Withdrawal From Vyvanse (Page 8)

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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our grandson has been on Vivance for over a year, he has on occasion missed a dose, not during school, during summer when he doesn't have to stay focused on paper work. he has had absolutely NO side effects, we see his dr,. every 6 months and he keeps a close watch, as does his teacher. his mother has many probklems and is on several meds., she fears he may inherit her problems, but we see no signs of this.

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My 6 year old son was on 20 mgVyvanse for, 4 months. The first three months was ok. The last month he turned into a zombie. No motivation what so ever. He started picking at him self, to the point of bleeding. So I took him off cold turkey. He went through a lot of mood swings, crying for no reason, very anrgy, putting plastic bags over his head. He kept falling asleep. This lasted for about 4 days. I have switched his medicine to adderall. Good luck!

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Angela - Your poor son. Why does a 6 year old need to be on any kind of stimulant/amphetamine? 6 year olds are hyper for a reason. They are curious for a reason. Did you try everything else before resorting to these drugs? For example, working with the teacher, counselors, managing his schedule, diet, sleep time, etc.? These drugs (Adderall included) can cause a huge amount of pain, as you have seen. I hope your son is doing better now. But I also hope that parents aren't blindly trusting doctors prescribing these drugs. The doctors are overworked and willing to do whatever it takes to make the parents happy/ move the patient out of the exam room sometimes. I will never tell another parent how to be a parent, but I hope you are watching him as closely on this new medication. Adderall is an amphetamine too.

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Not only have I gotten off vyvanse, but I have also gotten off seroquel. The end result is, I have never been better. My initial exposure to vyvanse was through this pill-pushing doctor recommended to me through a 12-step (AA) program. He told me that this drug would help me like no other drug has helped me before, as the effects are instantaneous!! "What a bullsh** artist" I thought to myself as I toted both my vyvanse RX (50 mg) and seroquel samples home. The next day, I was in a for a big shock when I took my first capsule. I felt as though the rat race in my head subsided and became replaced with a clairty of vision which at first register seemed otherwordly. I was crying tears of joy. When I walked into my therapy group...people realized the difference almost immediately. I could carry on conversations with people without any invasive sort of thoughts purging through my conciousness and felt as though I had found the proverbial key to open the prison doors. Then 4pm rolled around and, to my own dismay, I began experiencing a sh**storm of negative thoughts and "the heebie jeebies". Enter stage left: THE F***ING CRASH! This was horrible, as my obsessive thoughts would return upon talking to people; all along the lines of "It appears, my friend, as if you're in a very tight spot. This morning you were carrying on wonderful conversations with your therapy group mates and raring to go..but now we are slowly seeing a slip. Do you think your friends at AA can see the frustration in your eyes that is inherent in people who are one step away from kicking and screaming?" By the evening hours, I would still get those negative thoughts but they were not powerful enough to get me to punch the wall or have an anger spell. I was realistic, yet overly cynical. Then I would take the seroquel, and fall asleep. The vyvanse was for all intents and purposes a wonder drug. I felt like I was God's best gift to man..rocking every scene, but all-in-all it just wasn't me. One day, my doctor decided to up the prescription to 75mg...but when I took it I didn't feel one thing. Back to 50 mg. Then I started feeling no effects taking that dosage, and the doctor prescribed me some wonderful Zoloft to go along with it. I remember one day I walked into my AA room and was so depressed I wanted to scream at the people who were taking up my time talking to me with the most boring conversations known to man. This coincided with my Zoloft episode...and I realized at this point I had to start taking double the amount to avoid a crash and burn like that. I remember around Christmas-time I popped two pills and felt as though I was a kid again. I always wanted to walk through those old super 8 filmstrips and be happy again, only this time around I felt BETTER than I did when I was a kid, and no one noticed I had a problem. BUT THEN THE CRASH, yet the buzz seemed to last forever. The crash felt to me like a bad cocaine trip. When I'm buzzed I like to take random drives sometimes 20-30 miles away from where I live. This time around, I was convinced that every car was going to crash into me or that someone had "a little surprise in store for me" in the form of a carjacking or car tap. When I got home and surfed the internet I would still feel some sort of a buzz, but I had seroquel and it took the agitation away. A few months later, I started realizing that these drugs were my master...and that the "Chris" I had accepted was not the "Chris" God wanted me to be. The duration of the buzzes started to lessen, I became more anxious and irritated and at the same time the seroquel would dope me out for 12 hours at a time. I began to pray to God with the honest desire in my heart that I would become the best I would ever be, go back to school, and be in the picture for my family and friends. I remember I was crying immensely, trusting he would be my cornerstone in this whole restoration process. Then, it seemed, I was reneging on the deal. But He still had his eyes on me. Initially I had to put the vyvanse down because my script ran out in 15 days time. When I called up the doctor to make an appointment (exactly a month from when the last bottle was prescribed) the receptionist told me he was away on vacation and he would be back 15 days after the date I had anticipated. Would I make it? I began praying more and more and realized that the doctor's being away on vacation was more than just a coincidence, it was God seeing to it that I restore my life and hold on to his Word; moulding my desire to "get my life back" into fruition. At this point I was still very unhappy because I thought I would never get off seroquel. My mother was very influential and told me I could do it; all I had to do was cut it into halves and later quarters. All my life I never thought I could amount up to a hill of beans and that the devil predicated every moment and event that landed on my plate. This time around, I refused to listen to this garbage..and vowed to fight against any and all suggestions of "mediocrity". As June turned into July I began splitting the 150 mg pill into halves and felt a sort of relief; but nothing compared to when I was able to split the halves into quarters and sleep soundly. I recall waking up and crying. The seroquel hangovers were over. And in another few weeks time, my life was given back to me. I finally slept soundly without any antipsychotic sedative drug in my body. What's funny is that now, being completely off the drugs..I have more clarity, focus, and maturity than when I was under the effects of this amphetamine in the guise of an ADHD pill. For those of you who are struggling, remember that I had always thought that I was sitting in the devil's chair and had the numbers 666 marked on my head, but God (Love) stepped in and thanks to it all I am back in school, getting along with my brother who is also sick. I had never gotten along with him before and all of a sudden I can be a presence in his life. And I believe that God gives you back everything you have given, and if you don't get any proof of it...I am your staunchest ally and believe in you because in the end-run...even though it seems you're in the murkiest of circumstances, Love is the answer. Feel free to write me.

