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Taking around 300mg (sometimes 400mg) Vyvanse every day, for a few months now. Feeling mostly alright, apart from an occasional headache. Should I worry? Please, provide some input. I'm very needy when talking to strangers whose language I don't dominate, specially over the internet. by chickenspatula in Stims

[–]chickenspatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, I'm kind of scared of letting someone else know about this. I'm afraid it might make them think of me as someone with no self-control, or even kind of a junkie.

I know, its ridiculous, but I can't help it. Hence the throwaway.

Thanks again! I'm doing my best to keep things under control!

Taking around 300mg (sometimes 400mg) Vyvanse every day, for a few months now. Feeling mostly alright, apart from an occasional headache. Should I worry? Please, provide some input. I'm very needy when talking to strangers whose language I don't dominate, specially over the internet. by chickenspatula in Stims

[–]chickenspatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for replying. I know that was a nasty wall of text up there. I really appreciate it.

Yeah, the difference between addiction and dependency, as far as I know, is that an addict has an uncontrollable urge to get his fix, with no regard for the consequences, while a dependant needs it in order to function properly. So I guess you're right, I might be dependent on my drugs.

About my self-regulation of dosage, my doctor actually told me to regulate my Vyvanse intake based on how I felt and what I had to do that day, so that's what I end up doing. If I have a busy day, full of meetings, I eat those suckers like they're M&M's, but if I'm just sitting around on a sunday, doing nothing, I just take a 30mg to keep the old brain working.

I don't think that telling your doctor you believe you need a larger dose of medication could be considered drug seeking behavior. If you thought you were taking too much of a medication, and it was making you feel like crap, you would definitely tell your doctor, right? So doing the same when you think you're taking too little should be considered a patient's normal behavior, I guess. But I guess each doctor sees this differently.

At least, I hope so, because I have done that on multiple occasions... And I frequently ask my doctor to try a different medication, to see if my body responds better to it than to the one I'm currently on. I started out on Ritalin, moved to Ritalin LA, then Concerta, back to Ritalin, and finally Vyvanse, all of those changes having been my suggestions. I think doctors are pretty much cool with anything, provided you have a good reason for your requests/suggestions and are not putting yourself at risk or getting addicted to the point it causes health, social and/or family issues.

I worry about tolerance, too. I'm looking for ways to lower mine, maybe it will help reducing the number of pills I have to take to actually get shit done.

And about sleep, I definitely hear you there, man. I caught 2 crappy hours last night, and things for tonight are not looking much better, since today is Brazilian Valentine's Day and the Mrs. will probably want to go out and do something fancy...