First day on 20mg Vyvanse as a 17 year old
This stuff is great!
About an 1 hour to 2 hours after taking it, a flip switched in my head and I instantly stopped any needless chatter and focused on my work. It really felt like I entered a mental sauna and was instantly calmed and task-oriented.
I took it at around 7:50am and began to feel really calmed at around 9am.
Thankfully the night before I made myself a strict schedule to adhere to and I followed it pretty well with 14/18 tasks done and 4 left to do between now and 9pm.
something external did come up that threw me off my schedule about two hours, but it's ok.
I did feel myself becoming more talkative at around 12pm, before that I was completely silent. Still I was pretty quiet and only said things necessary for my SAT review and video recap about how I was feeling.
I've had 44g of protein thus far and 16oz of green+black tea and an additional 50+oz of water.
Side effects for me is:
Excessive bathroom use
Heart rate speeding up
mouth and throat is a little more dry
QUESTION:
Do more mg Vyvanse prolong the effects? I chose vyvanse because it was the longest acting and I'd like to extend my peak productivity time as study and ec duties is taking up a bit of my day.
but overall I was able to get started on and complete on over 7 high priority tasks I've been putting off.
I would honestly cry about how happy I feel but I don't feel emotional at all right now.
I will be getting some protein and doing workouts 3x a week starting tomorrow, May 2nd.
Again, Great Stuff!
Thanks to my psychiatrist for everything!
Posted May 1, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC