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Anxiety and depression on Vyvanse
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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2024
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Perhaps you should ask your doctor to try a different medication, sometimes some meds just don't work for you in some way or another.
When I was trying to find something for my anxiety back in the day (in my early 20s) I tried quite a few things that either didn't work like I wanted or made it so much worse. To the extent I gave up on trying to find things for it for years.
Now I just take my ADHD meds (Straterra) and since I've started it (about a year ago) I haven't had any issues with my anxiety (went for a few panic attacks a month to none) so I'm not even trying anything for the anxiety.
I didn't have much luck with straterra. Didn't feel much of a difference on it. I keep procrastinating getting in touch with my Dr, dunno why. I should probably switch medications, but I was hoping it was just my body adapting to it or something. Might ask to try Ritalin next. Do you have any experience with that?
Tell your doctor exactly what you are saying here. There are two general strains of ADHD meds, and even amongst those two the variants tend to have certain side effects.
For me, I had very similar side effects from vyvanse. It did make me very conscious and able to live totally in the moment, which was wonderful. However, it also gave me bad anxiety. For some time my Psych tried to counter that with anti-anxiety meds, but it did not work, so I was switched to Concerta. Concerta and Ritalin are from the same strain, and if Vyvanse is not agreeing with you, it may be a great reason to switch.
strattera alone helped your anxiety?
I guess for me it helped me be able to focus on other things than what was currently causing a spiral
Basically
Brain starts stressing about random shit
"Excuse me brain I'm busy right now"
Or in other situations
Randomly being reminded of some fucked up shit I've experienced
"Excuse me brain I'm busy ATM could we focus on something else right now"
Of course this is all in addition to working on methods of handling stress in general (square breathing, etc)