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.

[legolord8]

Make sure he has lots to drink, Vyvanse seems to cause dry mouth with me and my son but as long as I have something to drink its ok. Maybe its just getting too dry.

[dsbarth]

my 11 year old son was on Concerta for 3 years and we made the switch to  Vyvance in October.  He was taking 60 mg in the monring and it worked great for 2 1/2 months.  We made an emergency phone call to his doctor and made the decision to go back to Concerta after being suspended from school due to his aggressive outbursts.  After just 2 days off the medicine his aggression was quickly reduced and although the inattention and focus concerns are back, I will gladly take this over the aggression concerns.

[teachermom3307]

something to try.... citrus (O.J.) counter acts Vyvanse, our Dr. told us not to drink juices or Vitamin water in the morning because it would counter act the Vyvanse. My son used to drink O.J. late in the afternoon or for dinner if he wanted to fall asleep faster, after being on it Vyvanse for about  6 months he doesn't have to worry about it anymore and no longer has  insomnia and falls asleep pretty easily
Hope this helps

[teachermom3307]

My 11  year old has been on Vyvanse for a couple of years and we have loved it, he has grown a lot and began to feel his 30 mg dosage was not working, we increased to 40 mg and he began complaining of mild stomach aches that last an hour or so in the morning. Other than the tummy aches it was great, just make sure he drinks lots of water, and makes himself eat something during the day. I also take Vyvanse and have noticed that I pretty much forget to eat and have no appetite, If I don't make myself eat I have a huge crash feeling and get kind of down, low blood sugar kinda feeling,and get headaches but If I eat and drink water I feel great. Also, the insomnia side effect only lasted a couple of months with him and I. We both sleep great now.
I have also done research that citrus makes the med. ineffective so you can't drink O.J. and take it or it will not work. On the other hand if you want it to wear off faster so you can sleep, drink a glass of juice around dinner time.
Hope this helps!

[teachermom3307]

It's funny you just posted, I just replied to you on the other thread lol

[kevieb]

i just posted a question about vyvanse and then found this thread.  i have taken vyvanse successfully for a number of years but have started having problems that i suspect are caused by the vyvanse-----has anyone else had this problem?  please check my other thread if you have any info for me---i think it is time to get off of this medication.