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YOU CAN DO IT!!! I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

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I have been taking vyvanse for almost a year and have never stopped complaining about not feeling myself, each day around one, I need a nap, I am tired, cranky, miserable and unproductive. Which is murder on my self esteem making me feel a dissapointment to God, I pray and pray and began doing a few experiements, I stopped taking my vyvanse for two days. I felt better physically, but the day was a complete fog, I even forget to pray! Nothing got done, no house work nothing, after the two days I woke up this AM and decided to take the vyvanse and then It was clear, yes I am better focused and almost too focused which makes me anxious. I realized how disconnected to things I was without the vyvanse and I even lost my cell phone and was so off in the ozone that I didnt even look for it! I just want to feel normal, not crazy and aggitated and fatigued beyond belief with vyvanse, not a complete flake without it. I wonder if God is truly clarifying things and pointing to the vyvanse as the problem...

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Today will be a full month off the vyvanse and I have not felt this good in years. Every day that I put in between myself and vyvanse is another day closer to having my life stable again. To mika, it will take about 5-7 days for the withdrawl symptoms you are feeling to completely go away. The end of the third day is actually when you will start to feel better. That third day the vyvanse is pretty much out of your system and you are coping with life again without the help of a drug. It is a very strange and uncomfortable feeling for sure, but it will go away and you will feel normal again if you push through that day. Now that I am off of vyvanse, I can hardly believe that I allowed it to control my life for so long. Most of every day was spent trying to make up excuses in my head to justify my continuing to take the crap. It is now very hard for me to come up with any positive effects that vyvanse gave me, when the entire time I was on it, I could make a list. The bottom line is the stuff is no good. It clouds your mind and darkens your world, while making you believe this is how your supposed to feel. Keep praying and trusting in the Lord, for he will not let you down.

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I am 17 years old and halfway through cosmetology School. I was diagnosed with ADD this past April. I told my doctor about my preexisting heart condition. (He didn't seem very concerned) I started out on 30 MG and im now on 50. When I first started this medication I immediately was in an euphoric state. My hearing and vision improved, I had a sense that I could do anything. My next doctor visit I purposely told my doctor the dose didn't do anything for me so he gave me a higher dose. That's when the trouble started. I began having small ticks, I'd comb my hair excessively and began to pick at my face. I also went from smoking 3 cigarettes a day to nearly 2 packs. At my next weigh in I was sho led to see that I had dropped 20 pounds in 2 months. Being a bit chubby all my life I found this to be a pleasant side effect. Here recently I've noticed how aggressive I've been. Im normally a shy person, but at school I interrupt people talking to me, I can't focous, severely depressed, my legs ache then turn a purple/red color and swell up and there is a constant ringing in my ears. I realized I have a problem when I opened 4 capsuls and ate the powder. It was magnificent, I called everyone I knew just to chat with them about how much I love life. That was about 40 hours ago, and the past 24 hours has been a nightmare. I I just want to go through a single day without having an overbearing urge to take the damn things. Is it easier to lower the dose gradually or to quit cold Turkey? Advvise is always appreciated.

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Amanda, you need to get control of this as soon as possible. You are taking a risk of doing serious damage to yourself and your cosmetology career. When you go from taking one pill to 4 pills your heart is working overtime. Some of the stuff you describe such as ringing in your ears is not good. I will tell you that I have tried stepping down dosages as well as stopping cold turkey, in the long run stepping down dosages just keeps you strung out on it longer. You can read my previous posts on here covering the last 2 years of my vyvanse addiction and get an idea of how bad it can get. The best thing you can do is stop taking it. It is going to be harder to take the drug as prescribed than to just stop taking it. You should be able to break this cycle without much trouble if you don't let it progress any farther. I'm not telling you this to be rude, just to help. If you need to know anything just ask and I will help if I can.

