I’m starting Elvanse (Lisdexamfetmine) soon, and I was wondering how some people here prefer to take it? Like, do you do every day or do you take days off?
I know there’s not a massive withdrawal from it like the SNRIs I take atm but I wonder if some folks prefer to have days off for whatever reason.
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as per my psychiatrist, don’t do days off if it’s helping you function
kids do weekends and summers off sometimes to help them gain weight
but the doctor who refills my prescription advised taking 1-2 weeks off during vacations or whatever just to see how you feel with dosage and stuff
the withdrawals are not too bad, I had one or two very low energy days and then I was ok.
how some people here prefer to take it? Like, do you do every day or do you take days off?
I’m taking it mostly due to my ADHD having a high level executive dysfunction, since I was kinda used to the lack of attention in my daily life already. So, in my case, taking even a day off means staying in bed thinking about doing things but doing pretty much nothing, sometimes almost not even eating.
I’m saying this to illustrate that deciding to only take it on specific days depends on why you got it prescribed in the first place.
The times I did decide to not take it for 1-2 days, I didn’t really feel any withdrawal, it was just back to old me 🛌.
Some additional tips if you want them
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Take it very early in the morning and then proceed to eat something very nutritious. This’ll make sure it won’t fuck up your sleep at night and that you won’t get malnourished due to it vanishing your hunger.
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The first few days will get you feeling like a god - euphoric, extremely sociable, able and willing to do everything nonstop. Make sure to keep in mind this exaggerated effect is temporary, lest you find yourself chasing that high. After a week or so, you’ll settle on simply being a normal functioning person.
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The effects wear off after some hours. On 30mg, it worked on me for about 5-6 hours. Wich fucking sucked, because I started turning back into a vegetable around 12-13 o’clock. Getting back home from work I was already incapable of doing anything, so that I was functional for work but not for my actual life. My doctor bumped the dosage and it works for longer now, but I have noticed I get more anxious more easily.
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Make sure you notice whenever you’re feeling more stressed, irritable, anxious, unable to sleep. These are all important side effects. In the first month or so, I noticed I would talk fast and constantly, barely letting the other person get to chime in.
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It makes you not feel the mental effects of alcohol. The problem is that the metabolic effects (alcoholic acidosis, for instance) will still take place, so you could potentially drink yourself into an ICU looking for some buzz. I was told it reduces the power of weed too.
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It made me hyperfocus on whatever I was doing at the moment, from studying to just browsing my phone. Make sure you notice this and break away from getting stuck into useless stuff. For instance, I’ve been writing this for the last 40min and can’t stop, so I’ll try to force myself to go outside now.
This is all very helpful advice. I’ve gotten some similar stuff from my manager who takes elvanse too. thank you!
The most important advice EAT. I’ve had a lot of stomach issues caused by this. ANXIETY. Notice it. Feel it. Try to avoid it. If increasing. Tell. Your. Doctor. Dont ignore it due to the positive outweighing what you perceived as the negative.
I’m definitely gonna be working hard on the food side. Gf already packing the house with as many snacks as possible to help. Do you feel like you miss out on enjoying food as much? It’s deffo one of the ways I seek out dopamine atm.
Nah I still enjoy the fuck outta food. It’s more it just stops feeling like a necessity
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Someone told me a long time ago that they would set an alarm to take their adhd meds early and go back to sleep and wake up feeling alert and ready to go and they were so right.
I think the time it takes to wake up naturally after going back to sleep can differ from person to person but for me it’s usually about 30 minutes to an hour. The best part is that the effects feel more normalized.
When I take adhd meds during the day I tend to lock on to whatever I was doing shortly after taking it and it throws off my day when I shift away from it, but when I take it and go back to sleep and wake up again I feel like I have more balanced level focus on things.
I take an SSRI and DA (adderall). Typically is a 20mg xr, and 10mg instant release, which I usually take in 5mg increments when I feel the need. I used to take breaks on the weekends, but I noticed that the lack of stability wasn’t doing me any favors. I’ve found I don’t need it to do my job (struggled through a decade of engineering prior, so I have the skill and endurance) as much as to assure the mental stability and fortitude to deal with everyday bullshit of interacting with NT people lol
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this gif looks like a really fucked up mike wasowski also thank u comrade owl
Also, I’m from the UK (Manchester) and went through NHS Right to Choose. if you’re interested in the process i can answer any Qs for you. I was referred August last year.
I’m not on vyvanse anymore but that shit made me latch hard onto whatever I was doing when it kicked in, and that was The One Thing I’m Doing For All Of Today. I never figured out how to deal with that because I was in school at the time and didn’t have the flexibility to experiment with my schedule or whatever, but keep an eye out for that and hopefully someone else might have advice for handling it better than I did (which wound up being, stop taking it over the summer and eventually switch to concerta)
Hell yeah sibling! Was diagnosed couple month ago, started meds couple weeks ago
Awesome! 😎👍
