Withdrawal From Vyvanse (Page 11)

My son had a terrible experience on wyvance. He has phyciatic systems to include halluciations. The doctor took him off the drup cold turkey and Ihe seems to be having withdrawal systems? Is that normal?

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I agree with J lo's post. This medicine helps me stay focused while studying and when I need to pay close attention. I take a break on the weekends, and maybe once during the week. It's best to eat a good protein breakfast before taking this medication and small healthy snacks throughout the day even if you don't feel hungry. One can't depend on any kind of medicine to make everything smooth and easy. This prescription is meant to help, not cure.

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Adding my two bits to the pot, as I'm currently experiencing symptoms I'd rather not on Vyvanse.
Rapid heart rate, over 130 bpm. I also feel quite queasy and jittery. It's very uncomfortable, and if I wasn't aware that the Vyvanse was causing this, it might have made me a bit scared.

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My daughter just got off the Vyvanse cold turkey. I hope she does okay. She was on Aderall and her doctor switched her to Vyvanse because of the side effects. These drugs should be taken off the market. Her whole personality changed.....mean, irritable. She got extremely parnoid, had hallucinations, couldn't make a good decision. She is now going through jobs...can't keep them. This is not like her...very meticulous, hard worker, perfectionist. She started pushing herself away from family and friends. Her whole personality has changed in the last year or two. These drugs should be taken off the market.....bad stuff!

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I agree my son who is 8 years old has been on vyvanse for a little over 2 months now and i am taking him off of it as of today he is always sad and says he is the dumbest kid in his class this wasn't like him before the meds he was on adderall before vyvanse he is still behind on learning on school so not giving it to him anymore

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I took Vyvanse for probably 5 months. I lost weight (because no appetite) and just look sick. people ask "are you ok? are you sick?" and I realized it just wasn't worth it for the bit of focus I had. I may have had better focus but because I didn't have proper nutrition, other things were off. I went off of it cold turkey. I asked the doc first and she said it is fine to go off of it and I specifically asked if I had to wean off of it slowly and she said "no, not with that drug". I am really tired all the time and have no interest in much of anything. It has been just over a week I think. How long will it take before this stuff is out of my system? or is it out and I am dealing with something else? thanks for any input. I have to get some work(and life) accomplished!

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My son is 16 and he has been taking vyvanse for 8 or 9 months. He brought his grades up from Cs and Bs to almost all As. He is much kinder in the morning hours and alittle iritable during afternoon right after lunch but never much more than a smart comment or 2 which might just be normal for a teenager. He has specificly told me that he focuses better and everything is more intresting to him expecialy math. Side effects is not eating much more than a bag of chips for lunch but eats like a king after sports practice. I don't think this drug should be tooken off the market because of the widespread of good things it is doing for most patients. If your child differs of course stop using it is probably best.

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Whoever told you there are no wd symptoms is dead wrong.im making the move right now to be off if vyvance and I am a pretty miserable

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Wow. There seems to be some very weak individuals on here. I stopped Vyvanse cold turkey. I was taking 70mg daily for over 5 months. Yes, I did sleep a lot. But I did not have any "with drawls" as some of you state. Mind over matter people.

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I just wanted to share what my son who is 7 is going through right now on his second month of Vyvance (he is on 30 mg) right now and I am not sure if what I am seeing is bad withdrawal effects in the afternoon but it sounds like it is after reading others' comments. He has been very hostile and aggressive lately since he has been on this drug and has been hurting his sister on purpose, screaming, yelling, throwing things and yesterday he threatened to kill me and was trying to hurt me! I had reported hostility and aggression already on 20 mg last month to pediatrician and she decided to up the dose to 30 mg to see how he does but she also said if these side effects persist to meet with her again...so I am trying to give it a good try but it's no fun in the meantime! He is doing well with it during the day though...mellow, compliant, a little anxious at times but not too bad...What do you all think?! THis is all very new to me and tough :(

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I would take him off the meds this happened with my son and its been over a month and half and he was on 30 MG for 3 months straight and before that he was on adderoll which was better than the vyvanse but now my son still gets upset about things and here before the dr put him on these meds he was a happy little boy who never cried nothing I am right now in the process of getting my son tested for learning disabilities to get him an IEP which I cross my fingers it happens quick but I think with all these meds people are putting into their children s bodies you don't know what long term effect it can do to our kids and what I saw in the 3 months of him taking this medicine I didn't like it at all he would hit his older brothers for no reason and get mad at nothing i wish you the best on your choice and keep us posted thanks alot

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Thanks for your reply...I sure appreciate it. A friend of mine just showed me this website and it's nice to have feedback from others who have been there before me. Thanks for your feedback and sharing about your son...it seems to me my son's anger and aggression is just getting worse as time goes on (and it's only his second month of being on Vyvance). I didn't think it would stay in his system over time and there was an addictive factor because the pediatrician didn't seem to indicate it but after reading several posts it does sound like it is addictive and those side effects will just get worse over time...thank you for your feedback again!

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are you an adult- because children may have a different response. Also everyone is affected differently. Some may withdraw and others may not!

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Hello, In response to "Am I an adult?" I am the mother here reporting on my 7-year-old son who has been on Vyvance for last two months and who is having I think now very bad withdrawal at the end of the day (hostility, aggressivity, yelling/screaming, throwing things and hurting me and his sister physically on purpose and last night he threatened to kill me!) This is a bit too much for me and seems to be escalating to a dangerous zone for me...the pediatrician just increased the dose two weeks ago after I had already reported hostility and anger issues. He is followed also by a psychologist who disagreed with increasing the dose but I wanted to give it a try to see what would happen...well the psych. is right...the withdrawal symptoms are worse. I will monitor next few days and will report to pediatrician again. This is no fun and not sure if benefits during the day outweigh negative side effects at the end of the day. Any input?

