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shatteringopal

Vyvanse and irritability

Started Vyvanse about a month ago. Originally to help with binge eating but it quickly became clear that I’m likely adhd because of the effect. Became very calm, anxiety gone, finally able to easily sleep.

However this past week I’ve been insanely irritable. Like to the extreme. I’m not quite sure if it’s the vyvanse or my current situation (in Texas, out of power and water, pipes in house likely busted, dealing with all this and several kids by myself). So things have been intense. I also have a bipolar diagnosis so it’s important for me to watch out fir irritability.

For those who had this side effect, was it immediate or did it come on gradually?

Posted Feb 21, 2021, 3:57 AM UTC

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llamaaid•

Hmm... for me the irritability was mostly PMDD and getting an iud helped enormously.

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shatteringopalOP•

Well I’m also on my period this week so maybe I should get that checked out too.

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Plantsandanger•

Dude, CONTINUOUS BIRTH CONTROL. I got permission from my doctor to take my birth control pills nonstop without taking the placebo week, I don’t have my period, my hormone levels are much more even and don’t fluctuate like crazy, I don’t hemorrhage blood or have crazy cramps, I don’t turn into a full on psycho path every month for two weeks due to PMS/extreme moodiness and depression. It’s life changing. I feel like it’s the most important med I take sometimes... like, for my sanity. I’m genuinely a better person like this lol

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Plantsandanger•

Have you tried Wellbutrin? If you haven’t, might try it - works for bipolar and off brand for adhd, and will likely curb binge eating. Might still be irritable, but it’s worth a try.

(I haven’t tried vyvanse but im kid of a bipolar mom and grew up thinking I was bipolar - I was even given Wellbutrin my drs when I went to them for anxiety/depression that got diagnosed as adhd a decade later. Wellbutrin helped me with my focus too much, I’d hyperfocus or be irritable lol but it had benefits to my adhd to the pint when I nearly convinced myself I was bipolar but just never classically manic)

Also, the dose of meds matters - I imagine 10 mg vyvanse feels a lot different than 70mg vyvanse so if you’re on a high dose you might need a lower one.

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katherinebeverly14•

My irritability with Vyvanse started pretty soon after I started taking it. Adderall IR works better for me without the irritability.

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ZacharyDurocher•

I would guarantee it is. For me Vyvanse metabolized slowly and would build up in my system. Most adhd meds act on dopamine and nor epinephrine which is responsible for adrenaline. So because it would build up in my system, when my wife would upset me, I would become extremely mad and completely intoxicated with stress hormones....Adderall and Mydayis doesn't do that to me so thats what I take now...Along its a shame because Vyvanse worked best for everything else for me

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