Re: Vyvanse

[Anonymous]

I know this is an older thread, but I just had to say that after reading the posts that I’m feeling hopeful for maybe the first time ever. It was almost 10 years ago that I read a magazine article about a woman who was diagnosed with ADD as an adult, and I felt like I was reading about myself. I ended up getting diagnosed with “severe” anxiety and depression, and tried treating that with Prozac, Wellbutrin, and Zoloft at different times with limited success and unwanted side effects. I’ve begged several Dr’s over the last 10 years to please just screen me for ADD to have them refuse.

I’m 30 now, and have a 10yr old who was diagnosed with ADHD and Anxiety several years ago. I had him on Zoloft attempting to treat the anxiety because I was so hesitant about the idea of stimulant medication. It wasn’t working well and he didn’t like how it made him feel so we decided to take him off of that and to try treating the ADHD as the primary issue. He has been on Vyvanse now since Mid-October and it is nothing short of amazing, he can focus and is less anxious.

Well, several weeks ago I was experiencing a non-related medical issue that made it necessary to gather family medical history from estranged parts of my family. I discovered that at least 7 of my younger half-siblings have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. I don’t know about the 1 additional half-sibling, but my full brother and I have had symptoms since childhood. With this new information I finally got screened and diagnosed and have been given an Rx for Vyvanse.

I’ve felt like a failure for most of my life, due to my inability to focus. I’ve dropped out of or been academically suspended from college at least 5 times, and I couldn’t even count the number of incomplete projects I have. I say I feel hopeful for the first time ever because I have *finally* gotten somebody to acknowledge and agree to treat what I’ve known for years is the problem. The posts of others success just add to that hope I’m feeling, especially getting relief from depression symptoms. I’ve thought for a long time that depression and anxiety was not the primary problem, but the result of ADD. All I’ve ever wanted in life is to feel like I can successfully accomplish a project or task and that’s what I’m hoping this medication allows me to do. I’m super excited to have the chance to try medication for ADD, my tears today have been out of a sense of relief not frustration (over active tear ducts…I cry about everything).

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