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Psychologically displaced. That describes exactly how I feel right now and I've only missed one of my 60 mg doses. It was a test to see how my body would react because everyday since taking vyvanse feels fake. Being off of it for one day I haven't gotten out of bed yet and I don't plan to or do anything today...

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You will be ok, don't give up! I'm feeling better every day scince stopping over 50 days ago. There is no doubt that vyvanse can completely destroy lives. The best thing you can do is stop now and don't look back. You will start to feel normal again in a few days, so don't worry!

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if the vyvanse is effecting her sleep it very well could have been. When im running off barely any sleep i know that even though my medication has woke me up my brain is still trying to sleep.

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hey andrew, don't worry at all , how are u doing now, it was an old post but i still want to reassure you not to worry. my daughter is 17 she was on this medication too and she had withdrawal stuff, now it took a while and she is now just fine. you will be off all medications soon be happy and u will make it.

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I have been on 70mg of vyvanse for over a year now. I quit cold turkey and can not function. My head has this indescribable pounding or ringing. I am very tired and awfully moody. When on the medication, I am full of energy and totally can relate when people talk about a buzz. I can not function without it...this is awful.

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I have been struggling to stop taking V- it's freakin hard but some discipline and we've got this. I'm ready to feel like my strength is from myself not e V. I want control Over my life back. 3 days off the V and I'm starting to feel more energized! Appetite is hugely increased but I'm taking less naps than the first 2 days off V. We got this- it's just breaking a habit!

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Chris, I found your story inspirational. I am where you were, although I stopped the serqual,(sorry if misspelled) however I still take prozac and this is day 3 of no vyvanse 50mg for me. So far I feel okay...no more tired than usual. I have taken vyvanse 50mg once aday for almost 2 years. In the past year my depression comes and goes, I feel very easily frustrated and irritated. At 34 years old I had really hoped to be well under way in living out my life happily, but....I am not. I don't go anywhere, I prefer to be home and I have turned into a very antisocial person both with family and friends. In the beginning the vyvanse was a miracle drug for me, I felt awesome. That lasted about 6 months, then it went to a daily chore to function and to take care of my three kids. It has become clear to me that the real miracle here was me coming to my senses and stopping this cycle of medications. I don't want to live this way anymore but the only one who can make it better is, ME. My son is ADD but after a few months he hated it, (he is 15) so it was his choice. He complained of feeling like a zombie, like he was just, there. Then he would have the crash around 6-7pm. So Chris, thank you because I wasn't sure if I could do it, now I know I can. So far no serious withdrawals and again its day 3, maybe i'll be a lucky one and won't experience any. For those considering vyvanse, please please research it as much as you can. Wish I did.

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Awesome! Today is day 3 for me off of V, I feel okay...little tired but I was able to get out of bed with my kids before school. Thank you for sharing, that just made me feel even more determined and stronger that, I can do this. Thank you!

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I came searching to see about anger on Vyvance. this to was a miracle drug for my son. grades went from low Cs to all As. he said the first day that it cleared all the cobwebs out of his head starting the first day he took it. It still works great for school but as it wears off he crashes and burns. His anger gets very difficult and his depression is getting worse. He is almost 15 btw. he gets so mad at night that he digs his feet in and says he refuses to go to school the next day. I can get him in but he ends up late and gets in trouble. He is in HS Football and this helps with getting rid of some anxiety. he has asked me before if he could stop taking it but on the other hand he does not want to stop because of his grades....I say it is quit the double edge sword. I will start wearing him off. he does not take it on weekends or holidays and is on 40 mg daily. I don't know where we will go from here...maybe to an anti anxiety drug or anti depressant drug....maybe no drugs....it is hard when I an dealing with the med affects and the hormone effects....i found out recently that he was trying pot...he did not lie to me when I asked him...but I feel that he is starting to look for something anything to self medicate. Maybe if he is off the vyvance he will get some logic back....but I am on top of it and involved parent and will be starting periodic drug testing on him. He said ok. I will let you know how it goes.

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drugs aren't supposed to be in your system. So naturally it will f*** with your body, or some people's anyways. To be honest i don't think anyone needs to be prescribed to vyvanse, because it was never made until recently, and people went on just fine. however, it does help me focus a lot better, i've never had withdrawal symptoms, i will take it 3 days in a row one week, and the next just not take it, it just depends on if i feel like taking it, but when i don't take it i feel fine. my suggestion is if you are having withdrawal symptoms, take benedryl or something that knocks you out early for a few nights and get a ton of sleep, because sleep is natural energy, and its when your body repairs and adjusts itself.
And to panicmom- if it makes you feel like s***, don't take it.

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My daughter is 14 has been taking Vyvanse for about 3 months. Like your son, she has become very hostile and angry. I have trouble getting her to go to school. She has been feeling sick over the last couple of weeks and has missed a lot. I finally talked with her pediatrician yesterday about my concerns and we agreed she needed to be off the medicine. I hope that she has very little side effects, we will see.

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