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Adult daughter showing signs of agression on vyvanse

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you wont find much, my mom and i have been through all kinds of meds but theyre all the same or they dont work, but you should still try. I was taking vyvanse from 6th to 8th grade and something else before that since 4th grade but stopped altogether after 8th and I'm 16 now in 11th grade and since 4th i have had eye ticks, nose ticks, im constantly rubbing my thumb and middle finger against each other and "think out loud" and i have shown signs of a mild ocd . the side effects stick around long after you stop taking the medication. its basically pumping narcotics into a developing brain everyday for years until its fried.
the doctors dont tell you that.

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Shea, what did the doc say at the ER? How is your son doing now? I'm sorry about this horrible experience. I'm on AOL and Vyvanse advertises all over it. I wish we could get the word out about the dangers.

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My story is different than many I have read. I am 51 years old and I have been on Vyvanse for about two years. I went from 30mg, to 50mg then 60 mg. Now I have been on 60mg's for over a year. I am a person with severe chronic feet pain. I didn't go see a psychiatrist until my pain was unbearable. So the doctor gave me a test that was with a computer and I had something like a band on my head and to bands on my knees. I think the test is called the "Quotient Test" and then he indicated that the test shows that I am ADHD. Well, I lived all my life without no medication for ADHD and now I need to take a pill??? Anyway, since I have so much feet pain from Morton's Neuromas, Planters, Tissue growth on the middle of my feet from standing long hours. Pain in my lower back and meatless feet that you can feel the bone coming through. I can never find a decent pair of shoes for my feet. But I find that Epi Foam is helpful for the inside of my sneakers. I have many inserts done. I've seen numerous doctors and one removed one of my Neuromas, but it came back. So now I have two on each foot. I am miserable. To young to have a handicap on my car. And too cute to be in a electric buggy. My problem is I just stopped cold turkey the Vyvanse. I take other medications for nerve damage pain called Cymbalta and I take xanax for bedtime. I have now been feeling bad lately and hate my life. I wish I would of retired five years ago so I could enjoy my life now. I feel like I am 80 years old from my lower back down and I rarely do anything for exercise. I have no sex drive. I think way too many people are taking this drug just to loose weight or to do better in college and stay focused and to stay up at work. I think the doctors have great stock in pharmaceuticals. I do too much skin and scalp picking that I never did. This is why I decided to take myself off vyvanse. It just can't do a body good with all the stuff I am taking. I am still waiting for the skin and scalp picking to stop. I do it until I bleed. Oh and I attack my head as soon as I get in my car. I feel people must think I have lice. I will keep everyone updated as I am getting off the Vyvanse. God Bless To All

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Listen guys I'm 25 have taken vyvanse for a week and I'm going off it already. You know why you people think it works? Because your high! This drug is an amphetamine! It's banned in all major sports and you fail a drug test when on it because it's a hardcore intense high. ANYONE when high on amphetamines is going to feel motivated, happy, organized etc because your on a drug. Vyvanse is not like an anti depressant. Any drug with serious abuse value like this should not be prescribed to anyone (unless its painkillers for surgery) let alone kids. This drug is not a miracle it's just baby meth. The withdrawals are rebound depression from what it does to our brains. As good as it feels I'm done with this stuff

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Glad to hear that this med is doing the job for you Barry. That's great news! That being said, there are abut 14 different meds out there to treat ADHD, and each of those drugs will work differently on each person. What works for one person will not work for another, and so on.

As I previously posted, I also have ADHD. When I was trying out the various medications to see what was right for me, I tried using Concerta. My experience with Concerta was a most unpleasant one. Within two days of starting this medication, I was extremely hostile, aggressive, and just plain mean. My heart pounded and it gave me the shakes. I wanted to beat the crap out of anybody that looked at me. I tried it for a week and these symptoms didn't go away, so I stopped using the Concerta. It took less than 24 hours to revert back to my 'sunny disposition' once I stopped the Concerta.

I have a friend whose son takes Concerta and she thinks it's a wonder drug and is doing miracles. This is stated purely to validate my point that every person with ADHD will react differently to different medications.

All I can say is that ever since we took my son off the Vyvanse, the anger, hostility, violence, bad attitude, and rudeness disappeared within 48 hours.

He's now taking Dexedrine spansules 3 x 15 mg/day (two in the morning and one at lunchtime). Yes, we've still had the odd "bad day" but those happen once or twice a month now as opposed to two or three times a week. I can live with that.

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