Reply To: Switched from Concerta to Vyvanse

[friendlymathematician]

Once upon a time in elementary school, my psychologist changed me from Ritalin to some other drug. Not sure what happened, but I woke up cognitively a day or two later. Apparently while I was out on that drug. I forgot everything, payed attention to nothing, did bizarre things, looked strung out of my mind, and couldn’t remember my name. My mother even had to get my coat from the bus driver because I somehow forgot it on a cool bus on a cool day. It was a very special day that I will never remember.

Switching medications always has inherent risks and trade offs. For example, when I switched from Adderall to Vyvanse, I had the improved benefit of not having to worry about if I’ll remember my evening dose since Vyvanse is effective much longer than Adderall. Unfortunately, if I don’t take it within an hour of when I wake up, it seems to make it more difficult for me to sleep. I do need to start recording my day in order to accept or reject the hypothesis if Vyvanse is the cause or if it’s something else.

If I’m ADHD or not, I’m certain that I am ADHD. Unlike some, I don’t call it a diagnosis and I don’t consider myself to be suffering from it.

When I figure out tactics on getting things in life done, I’ll get back to you on it.

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