of ADHD -- anyone know?)

Interestingly, while Adderall helps with auditory and vocal processing, I
find it difficult if not impossible to write a paper on Adderall. My thoughts
for why this might be is because on Adderall, I find every thought to be
interesting and I loose my ability to prioritize my thoughts or discern
which thought is more important than another. I find I am unable to
structure my thoughts at all because the trail of interest seems to
continue on indefinitely. Every idea seems to be making an important
contribution. Trying to limit myself doesn't seem to work. I still find I have
to circle around multiple times before I am able to sort out my thoughts.
Vyvanse seems to provide me a better container for my thoughts where I
can stay focused on the goal and at the same time, find thoughts to help
me reach that goal without getting carried away. (Have others had a
similar reaction to Adderall?)

As I said earlier, I also appreciate the Vyvanse more when it comes to
social situations and life in general. I find that Adderall makes me rather
task oriented as well as intellectually inclined and I find that I am less
interested in being social as a result. Adderall can also make social
interactions seem sharp and I experience a greater level of social anxiety
as a result. This was one of the main reasons that made me interested in
trying Vyvanse -- I heard Vyvanse had less of a kick in comparison to
Adderall and I thought this might help reduce the feeling of social
interactions as being "sharp" (as well as the feeling of being driven to
complete tasks, among other things). I find that Vyvanse lets me retain
more of my happy, fun, spontaneous nature and makes social interactions
more fulfilling.

That being said, I don't want to have to give up either of the drugs, as they
each help me with different things. Currently I am taking Vyvanse and
supplementing with IR Adderall for class, and sometimes for homework.
This can be difficult, though, because if I take Vyvanse, I either have too
little of it in my system when I am off the Adderall, or too much in my
system when I am on the Adderall. I only take one dose of Vyvanse in the
morning (it lasts a really long time in my system) and I am stuck with that
amount for the rest of the day. IR Dex, however (the closest thing to an IR
of Vyvanse), only lasts 4-6 hours (or so I hear). Assuming I like the Dex, I
could then take an appropriate blend of Dex and Adderall for part of the
day, while the rest of the day I could take a full dose of Dex. Both of these
are IR drugs, however, and my psychiatrist says that he is unable (or
unwilling) to prescribe them both. I am hoping to find a way around this.
As I said earlier, I'm not sure if he is not letting me get them both for his
own reasons (such as not wanting to look bad to the authorities for
prescribing two IR drugs that could be abused) or if it is due to some sort
of policy restriction beyond his control. Is it possible that a different
psychiatrist might be able to prescribe these two drugs to me or is it the
same everywhere?Thank you for your comment, geeeemo! My psychiatrist at one point offered
me Daytrana but I never tried it. Perhaps that will be next on my list if I can't
get the Vyvanse/Adderall combo to work out...

Bond4126 -- did you relate to what I had said?