[AnxietyQueen]

I have just been prescribed Vyvanse 30mg for binge eating. After only 2 days I am very confused as to how I am reacting to this.

On Day 1 I had DEBILITATING side effects. Heart rate was 120 most of the day, I couldn't focus, i was experiencing uncontrollable jaw movements, i was jittery, i had to keep moving, extreme anxiety, could not leave my apartment, could barely talk to anyone on the phone, couldn't stop peeing! I was just desperately waiting for it to be over. I ended up drinking a fair amount just to calm myself down. The one thing it did do though was take my obsession of food away. I didn't think of food really at all.

Day 2- nothing! no side effects but lets say also no effects. Ive been hungry and thinking of food all day long. No focus, no increase in concentration or energy, just sort of a dull feeling but very very hungry!

I get everyones different but to have such different effects from day 1 to day 2 makes no sense to me. I do suffer from GAD which is not being treated. I am normally very sensitive to medications and have not been able to tolerate anything for the anxiety. I was not entirely surprise i had side effects on day 1, usually if there is a side effect I get it. But to go from this extreme to no efficacy on day 2?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I am going back to my doctor in 2 weeks and I am going to try the medication again tomorrow but would love to hear others experiences

[kkrrhh]

Vyvanse was really weird and up and down for me at the beginning, too, and it ended up making me feel weird and foggy. I ended up trying IR Dexedrine right after, and personally I like that better. It actually felt smoother somehow, and though I wasn't taking it for binge eating it did lower my appetite more consistently. That's just my experience, though. Good luck, hope ya figure out what works well for you.