I was on 70mgs of Vyvanse and now due to no insurance I am being put on Adderall 30mgs. Is that an equivalent dosages?
Is 30mgs of Adderall equivalent to 70 mgs of Vyvanse?
Question posted by Nmsluvshp on 23 March 2018
Last updated on 9 May 2022 by Hartigan85
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There is no generic form for Vyvanse. So your more than likely on a generic form of adderall! (Example: DEXTROAMP-AMPHET ER)
I pay cash for visits, and prescriptions! Which has its benefits outside of insurance such as ability to change dosage and such… Doctors still have laws and regulations to go by, such as they can only prescribe stimulants for 30days at a time, whether it be once a day or twice day (will dictate how many are dispensed) and have to see you once a month. benzodiazepines can be prescribed for 90 days (3 month at a time) before having to see you for again.
To answer your question: 30mg of Adderall XR is pretty close to 70mg of vyvanse just the ingredients (are the virtually same yet different) is absorbed differently, what my research has lead me to believe…
I had also done research regarding the dosage of Adderall XR and Adderall IR that would be equivalent to Vyvanse, and bottom-line, based on my experience with both of those drugs, there is absolutely no dosage of Adderall that provides the same benefits as Vyvanse. I do not find that Adderall is any type of replacement for Vyvanse, but to each their own. Adderall was most definitely not the right drug for me.
The simplest way to put it is 12mg of Adderall is equivalent to approximately 30mg of Vyvanse. So essentially when you were on 70 of Vyvanse that was equivalent to around 28mg of adderall . So I'd say your Dr
Is as close as hes gonna get when converting one to the other.
I feel like it varies for different people but I took 30mg of Adderall once when I usually take 2 70mg Vyvanse a day (I take the 2nd one 4 hours after the first one) and I felt absolutely nothing.
Justbreathe13
Hi! I finally came across a person that also takes 2-70mg capsules of Vyvanse in one day! I thought I was the ONLY NUT job that did this! Lol. You mentioned how you take the 2nd one four hours after your 1st one. How do you feel from that? I usually take between 1.5 - 2 capsules of Vyvanse IMMEDIATELY when I wake up, & have been doing so for a long time now. I have read that 70 mg / per day is supposed to be the MAX dose. Whenever I take only
1 - 70mg instead of 2, I am sooooo TIRED & EXHAUSTED & I could literally sleep right through it. I wanted to know how you feel by taking them the way you mentioned, because maybe I will try that method. I do have to say that the crash effect w/ Vyvanse vs.
Adderall is so much of a lower intensity, if any at all! However, w/ Adderall, that crash feeling is the ABSOLUTE WORST feeling in life! Have you ever taken Adderall XR? I wanted to know if you think they are stronger then Vyvanse and which one you prefer?
Also, how many mg of Adderall would 70mg of Vyvanse be equalled to? Thanks for your response, it helps me very much! Have a wonderful weekend
CM
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