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Bridgette,

Are you on Effexor and Vyvance?

I'm sitting here thinking whether it makes a difference.

Either way, how you feel is not the most reliable measure of whether an ADHD med is working. Tomorrow schedule whatever it is that is most difficult for you because of your ADHD and try doing it about 1.5 hours after taking Vyvance.

Ironically scheduling is one of most difficult for me. And one of the few I can't dump on anyone because of the nature of my work. I can schedule below the "feel" Adderall threshold. Vyvance and Adderall have the same active ingredient but because of other ingredients they behave quite differently. Still I think my "most difficult for ADHD" test remains valid.

What if test flops? Give it at least two weeks before ordering a bump up or change. Giving it time is giving your brain time to adjust.

The feel that you want from any ADHD med is the feel that comes from having control over your life. It feels dang good and is not the illusory drug produced sensation that quits after a few hours.

Patience is for me more difficult that scheduling. There is no way around it. Sorry if you are the same.

I'm not sure whether Effexor causes the munchies. SSRI's certainly do. Some people respond to mental distress by eating, others by loss of appetite. I think the ratio is for every 100 that pig out, 0.0000005 lose appetite. MI always produces worse case senarios. I think that is why it's called disorder/illness which I think means "not good."

Bob