Vyvanse crash

[Raimuntas]

Does the Vyvanse crash get better with time? I mean with regards to mood and anxiety. Thanks!

[jam1959]

In my 14 yo it is better partially due to maturity and understanding how to work around it by making sure she eats and has downtime.

[SurvivorFan]

Does your child only take 1 Long acting in the morning? Our son takes a long acting and then needs booster doses of short acting stimulant to help him get through the day and avoid the "crash" he used to have on 1 long acting alone. Keep track of when the crash starts to happen and then you will know he/she will need a booster dose 30 minutes before that happens. As far as anxiety in our experience when our son was on a different stimulant he had horrible anxiety so we ended up switching to Focalin and that went away. We also added on fluxoteine.

[Raimuntas in reply to SurvivorFan]

Hi! Thank you for your reply! It is me that is taking it I am 34, sorry if this is not maybe the place I didn't find an adult group of ADHD. It's a crash in mood, I get sad in the after-noon, it still works for focus but being depressed makes me unproductive. If I take a second dose at 1pm or 2pm I can't sleep. Vyvanse is the only amfetamine available in my country.

[SurvivorFan in reply to Raimuntas]

Sorry about that, I assumed you were talking about a child and should have asked. I would definitely check in with your prescribing doctor to see if they have any suggestions. For our son the "crash" was moody, overly emotional, short tempered, hyperactive/impulsive. For now, it seems he needs to slowly come down off the stimulant in order to prevent the crash. He takes a long acting then a 15mg booster (short acting) then a 10mg booster. Its all out of his system by 6:30ish and he does pretty well rest of evening.

[Loisttc]

I don’t have much experience with it but my sons been on it for 10 months and he still crashes and is in a bad mood more than usual. I don’t see anxiety though.

[QTinTX]

My son is 12, and has been on Vyvanse since he was 5. It does get better, and the key for us is both food, and down time. And limiting electronics. Too much time on electronics definitely impacts his mood. Adding social events/times with friends and physical activities (especially outdoors) improves his mood and lessens anxiety most. Sleep is still an issue, but cutting off electronics at 8 pm helps, even if he won’t admit it.

[Onthemove1971]

I also wonder if exercise could help.. our son also takes a booster to help with homework, household chores, tutoring and sports.

[adhd_survivor]

I used to take them but stop taking them since giving me very weird headaches

[Raimuntas in reply to adhd_survivor]

What about the crash? Any mood swings in the afternoon or anxiety?

[EJ_C]

When I was a child, I found being busy during the crash period helped me overcome it. It's the same now and I'm in my 20s.

It does get better.

I also got put on 2x pills spread out.