I am 23 y/o male and I have been diagnosed with adhd since I was 6 y/o. During that time, I have been on Ritalin, Strattera, and Adderall. I have hated all of them Ritalin and Adderall gave me the jittery, emotional, overfoucsed, and just an overall down feeling. So for a long time I thought there was no hope for finding the right treatment or medicine for me, and just hope that I could just "out grow' the disorder. So, I started back school and realized that I does not just go away, and starting failing. I went and talk to my doctor and he suggested Vyvanse, which has worked great, because I do not have the side effects like with the other medications. The only thing is i take it about 7 every morning and I have 14 hour days between school and work but around 1 I get start feeling very irritated about the smallest thing, which the same happened with the other medicines after they wear off, but I though Vyvanse was a 12 hour pill. So I have just been dealing with it as best I can for the remaning hours. I was going to just take another pill to see if maybe I needed a higher does, but haven't consulted with my doctor so thought that might not be the best idea, but I would like some advice because either I have a high tolerance, which I do not think is true because I was on 10mg of adderall ir. My doctor has me on 30mg Vyvanse so do you suggest I up the mg or maybe try another option. Any suggestions would be helpful
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Questions about dosage for vyvanse?
- Posted:
- 20 Jan 2012 by rhampton07
- Topics:
- adderall, ritalin, strattera, vyvanse, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), dosage, hyperactivity
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18 Feb 2012
You and I sound just about the same! I was diagnosed ADHD when I was 6 as well did Ritalin for 4ish years I always was telling dad that "I just don't feel like me" kinda of like I was in my own body but my personality and attitude were not in the body with me! So they switched and switched meds and finally when I was in the 8th grade I started flushing my afternoon dose of Ritalin down the toilet but still taking my morning dose that actually seemed to help with the not feeling like myself feeling! (I don't advise children to do this!) after my parents caught on I was in highschool and put in charge of taking my meds on my own well that turned in to not taking them at all! My test scores sucked but grades were good.
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