For headaches… the rice sock. Take a tube sock, fill it with dry brown rice, tightly tie off the open end of the sock. Put it in the microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds. Lay down and place the hot rice sock over your eyes. Repeat as needed. You’re welcome. :)
Thanks! So far today I haven’t had any headaches. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that it was short lived and due to the medicine shocking my body a bit, but we will see. I will definitely keep your tip in mind if it happens again!
Well Vyvanse is basically going to do more for a shorter period than Wellbutrin. So that’s why people use amphetamines or methylphenidate for ADHD. NDRIs and maybe SNDRIs in theory should help, and often do the trick, but they tend to up your neurotransmitters all the time compared to where they would be otherwise. But that might not be enough when you need it or it might be too much other times, say for example if you are having trouble sleeping or rather staying asleep. Vyvanse is very long acting though for a stimulant, so there is going to be an issue potentially with falling asleep and/or with eating late in the day. You might try eating at least 500 calories before it kicks in. Drinking a lot will actually help a bit with ADHD symptoms and fatigue too. There are other options, like adderal XR, methylphenidate XR, “D” or “dex” amphetamine XR, Focalin (or D /“dex” methylphenidate) ER, methylphenidate IR, and adderral IR. A lot of people seem to respond to IR medications taken 2-3 times a day than to long acting medications for sone reason, but if you aren’t one of them then XR meds or Vyvanse are really convenient (and Vyanse can be safer from the perspective of a provider in terms of abuse prevention). But I’m assuming you aren’t planning to abuse these. There are other amphetamine formulations too and SNDRIs like Strattera, and combinations, like lower doses of amphetamine combined with low doses of bupropion or SNDRIs like Strattera. You could even look at things like modafinil or desoxyn if nothing else works or side effects of the standard stimulants are bad at minimal effective doses. Some people even respond to things like Monjero too. You could ask your dr about taking 1-2 days per week or even 1 week per 2-3 months off. Stimulants for me tend to work at about 25% effectiveness )which is still about 10% of what I really need) for weeks after the days I actually take them. But even being off for a couple of days a week generally does not hurt much and could help with both resistance and possibly side effects. It’s a very common practice.
This was so helpful! I thought I was the only one dying from these extreme headaches. Eagerly awaiting an update video 🙏
Thank you for sharing your journey 🙏🏼
Of course!
For headaches… the rice sock.
Take a tube sock, fill it with dry brown rice, tightly tie off the open end of the sock.
Put it in the microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds. Lay down and place the hot rice sock over your eyes. Repeat as needed.
You’re welcome. :)
Thanks! So far today I haven’t had any headaches. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that it was short lived and due to the medicine shocking my body a bit, but we will see. I will definitely keep your tip in mind if it happens again!
I usually just take a pain reliever, but I've never tried this before I'm kinda curious if it works for headaches!
And look like a fruitcake 😂
Did the headaches stop for you? and are you still on vyvanse?
Does the Vyvanse cause sexual side effects?
Like what ?
Touch of cannabis.
Well Vyvanse is basically going to do more for a shorter period than Wellbutrin. So that’s why people use amphetamines or methylphenidate for ADHD. NDRIs and maybe SNDRIs in theory should help, and often do the trick, but they tend to up your neurotransmitters all the time compared to where they would be otherwise. But that might not be enough when you need it or it might be too much other times, say for example if you are having trouble sleeping or rather staying asleep. Vyvanse is very long acting though for a stimulant, so there is going to be an issue potentially with falling asleep and/or with eating late in the day. You might try eating at least 500 calories before it kicks in. Drinking a lot will actually help a bit with ADHD symptoms and fatigue too. There are other options, like adderal XR, methylphenidate XR, “D” or “dex” amphetamine XR, Focalin (or D /“dex” methylphenidate) ER, methylphenidate IR, and adderral IR. A lot of people seem to respond to IR medications taken 2-3 times a day than to long acting medications for sone reason, but if you aren’t one of them then XR meds or Vyvanse are really convenient (and Vyanse can be safer from the perspective of a provider in terms of abuse prevention). But I’m assuming you aren’t planning to abuse these. There are other amphetamine formulations too and SNDRIs like Strattera, and combinations, like lower doses of amphetamine combined with low doses of bupropion or SNDRIs like Strattera. You could even look at things like modafinil or desoxyn if nothing else works or side effects of the standard stimulants are bad at minimal effective doses. Some people even respond to things like Monjero too.
You could ask your dr about taking 1-2 days per week or even 1 week per 2-3 months off. Stimulants for me tend to work at about 25% effectiveness )which is still about 10% of what I really need) for weeks after the days I actually take them. But even being off for a couple of days a week generally does not hurt much and could help with both resistance and possibly side effects. It’s a very common practice.