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Hey Laura , the withdrawals at the end of the day do not go away as long as the drug is taken. The drug starts to loose peak effectiveness each day and that is when they start. For me, the withdrawal feelings would get worse each week and they would start earlier and earlier each day until I finally stopped taking it. My doses where from 50mg up to 2 70mg a day. You can read my previous posts from last year on here and read how bad the drug was for me. I am fine now and have been off it science July! Praise the Lord!!

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Thanks for your input and feedback...I sure appreciate that. I just discovered this site today and it has been enlightening for me to read these posts and get a couple of responses to my concerns about my son. Out of curiosity, how old are you or were you when you took the drug? I am wondering if these withdraway symptoms are the same for young kids as older kids or adults...it sounds like it from what I am reading. How did it make you feel if you don't mind me asking? Thank you so much for sharing! I want to do what's best for my son and don't want him hooked to something that is going to make him an aggressive and hostile person around people he loves. And I don't want him to feel depressed either...as much as during the day it may help, I have to weigh all the factors. Thank you for your help! Would you recommend he gets off of it? He is in his second week of the higher dose (30 mg) and so far yes the withdrawal effects seem worse than when he first started on it...

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I have only my experience as an adult who was on topomax for migraines and told there would be no withdraw. I was frantically riddled with anxiety two days after stopping it and almost reached a point of no return. I am a doctoral student, special ed. Teacher and mother of three. My middle has adhd. My brother in law a renound child psychologist. I went thru Hell. After therapy which seemed to be the most helpful, and total fear of ever taking Meds again, I was given vyvanse for adult adhd. I waited to take it, and ironically my son was prescribed it. I waited to give it to him, and both my husband and I took it to see what it was like. My husband is now on it for four months, and doing fabulous . I had to stop after five days. It made me speed and my heart raced , I also couldn't sleep, but was not anxious. My son finally wound up taking it...but we were warned, try it for a few days, see how it affects him. It made him chew his nails and pencils and brought out an ocd type of actions. He was not himself for a week or so. Everyone is different, topomax is also a psych. Med, and when I started therapy, they told me some drugs can change your chemical make up. Maybe this has happened. Sounds bizarre, but try Accupuncture and fish oil, neither are harmful and they help promote a feeling of serenity. Look into therapy and check outpatient programs....they can correct the behavior....it will take time, but its safe. Be careful of the internet, some people really are mentally unstable, far worse than anxiety or adhd, their views are not reliable: even though it may be their perception. I am seeking the blood pressure patch for my son, its safe and been around a while. I am also changing some of my parenting techniques. For me, I scared the crappy out of myself reading too much info, trying to find something for the migraines and anxiety. I was totally normal before that topomax, the mind and medicine is very tricky. Keep us posted and best wishes, hang in there, this will pass.

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Hey Laura, I am 35 now. I took vyvanse for almost 2 years. For the first few days I took it, everything was great. After about a week it just started to destroy my life. Doctor kept raising the dose and complications would get worse. I began to lash out at my friends and family and lost all ambition to do anything. My weight dropped around 40 lbs and I slept a coupe hrs a night. After a few months I became addicted to it and could not function without it. Sometimes I would not leave the bed for several days if I did not take it. Although I am sure this is not normal for most patients, I do think many people experience bad side effects but write them off because of better focus etc. The main problem with this is that we do not actually know what the long term effects can be from using this drug. What I have noticed is the ones who benefit from this drug do not seem to have any bad side effects at all, or they are very minor and do not out weigh the positives. From what you have posted about your son, that does not sound good. I am not a Dr., so i can not tell you if you should take him off. I would say that by reading about the effects your son is having, and many of the other posts about negative effects, it does not seem as though it is the right drug if it's making him react in that way. Hope this helps!

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Oh, and as for the withdrawal feelings, it would start every day sometime after lunch. Initially it would start as a severe headache and body ache along with uncontainable anger and aggression. When the drug wore off my thoughts turned sometimes suicidal and I wanted to fight anyone who looked at me or talked to me. My focus was only on negatives and it would get worse every day. In the end the drug would only work for a few short hours before all of this would start, and I would not be better until the next morning when I took the drug again, and then only for a few hours.

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Thank you for your response and sharing specifically what you went through...wow! SOunds like it was VERY addictive for you and became a huge pb! My son is only 7 so I am thinking ahead of next few school years...if he is on this for the next 10 years things could get really really bad :( I am meeting with his psychologist tonight and will share with him how he has been acting these past two weeks (the higher dose is definitely not making things any better at the end of the day...I don't know what the pediatrician was thinking!) I talked to his school teacher today and she was VERY happy with my son at school...so he is doing great on it during the day but becomes a little monster at night!! This is pretty disturbing to me...Thank you for sharing your experience. THis is all very helpful to me. There are some natural herbal medicine out there that claim to help with ADHD. IT may be something I might be willing to try after this...have you tried any? One of them is Listol I think if my memory is correct (sorta omeopathic med). Some parents reported good results. Thanks again and take care!

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Hey Laura, you are welcome, glad the info helped. No, I have not tried any herbal meds. My goal is to be medication free and rely on God to help me with my problems. So far so good! ! It's good that the medication is helping your son in school. Some of the research I have done on ADHD meds shows that the meds are not to be used long term. They are actually supposed to Fix the problem to where the focus stays the same even when taken off the med. Mayb you could discuss this with your doc and see what he says. Possibly your son could be taken off the med after a positive daytime attention pattern has developed to see if the pattern still continues positively, while the anger and hostility should be gone. What I do know is the longer a person stays on ADHD meds, the harder it will be to function without them later in life.

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