Vyvanse

[PGB]

Anyone out there know anything about this drug?  My 8 year old son was on Strattera until yesterday.  He had been on it for about 4-5 months.  It was helping his behavior and his grades improved SO much,  I really hated that we had to change, but it was causing rapid heartbeat and it was too rapid!!  He didn't say anything, didn't know it wasn't supposed to do that.  So, when we discovered it, I took him back to the doctor and we changed to VYVANSE.  He told me it was a "cleaned up version of adderall.  they took all the bad, nasty side effects out of adderall and this is what was left."  I was just wanting to see if anyone had any experience with it.  Thanks for the help.

[Nannymom]

Do any of you taking Vyvanese have trouble with your throat hurting after taking this about 5 hours later. My child is on 30 mg and every day about the same time every day he complains of his throat hurting for about an hour and then it quits hurting

[grandmabeth]

My Grandson is almost five and has been diagnosed with Autism and ADD. He was on the the Daytrona patch but it was burning his back and he was able to take it off. The doctor switched him to Vyvanse and he started taking it four days ago. The last four days have been extremely difficult for us and him. He doesn't understand the moods and he is very upset. He can not focus or sit still. He was doing so well with finally talking and socializing and now he can not even think straight. The doctor gave him Adavin yesterday to calm him down and they are going to decide what would be better for him. In the mean time they are keeping him on the patch for school until the doctor can figure this out. My point is that Vyvanse may work for some but if it doesn't work then it is horrible for everyone.

[Me32]

My son is 10 yrs old & has been diagnosed with ADHD since he was 6.  He has been on Focalin, Adderall, Ritalin, Metadate & currently is taking Vyvanse.  He takes 70 mg in am with 10 mg of Prozac & @ 3pm he takes 20 mg of Ritalin mainly so he can focus & concentrate on his homework because the Vyvanse wears off about that time.  Then, about an hour before bedtime he takes 0.1 of Clonopine to help him sleep.  If he doesn't take it then he is up all night.  The only bad thing is that he gets very hungry at about 1 am & will either wake me up to fix him something to eat or he will get up & fix something himself but then he goes right back to sleep.  Like I said he is 10 yrs old & he weighs only 60 lbs probably due to the stimulants which decrease his appetite.  When he first started Vyvanse he was on an emotional roller coaster which was very hard to watch.  He was very depressed with crying spells but after about 3 days his emotions seemed to stabilize.  Now, after about six months of taking it he seems to be having some pretty severe anger issues with periods of rage which is concerning his father & me a great deal.  Not to mention, some new & unusal behaviors of obsession and impulsivity.
Has anyone ever expereinced similiar reactions to Vyvanse?

[Me32]

I forgot to mention that my son also has a severe stuttering problem.  He has been in Speech therapy @ school since 1st grade & we do not see an improvement.  We are having a hard time figuring out why it hasn't gotten better.  Any suggestions?

[pillypab]

how long does it usually take for an overdose on vyvanse to where off?

[PillsnThrills87]

might take you a full day.  you won't sleep tonite, that's for sure.